Iris Ibekwe

Front-End Practice creation and growth:

• Set up the new team charter and objectives.
• Supported resource planning and hiring: Identified skill gaps, created job descriptions, ran candidate final interviews & evaluations and helped create hiring code challenges.
• Planned yearly OKRs and facilitated tasks to help achieve team objectives.
• Ran biweekly 1:1’s to support and mentor team members' professional growth.
• Ran skills-gap analysis and generated recommended skills ladders for the Frontend team. I used the skills ladder to create courses and facilitated professional development sprints where the team worked together to master new skills.

Technical architecture and project planning:

• Participated in user research and client requirement gathering.
• Provided in-depth React, Drupal theming, front-end performance, and accessibility knowledge.
• Provided the FrontEnd architecture direction for Drupal 8 and Gatsby / Strapi CMS sites.
• Participated in scrum ceremonies for backlog creation, user story creation, and refinement.
• Wrote and groomed developer task tickets with precise technical specifications and implementation steps.
• Provided technical guidance and co-working to frontend team members to solve complex engineering problems
• Participated in code challenges and other potential client-facing exercises to create technical solutions for contract bids.

Decoupled CMS react developer, Drupal development, theming, and site-building. Focus on building accessible, mobile-friendly, responsive UIs structured in a SMACSS/BEM layout for easy project scaling.

• Worked on an NYMTA subway clocks project with React as Frontend and a fully decoupled headless Drupal backend interfacing with Amazon Web Services IOT.
• Acquia-certified Drupal 8 Front end specialist.

• Created an online presence by designing and coding the company website. (Custom Drupal 7 website)
• Increased client traffic using baked-in SEO techniques within site foundational code & content
• Expanded client outreach and marketing campaigns by designing company branding materials, flyers, brochures, business cards, etc.
• Optimized mobile user experience in website projects to accommodate mobile browsers by employing a mobile-first approach to site building.
• Performed user traffic analysis and conversion monitoring, presented as succinct reports.
• Established several long-standing client relationships by building a collaborative atmosphere for client consultations and input.