Jason Hollett

Background

About Jason Hollett

A skilled and creative technology professional with over 20 years of web development, UX and design experience. Jason’s extensive background helps him guide projects through the proper processes and ensuring that quality and consistency mark every completed project. Jason has worked with clients from many sectors and industries including Intuit, DFIN, Trend Micro, Commvault, HUB International, United Rentals, University of Guelph, Carleton University, Commissionaires, Canadian Geographic, Royal Canadian Mint, Parks Canada and many others. Technical Skills: • Expert with CSS and CSS preprocessors (Sass, LESS) • Adept at implementing complex, device agnostic designs and layouts • Developing component-based design systems and pattern libraries for large scale web projects • Extensive experience in architecting and developing large to enterprise class Drupal projects, including front-end theming with Twig and PHP • JavaScript and jQuery • HTML • Modern development tools and workflows (Gulp, Webpack, npm, Yarn, Composer, Git) • Experience working in React, Angular, and Vue.js based environments • Familiarity with Node.js and TypeScript • Front end performance optimization • Experience with enterprise grade hosting solutions including Acquia, Pantheon, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Platform.sh and others • Experience with marketing automations platforms such as Pardot, Eloqua and HubSpot • LAMP stacks and virtual machines (Vagrant, Docker) • Excellent eye for design and details • Producing detailed technical documentation • Web accessibility standards • Cross-browser and device testing • QA testing and issue reporting • Information architecture • Interaction design (wireframing) • SEO best practices • Adobe Creative Suite Management Skills: • Scoping out projects and defining requirements • Technical assessments and integration approaches • Finding technical solutions that won’t over complicate technology stacks or increase technical debt • Coordinating project teams and workloads (internal and external) • Mentoring other developers to help them succeed and find solutions to technical problems • Writing job descriptions • Screening candidates and conducting job interviews • Soliciting and compiling feedback for performance reviews • Conducting one-on-one sessions with direct reports • Preparing estimates and schedules • Writing and contributing to successful proposals • Project management • Meeting with clients to pitch ideas or present progress updates • Consulting with clients to provide technical advice