Resume

Seismic seismic.com

• Two 1,000-page migrations: WordPress to WordPress in 2022 and WordPress to Sitecore in 2025, keeping the site live throughout each cutover.
• Served as QA triage lead across a cross-functional team of 20+ during a high-pressure rebrand sprint.
• Migrated from TranslatePress to WPML for multilingual support and trained content staff and EMEA regional teams on the new workflow. The 2022 relaunch drove a 50% increase in site visitors.
• Improved page load times from roughly 3s to 2s across both migration cycles.

Republic Ranches republicranches.com

• Integrated the Google Maps JavaScript API to build an interactive property map for filtering and searching.
• Added real-estate schema markup to property detail pages for greater search relevance.
• Reduced the image library from 20GB to 8GB by automating WebP conversion and compression on every upload, improving load times from roughly 3 to 5s down to 1 to 2s.

San Antonio Legal Services Association sa-lsa.org

• Developed custom PHP Gutenberg blocks so admins could add UI components without code.
• Integrated the Volunteer Hub API for clinic opportunities serving families in need of pro bono services.
• Configured the Legal Server API with WP All Import to schedule data into a custom post type, surfacing pro bono cases for lawyers with a filtering UI.

Core WP github.com/Blake-C/core-wp

• Built a WordPress starter framework for Full Site Editing block themes with a Docker-first local workflow and modern build tooling.
• Standardizes local PHP, NGINX, and MariaDB services via Docker so development matches production from day one.
• Integrates ESLint, Prettier, and PHPCS to enforce code quality across projects.

Exit Intent Popup Plugin github.com/Blake-C/wp-exit-intent-popups

• Built a WordPress plugin for exit-intent and timed popups with A/B testing, impression tracking, and a per-popup conversion dashboard with CSV export.
• Implemented exit-intent detection for desktop (cursor exit) and mobile (scroll-reversal heuristic) with six configurable position modes.
• Added GA4 event tracking for impressions, CTA clicks, and dismissals.
• Built the front end in vanilla JavaScript to WCAG 2.1 AA: ARIA dialog attributes, a keyboard focus trap, ESC support, and a reduced-motion fallback.

Seismic February 2022 to July 2025

Senior Web Developer

• Served as development lead for the WordPress-to-Sitecore migration, collaborating with design, brand, content, and SEO specialists and joining leadership meetings to resolve technical conflicts.
• Acted as the technical point of escalation to align stakeholders across teams during high-stress, timeline-constrained delivery sprints.
• Documented workflows and technical setup for long-term knowledge handoffs across security, leadership, and privacy teams.
• Led post-business-hour code deployments and quality assurance for seismic.com.
• Onboarded a team of 6 contractors on the operating procedures of seismic.com for developers and producers.

Gray Digital Group January 2014 to February 2022

Web Developer

• Worked with account executives, project managers, and designers to scope client requests and estimate the time to research, design, develop, test, and launch projects.
• Trained clients in groups of 1 to 6 on the admin UI for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Sitefinity.
• Quality assured sites for browser support, HTML validation, script errors, usability, and build quality.

DigitalBlake.com January 2013 to Present

Web Developer

• Built a WP Foundation 6 coding library to keep code consistent across teams.
• Developed a mobile mega-menu plugin that generates a horizontally scrollable navigation.
• Created a JavaScript NPM module using the YouTube API for custom embedded playlists.
• Programmed Joomla 3.x social-sharing modules without relying on JavaScript.

PPDG, Inc. February 2012 to January 2013

Web Designer and Developer

• Coordinated the migration of all sites to a new server running the latest PHP, MySQL, and Apache.
• Designed and built an employee portal on Joomla 2.5 for 600+ field employees.
• Trained a corporate office of 30+ employees on the operation and business rules of the portal.