User Experience Designer

Making the web more interesting one site at a time.

Hi! My name is Jamie Larsen

I am a freelance user experience designer and front-end web developer. I have been working with clients for over 15 years in gathering requirements, wire-framing, prototyping, user-testing, designing, and building their websites. I have helped everyone from large corporations to small businesses get their presence on the web.

My process includes understanding their market and audience members to make sure that the website is user friendly and cross-browser compatible.

Jamie Larsen - Front End Web Designer/Developer

Websites that I have helped design/build

City of Allen Park Web Designer

City of Allen Park, Michigan

Lead Web Designer & Developer

Redesigned the City of Allen Park's website as a freelance designer. I worked closely with a one person from the city to come up with a clean layout design and new site navigation. We reorganized the whole site with new content and a new design.

Launched 2010

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • Website Design
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • PHP
Blistex Freelance Web Developer

Blistex

Freelance Web Designer & Web Manager

I have been working with Blistex since 2007 as their web guru. I have done several things with them and their site. I recently moved their website to wordpress so that they can manage content on thier end.

Skills used
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • jQuery
  • Responsive Website Design
  • Content Management System
  • Wordpress Development
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joomla Freelance Web Developer

DataNet Quality Systems

Freelance Web Guru

I designed and built the front-end of the DataNet website on joomla content management system.

Launched 2010

Skills used
  • Web Design
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • joomla! Development
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joomla Freelance Web Developer

Easy Family History

Freelance Web Guru

I worked with an illustrator on the graphics for Easy Family History, but I came up with the design for the website and content. I built the site on joomla using a shopping cart plugin.

Launched 2009

Skills used
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Content Management System
  • eCommerce Website
  • joomla! Development
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joomla Freelance Web Developer

1-800-MYLEMON

Freelance Web Guru

I have been working with David Gorberg for many years. I designed his site initially in 2006 and have been maintaining his site since.

Launched 2006

Skills used
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • Wordpress Development
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joomla Freelance Web Developer

Melvindale

Freelance Web Designer

I worked closely with the Mayor of Melvindale to restructure and redesign the Melvindale, Michigan city website. They wanted to use their city symbol in the header, so I incorporated that into the design. I built the site using joomla content management system to allow them to make content updates.

Launched 2011

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • Photoshop Designs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • joomla! Development
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joomla Freelance Web Developer

More Than Gourmet

Freelance Web Developer

While working at Stone Interactive Group, I project managed and did the front end development of the More Than Gourmet website. I worked with thier team to integrate the design into their current shopping site. I help maintain their site today and work with them in sending marketing emails out.

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • Photoshop Designs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • joomla! Development
  • Marketing Email Design & Development
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Wordpress Freelance Web Developer

Odor Eaters

Corporate Web Designer

Odor-Eaters provided a corporate website design to me. I created a custom wordpress theme and help maintain their website.

Launched 2014

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • Wordpress Development
  • Wordpress Theme
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Freelance Web Designer

Paragon Sight & Sound

Small Business Web Designer

I was hired as a sub contractor to design and build the Paragon website on the joomla platform. They wanted to use their current colors of maroon and gold.

Launched 2009

Skills used
  • Website Designs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Content Management System
  • joomla! Development
Web Designer

Learning A-Z

Freelance Web Guru

As an Employee of Learning A-Z, I designed and built several of thier websites. This is the Raz-Kids website design. I eventually took all of the sites and made them look very similar to this one with different colors. I worked with several backend developers and php.

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • Photoshop Designs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • PHP
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Web Designer

TGI

Freelance Web Guru

While working with Stone Interactive Group, I project managed and was the front-end web developer of this corporate website redesign project. I have recently been working with TGI to update their design and make their site mobile friendly.

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Responsive/Mobile friendly website
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Web Designer

Ypsilanti Cooperative Preschool

Freelance Web Guru

I was a parent of a preschooler at the Ypsi Coop. My parent job was to maintain their website. I took it upon myself to redesign the website and logo. I built the new site with a custom wordpress theme so that when I left, it could be maintained easily.

Skills used
  • Business Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Wireframes
  • Photoshop Designs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • Custom Wordpress Theme
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Get in touch

Got something you would like me to work on or a question you might have for me. Send me an email or get in touch with me another way

p: 734.224.8015
e: jamie@crazylarsens.com

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