Jeff Schaefer

Crate and Barrel

Front End Developer (contractor)

2021 - present

• Worked with high-profile brands such as KitchenAid, Breville, Cuisinart, OXO and more.
• Coded design mock-ups for public-facing consumer website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Helped increase sales and revenue by keeping public-facing consumer website product and landing pages updated and refreshed with new engaging content.

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Full Stack Developer

2019 - 2021

• Supported rebranded new build of existing legacy application using VueJS and VuetifyJS on front end, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Sequelize, and MySQL on back end.
• Increased agent awareness of policy and document changes by implementing notification system.
• Improved efficiency by implementing dynamic custom tools page to allow staff to organize relevant documents and resources better.
• Helped increase uptime of application by moving it to modern technology stack.

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Front End Developer

2015 - 2019

• Developed front end HTML / CSS / Javascript web applications across several projects.
• Utilized JavaScript charting libraries and displaying custom dynamic charts and models, improving agent performance metric visualization.
• Created new CSS-only animated loading messages, and refactored CSS code to calculate UI element positioning dynamically, lightening processing load of application.

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Flash Game Developer

2011 - 2015

• Conceptualized and developed various web-based Flash games and activities, to incentivize and engage phone agents and ultimately increase productivity and performance.
• Ensured Flash games tied into overall platform, reporting game results and points correctly.
• Designed and developed new GameCenter, showcasing current matchups and live scoring.
• Contributed to lobby system, supporting pre-game chat and matchup previews.
• Maintained player and team data, including auditing points earned, updating profile and avatar info.

ARS, Inc.

Front End Developer

2010 - 2011

• Worked with high-profile brands such as Sears, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Whirlpool and more.
• Developed front end client websites, advertisements, banner ads, email campaigns, landing pages, and interactive experiences using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash / Actionscript3.
• Built full interactive and animated Flash experiences using ActionScript3, enhancing product and service marketing for clients and engaging customers.
• Coded design mock-ups into interactive experiences for public-facing websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Ty, Inc.

Flash Game Developer

2008 - 2009

• Concept, design, and develop Flash games and a virtual online world for Beanie Babies
• Implement a website framework and infrastructure to support rich, dynamic database based games and activities

Sound/Video Impressions

Web/Multimedia Developer

2006 - 2008

• Interactive multimedia design and development, for CD-ROM, DVD, web, kiosk, etc.
• Video layoffs, digitizing, editing, compression, etc. using various formats for web, CD, DVD, etc.
• DVD Authoring

Chicago Blackhawks

Freelance Multimedia Developer / Video Editor

2005 - 2010

• Web and Flash banner ads and other website content updates
• Video editing/production, as well as format conversion/archiving

AmericanEagle.com

Web/Multimedia Developer

2004 - 2006

• Live real-time content updates of pro and college sports clients for games and tournaments, including NCAA March Madness
• Audio/Video production, treatment, editing, compress/encode, publish for web
• Manage schedules for a team of media members to provide media services to clients

Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg

2002 - 2005

Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Multimedia and Web Design

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

1999 - 2001

Studied music theory and sound recording technology