Joel Wilke
front-end web development
& user-centered design

Resume (Highlights)

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Experienced UX/UI professional and front-end developer with over a decade of experience delivering digital products across enterprise, government, and SaaS platforms. Skilled in cross-functional teams, advocating for user needs, and aligning design systems with business goals. Adept at bridging strategy and execution through collaborative, accessible, and scalable design. Strong remote collaboration and product thinking experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Manager Infor, Atlanta, GA

UX Delivery Lead Infor, Atlanta, GA

UI/UX Designer GovCIO, Fairfax, VA (contractor)

UX Engineer III Fortra (HelpSystems), Eden Prairie, MN

Front End Software Developer WTS Paradigm, Middleton, WI

UX/UI Designer Developer G2Planet, Minneapolis, MN

UI/UX Developer Optum, Eden Prairie, Minnesota (contractor through Modis)

Analyst (Front-End Developer & UI/UX Designer) ICF International, Minneapolis, MN

Front-End Developer & UI/UX Designer Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Minneapolis, MN (contractor through Apex Systems)

Front-End Developer & UI/UX Designer U.S. Bank, IT Operations, St. Paul, MN (contractor through KForce Technology Staffing)

Web Developer Ameriprise Financial Inc., Interactive Marketing, Minneapolis, MN (contractor through Apex Systems)

UI/UX Designer U.S. Bank, IT Operations, St. Paul, MN (contractor through KForce Technology Staffing)

Web Tech Champlain College, Marketing, Burlington, VT

Creative Services Manager Masters Gallery Foods, Inc., Plymouth, WI

Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director The Genesis Group, South Burlington, VT

Graphic Designer, Marketing TMG Corporation, Williston, VT

Graphic Designer MANI-Graphics & Co., Madison, WI

TECHNOLOGIES

Languages & Libraries:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/Redux, SASS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Underscore, Lodash
Familiarity: Angular 4+, ngx-Bootstrap, PrimeNG, Perl, Ajax, Node.js, MySQL, JSON, PHP, Highcharts JS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Java

Dev Tools & Applications
Visual Studio Code, Komodo Edit, MAMP, Git, Subversion, Terminal/CLI, Groovy/Grails Tool Suite, Ingeniux CMS, Drupal

Design Applications
Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Acrobat, QuarkXPress, Gimp

Productivity & OS
Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook & Teams, JIRA, Google Analytics, Windows, macOS

EDUCATION

BS, Web Development
Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont.

BFA, Graphic Design
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie.

Michigan Technological University, Houghton.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Hack Reactor
Precourse: Lexical scope and closure, recursion, automated testing introduction, Underscore.JS

Code School
JavaScript Path: ES2015, MongoDB, AngularJS, Angular, Backbone, React

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Susan Beiner, Dish.For Good Food, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Neenah Paper Company, and others.

ACHIEVEMENTS

cum laude, Champlain College. 2010

American Inhouse Design Award. Morning Fresh Farms packaging. 2006

American Graphic Design Awards, for both the Dish logo and identity system. 2005

Neenah Paperworks Competition, Silver award for Dish identity system. 2005

Neenah Paperworks Competition, Gold and Silver awards for TMG Corporation marketing materials. 2000

Madison Advertising Federation, American Advertising Awards. Two ADDY Awards and three Citations of Excellence. 1998