Chris Prieto

Work History

Front-End Developer with over 15 years experience creating responsive, accessible and visually engaging websites. Highly proficient in WordPress development, accessibility, usability and cross-platform optimization. Adept at collaborating with designers, marketers and developers to bring ideas to life.

Jan 2021 - Jul 2025

Victory Creative San Diego, CA

As Lead Developer at Victory Creative, I worked closely with both in-house and client-side design and marketing teams to develop and maintain custom Shopify and WordPress themes for multinational brands. My work included localizing content for international markets and ensuring consistent adherence to Usability and Accessibility standards. I’ve also led integrations with third-party RESTful APIs, including Bazaarvoice, Destini, Klaviyo, SmartCommerce, and Yotpo.

Clients: Bai, Core Hydration, Crook & Marker, Crooked Tea, Cutwater, Fulfil Nutrition, Hershey, Keurig Dr. Pepper, One Brands, Peñafiel, Razor, Remedy Kombucha and Super Coffee.

Live Sites

Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

Ensemble Design Co. Formerly BPM Media Group San Diego, CA

As Front-End Web Developer at Ensemble, I worked closely with design and marketing teams to create custom landing pages, WordPress themes and HTML emails. I worked with overseas developers and engineers to manage internal company sites. I used Amazon AWS to create fast WordPress builds and worked with GSAP to create JavaScript animations. I built and maintained static websites with Node.js and Gulp.

Clients: BPM Supreme, BPM Latino, Mike Love, DJ Cassidy, DJ Vice, and DJ Qbert.

Jan 2013 - Jun 2018

Tragic Media San Diego, CA

As Front-End Web Developer at Tragic Media, I worked closely with designers and engineers to build custom themes from the ground up for Drupal, WordPress, Magento, Angular Apps, PWA's and JavaScript Games. I worked with new hires to establish and monitor company coding standards as well as performing code reviews when necessary.

Clients: Ace Tattoo, Benihana, Burger King, Coffe Bean & Tea Leaf, Elayne Angel, Pokez, Lego, 300, SportRx and Qualcomm.

Feb 2007 - Jan 2013

Green Bird Media San Diego, CA

As Web Designer at Green Bird Media, I was in charge of Drupal and WordPress theme development, HTML/CSS web sites, email marketing and design work for churches and non-profit orgs.

Clients: Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, IMUNA, Power of Love Foundation, San Diego Rowing Club, SDSU Library, Scott & Quinn Real Estate and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Oct 2005 - Oct 2006

American Made Choppers Bonita, CA

As in-house Web Designer at American Made Choppers, I maintained and updated a hand-coded HTML site using a Verio e-commerce backend. I modernized site code, built templates for the website, eBay, and email marketing, collaborated with office staff to manage the e-commerce system, and resolved customer website issues.

May 2005 - Jan 2015

AMFM Design San Diego, CA

As owner of AMFM Design, I primarily built custom HTML, Drupal and WordPress websites for artists, clothing brands, illustrators, musicians and local businesses. I also provided hosting, maintenance, design, illustration and email marketing services.

Clients: American Heirloom, Bell Solar Electric, Designer Spots Cattery, Destn2 Clothing, DJ Slowhand, DJ Pound, Dr. Burrito, Emerald City, Juan Chau, Kelly Carámbula, Kym Fulmer, Lisa Congdon, Lupolo Tea, Nora Aoyagi, MaeMae Paperie, Rap or Die, White Labs.

Hi, I am a Front-End Web Dev

I am a Front-End Web Developer passionate about creating a more engaging and accessible web. I've worked with Drupal, WordPress, Magento, Shopify and Webflow using CSS, HTML, JavaScript, GSAP and PHP.