Laura Brown is a designer and developer from New York. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Since 2016 she has been active as a freelance designer and developer, typically working with small to medium sized brands, organizations, and studios active in the fields of design and art. She is currently based in Berlin, where she works with both American and European clients.
Projects
- O2 MondeDesign and development of a bespoke Shopify theme for vegan footwear brand O2 Monde. O2 Monde crafts effortless, expressive shoes that benefit both people and planet. We replace animal hides and synthetic plastics with supple plant-based skins and work exclusively with Italian partners who share our commitment to uncompromising quality and sustainable, humane, recyclable processes.
- ForsythDigital Design & Web Development of a Shopify website for Forsyth, an established restorer and secondary market dealer of designer furniture. With a large inventory of one-of-a-kind designer items, the site must accommodate a complex navigational structure and product taxonomy that allow browsing by granular product categories and by designer.
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Work history
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Web Designer & DeveloperSelf Employed
Berlin, GermanyFreelance
– Developing new websites or updating existing ones for small to medium companies
– Coordinating with designers, branding agencies, marketing specialists and other contributors to meet tight deadlines
– Creating custom email templates for Mailchimp and Shopify
– Ensuring SEO best practices, inclusion of proper metadata for social sharing
– Assisting in copyediting, design and digital strategy
Past clients include: Own Hook, Xavier Hufkens, The Nue Co, Assembled Brands, Khaite, Tanya Taylor, Nicole Saldaña, Protagonist, Hunting Season, Human NYC, Mimiell, Conspirators Berlin
Software EngineerArtsy
- New York, United StatesFull Time
– Developed new features for a range of public and internal applications within a team of other engineers and designers focused on public-facing desktop and mobile web
– Served as project owner of consumer-facing native iOS mobile app for one year
– Created the iPad version of the previously iPhone-only native iOS app
– Contributed to the development of iPad live auction bidding kiosk app for art auctions
– Attended planning meetings with designers and project managers to give technical input
Technologies used: [ web ] Javascript, Backbone, node.js, express js, GraphQL, Ruby, Rails; [ iOS ] Swift, Objective-C, Cocoapods
Skills
- Shopify
- UI Design
- Frontend Development
- Information Architecture
- Web Design
- Web Interface Design
- Digital Design
- Graphic Design
- Identity Design
- Branding
Education
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Short CourseCentral Saint Martins
- London, United Kingdom
Graphic Design
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Short CourseUniversity of Twente
- Enschede, Netherlands
Governance and Ethics of Technology
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