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Christopher Kennedy-Nuñez

Frontend Web Developer — Astoria, New York, US
Email: yo@furioursus.dev
Bluesky: @furioursus.dev

Summary

Front-end web developer with 14+ years of industry experience across web and print design, specializing in accessible HTML/CSS, WordPress, Craft CMS, and ExpressionEngine content management systems. A lifelong learner passionate about JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, driven to make the web — and the knowledge it carries — more accessible, and to leave the internet a better place. Believes in empowering the people around them to reach their goals through empathy and clear communication.

Experience

Frontend Developer — Fingerpaint Group

Mar 2026–Presenthttps://fingerpaint.com

Build pharmaceutical marketing websites using Astro and Vue. Leverage agentic LLM editors to build products such as dosing calculators and nurse/provider locators.

Front-End Web Developer & Owner — One Bright Light / Furioursus

2009–Present

Design and develop websites using Craft CMS, ExpressionEngine, and e-commerce solutions, working with teams ranging from small 3-person startups to national agencies. Integrate third-party services to create more engaging website experiences, and heavily involved in developing information architecture for client sites, often acting as liaison between engineering and marketing teams.

Frontend Web Developer (Consultant, via Exygy) — City of Oakland

Feb 2022–Jul 2024https://exygy.com

Returned to the same oaklandca.gov project as an external consultant contracted through Exygy, continuing the modernization work from the earlier direct-employment tenure below.

Frontend Web Developer and Craft CMS Specialist (Business Analyst IV) — City of Oakland

Jul 2018–Feb 2021https://oaklandca.gov

Started as a contractor (Jul 2018–Feb 2019) before converting to staff as Business Analyst IV. Developed and maintained oaklandca.gov alongside a team of UX researchers and designers; civic tech work that emboldened a drive to serve the community.

  • Oversaw a Craft 2 to Craft 4 CMS conversion and migration, moving and retooling tens of thousands of entries that required content massaging mid-migration.
  • Aggregated and analyzed staff feedback to build custom page content builders that maintained WCAG 2.0/2.1 compliance and preserved the City's brand guidelines; led staff training sessions and previewed upcoming technology to build staff buy-in.
  • Served as point of contact for the City Administrator's office on accessibility requirements set by City Council; worked with external vendors contracted through other departments to ensure delivered code met compliance.
  • Implemented a new realtime search tool, increasing on-site search traffic by 43%.
  • Optimized web application performance with new caching guidelines after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing page speed 25-63%.
  • Worked with the finance department to research, test, and implement third-party chatbot functionality, helping increase payment processing after city office closures.

Craft and Frontend Web Developer — Societyone

Aug 2017–Mar 2018https://societyone.com.au

6-month contract with SocietyOne, a FinTech company in Australia, managing the project across a 17-hour timezone difference.

  • Maintained a large Craft CMS codebase and delivered new site features on quick turnaround for the marketing department.
  • Integrated partner APIs for credit score information, increasing customer conversions by 24%.
  • Prototyped low-fidelity proofs of concept and implemented the design team's updates for production sites on tight deadlines.

Front End Web Developer — Blue State Digital

Dec 2016–Mar 2017https://bluestate.com

3-month contract position working with BSD NYC and the City of New York.

  • Built AccessNYC (access.nyc.gov), an online tool helping New York City residents access food, money, housing, work, and other benefits/programs.
  • Created the timeline and content structure for the CMS migration.
  • Integrated the City's GatherContent headless CMS to sync and distribute content across the website and future systems.

Lead Developer & Ad Campaign Manager — Gaytravel

May 2012–Oct 2014https://gaytravel.com

Maintained GayTravel.com's membership and content-driven website of over 10,000 users. Provided support and troubleshooting for the site, team, customers, and advertisers. Rebuilt the website from scratch with a cleaner design and implemented a responsive layout to meet the needs of a growing mobile user base.

Web Designer & ExpressionEngine Developer — The Shotwell Company

Nov 2010–Dec 2011https://shotwellcompany.com

Worked for a San Francisco-based web design and development studio building ExpressionEngine and Magento sites for nonprofits, NGOs, triple-bottom-line companies, and entrepreneurs, with clients including the United Nations, ShoreTel, BetterPlace.com, Cisco WebEx, the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, and the European Federation of Biotechnology.

Lead Designer — Pwl Studio

Jun 2007–Nov 2010https://pwlstudio.com

Houston-based full-service creative and marketing agency offering branding, web design and development, photography/video, and marketing automation across retail/luxury, energy, sports/media, nonprofit, and higher-education clients, including Tiffany & Co., Halliburton, ESPN, Neiman Marcus, the American Red Cross, and the University of Houston. Brought ExpressionEngine into the company's toolkit.

Graphic Designer — copydotcom Inc

May 2005–Jun 2007https://copydotcom.com

Served as web development liaison and managed and coordinated offset print orders, working with clients from conception to production across each stage.

Marketing Web Designer — Adv Films

2004–2005https://advfilms.com— no longer active

North American anime distribution and localization company (A.D. Vision). During this period ADV released titles including Super Milk-chan (July 2004-January 2005), GetBackers (August 2004-November 2005), and Gantz (2005), and ran the "Anime ADVocates" marketing program, which distributed free screening material and promotional content to nearly 3,000 anime clubs across North America.

Web & Graphic Designer — iTechLabs

Jan 2003–Jul 2004https://itechlabs.com— no longer active

First web-related job; in charge of developing interactive websites.

Education

Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Multimedia & Web Design — Art Institute of Houston

Jan 2001–Jan 2004

Skills

Technical: 3rd Party Integrations, Accessibility, Agentic Development, APIs, Astro, Content Management Systems (CMS), Craft CMS, CSS, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, Front-end Development, Git, Google Analytics, HAML, HTML, Information Architecture, JavaScript, PHP, SASS, User Experience, Vue.js, Web Development, Web Standards, WordPress, XML

Creative: Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, User Interface Design, Web Design