When UCLA updated their brand it meant rebuilding UCLA.edu, and many of their sub-domains. As Sr. Frontend Developer and Team Lead of the Digital Team for Strategic Communications, I lead the rebuild of the some of the University’s highest level domains, and played a major role in development of the official UCLA design system for cross-campus use. A major focus in all my work at the university was ADA compliance. All work created was a minimum WCAG AA standard.
WCAG AA
Accessibility, WCAG Audits, Fixes, Trainings
Community
Public Pull Request Reviews, Fully Documented Websites
Web Development
Laravel, SCSS, JavaScript, React, Webpack
CMS Management
WordPress, Drupal
Hosting
AWS (EC2, S3), Pantheon, Acquia
Design
Figma, Photoshop
Gateway UCLA.edu
UCLA.edu is the gateway to all university websites. Its purpose is to advance the public mission, values, and priorities of UCLA. This domain sets the standard for all subdomains and is the most visited URL on campus. I led the team that built UCLA.edu from the ground up to support the universities current brand. It was the first major domain on campus to be built using the Web Components library.
Admissions Website
UCLA is the most applied to school in the United States. Each year, it receives a record number of applications from prospective students. At the time of launch, it was the first website on campus to receive a perfect score from the Disabilities and Computing Program. The admissions website exceeded the required WCAG AA standard and achieved AAA status without compromising the high quality design.
web components
UCLA’s design system was created so faculty, staff, and students could quickly design and develop digital applications, without wasting time making decisions about spacing, color, font choice, or starting from scratch. I led the team that built version one of webcomponents.ucla.edu for distribution across campus.
