Tyler Machado
Front-end developer
Digital designer
Data visualization specialist
About
Things to know about me:
- My resume includes agency, in-house and freelance positions, most frequently collaborating with nonprofit and independent media organizations.
- I’ve co-led conference sessions at SRCCON events and Boston University’s Storytelling With Data workshops.
- As a freelancer, I built web graphics for Science News, Journalist’s Resource, and the New England Revolution soccer team.
- I spent the beginning of my career as a web producer for media outlets and this continues to inform my work. Those roles taught me to be interdisciplinary by default, instead of constrained by the usual defined roles, and required me to be deeply disciplined and self-organized.
- I have a professional certificate in Data Science from Harvard Extension School, and a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Saint Michael's College in Vermont.
- I'm also an avid watcher of world soccer, a lapsed college radio DJ, and a bar trivia champion.
Want to talk? I'm at
tyler [dot] machado [at] gmail.
Portfolio
Data visualizations and interactive graphics
National Science Foundation State Indicators
Alley
Svelte dataviz template
Northeastern University
COVID-19 testing dashboard
Northeastern University
The most and least digital jobs -- and how well they pay
Harvard Business Review
Matchday poster
New England Revolution
How corporate boards connect, in charts
Harvard Business Review
Interactive web tools
WordPress blocks and themes
Visual design and branding
Web maps
Here’s a look at all the new construction on Northeastern’s campus this year
Northeastern University
The 2020 census and Title I funding for schools: Interactive maps to localize your state’s stakes
Journalist's Resource
This is the course 11,000 athletes will row for the Head of the Charles Regatta
Northeastern University
Resume
This resume is also available in PDF format.
Alley
(remote)User Experience Developer II, March 2021-present
- Building bespoke blocks, templates, and patterns for modern enterprise WordPress sites
- Leveraging WordPress’s REST and Block APIs using HTML/CSS, JavaScript/React, and PHP
- Designing and implementing in-editor interfaces to improve the user experience for content creators and producers
- Prototyping and building static and interactive chart designs for dataviz projects
- Contributing to company-wide shared component libraries
- Working in a remote Agile environment with teammates and stakeholders, using Git and Jira
Northeastern University
(Boston, MA)Front-end and Data Developer, April 2019-March 2021
- Produced data visualizations, interactive maps, and custom digital presentations for university news stories, working with academic research, public datasets, and journalistic explainers
- Designed and built the university’s public-facing COVID-19 testing dashboard
- Built project library using Svelte and D3 to streamline development, deployment, and branding
Institute for Nonprofit News
(remote)Front-end Developer/Designer, February 2018-April 2019
- Designed, maintained, and built WordPress websites for nonprofit news organizations, using the in-house framework Largo
- Created wireframes, prototypes and design systems to guide UI/UX decisions, in collaboration with partner organizations and clients
- Updated internal branding guidelines and assets, for both print and digital uses
Harvard Business Review
(Boston, MA)Editorial Developer, March 2014-January 2018
- Designed and built web-native tools and data visualizations based on new and archive content
- Managed new processes to bridge design, tech, and editorial desks
- Built and maintained Node-based chatbots on Slack and Facebook
Seven Days
(Burlington, VT)Digital Media Manager, August 2012-March 2014
Deputy Web Editor, June 2010-August 2012
- Created WordPress websites for Kids VT, the Vermont Tech Jam, and Vermont Restaurant Week
- Revamped layout designs and managed daily production for six email newsletters, and led the migration of said newsletters from Constant Contact to Mailchimp
- Directed newsroom initiatives on analytics, content strategy and social media
- Hosted election night coverage on social media, live blogs, chats, and results dashboards