About
Hi, I'm Cassi. I'm a frontend engineer specializing in marketing websites and CMS-driven development.
I originally started the journey as a Visual Journalism kid, always with a camera in my hand. Somewhere along the way I added technical support rep for casual video games, designer for dental facebook sites, nonprofit email developer, and a brief stint signing people up for video game user testing, to my many hats.
Now as a web developer whose spent 10+ years solving problems on the web, my throughline has always been approaching every problem with empathy and as a communication problem first, a technical one second. I especially love working with mission-driven companies.
I know it's a cliche to say that you thrive at the intersection of something, but LinkedIn jargon aside, my diverse background really does mean that I enjoy and thrive at solving problems that bridge the gap between design, development, marketing, and user experience.
Outside of work I like to spend a lot of time outdoors (on a bike or on a mountain, but weirdly - not both), getting crafty with some knitting or illustration, or playing a cozy video game.
- 01Education
School
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2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Arts | Visual Journalism - Western Washington University
Activities: Online Editor: Western Front / Online Editor: Klipsun Magazine / Web Development Certificate. Reporter: Western Front & Klipsun Magazine. Part of: KVIK Broadcasting Club & NPPA: Western Chapter. Visual Journalism Internship at Bellingham Alive!
Certificates
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2016
Full Stack Web Development | Dev Bootcamp
At Dev Bootcamp we focused on Full Stack Web development, utilizing Ruby on Rails for back end development, as well as Javascript and basic front-end technologies such as HTML and CSS. We also covered modern software team workflows such as Agile development and pair programming.
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2006 - 2010
- 02Experience
Work
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Nov 2021 – Nov 2025
Marketing Web Engineer — Submittable
Maintained and grew a Gatsby + Contentful marketing site, building dozens of new page templates from Figma designs — including two homepage redesigns, an ROI calculator, and a full blog migration of 300+ posts from WordPress. Served as technical lead through a major site rebrand, coordinating the migration and consolidation of 1,000+ pages across two properties. -
Mar 2019 – Nov 2021
Senior Engineer, Web Engineering — Slalom Build
Transitioned to Slalom Build and consulted across six client projects spanning React, WordPress, and Drupal. Managed a diverse portfolio of projects including Wordpress template builds, React UI builds, Drupal build and site maitanance, and more. -
Nov 2017 – Mar 2019
Engineer, Web & Marketing Engineering — Slalom Consulting
Part of the Digital Experience Management practice, working across 12+ projects at the intersection of marketing and engineering. Embedded with a healthcare client to build a Drupal-based blogging platform focused on editor usability, and contributed to a provider research portal for end users. -
May 2014 – May 2017
Production Artist — Sesame Communications
Supported a web development and SEO team managing 30+ client cases weekly — making HTML/CSS edits to live websites, conducting QA, designing social assets, and writing internal documentation to streamline team workflows.
Volunteer
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Jun 2020
Volunteer WordPress Developer — Tech For Campaigns
Built out political campaign websites using a WordPress template, contributing web skills toward down-ballot campaigns that don't always have access to technical help. -
Jan 2019 – Aug 2021
Web Editor & Email Marketer — The World is Fun
Managed the organization's Squarespace site — updating content, building new pages, and keeping things tidy. Previously ran the volunteer newsletter for five years: writing copy, managing the list, and leading a migration to a modern responsive email platform. -
Jan 2026 – Present
Volunteer — Bellingham Food Bank
Weekly grocery services support — stocking shelves and helping people find what they need.
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Nov 2021 – Nov 2025
- 03Skills
Frontend
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- React
- Astro
- Accessibility
CMS
- Contentful
- WordPress
- Drupal
- Headless architecture
Tooling
- Git
- Figma
- Gatsby
- Webpack
- Netlify
Other
- Core Web Vitals
- SEO
- Email development
- Agile / Scrum
- Technical writing