Hi, I'm

SarahMay Harel

Front End Developer

About Me

I am a front end web developer located in New York. I’m inspired by clean design and user experiences, and strive to bring those elements to every project I work on.

My experience in front end and UX/UI development includes JavaScript, JQuery, SCSS, Bootstrap, Jekyll, and Liquid. On the CMS side, I’m proficient with Shopify, WordPress, Craft, and GitHub Pages. I'm committed to using git for its reliable version control and believe that it is a key component to successful collaboration. I’m a highly organized person with a desire to solve problems both efficiently and elegantly.

In my spare time, I love rock climbing, solving crossword puzzles, and caring for my forest of houseplants.

Skills

HTML, CSS, & SCSS
Shopify & Liquid
Jekyll
Bootstrap
Google Analytics
Project Management
Git & GitHub
JavaScript & JQuery
Netlify
UX/UI
eCommerce & SEO
MailChimp

Experience

Shopify Developer | Frontend and eCommerce

Bowtie (2022 – Present)

  • Develop, configure, and style Shopify themes and Jekyll websites using Liquid, JavaScript, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS and SCSS
  • Implement frontend styles on 30+ client websites, with a strong eye toward clean design and user experiences
  • Maintain agile practices with trackers, transparency, pairing, and productivity tools such as Pivotal, Asana, Trello, and TopTracker
  • Develop new pages, features, and sites out of designs from Sketch, Figma, Zeplin
  • Ship clean, readable code, using Git best practices for version control
Assistant Director | Website Operations and eCommerce

Workman Publishing (2017 – 2022)

  • Oversee 20+ websites on a mixture of WordPress, Craft, & static pages hosted in AWS S3
  • Supervise infrastructure re-architecture projects, and relaunches for author & brand websites
  • Technical lead for frontend eCommerce and UI/UX development, using HTML, CSS and Shopify’s Ruby-based template language, Liquid
  • Analyze and report on website, eCommerce, & newsletter analytics to inform business strategy
  • Participate as a lead member of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, 4 subcommittees
Member | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Workman Publishing (2020 – 2022)

  • Participate as a lead member of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion oversight committee
  • Developed company mission statement
  • Launched, directed, and co-wrote the Workman DEI newsletter
  • Created Read With Pride landing page, merchandising plan, and successfully advocated to have leadership read a written statement honoring Pride Month in June 2021

Certifications

  • Learn SCSS, Codecademy
  • JavaScript Circuit, General Assembly
  • HTML & CSS, General Assembly
  • Google Analytics Bootcamp, General Assembly

Tools & Technologies