Resume

Melody Paxton

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly motivated WordPress Designer/Developer with more than 2 decades of experience in website development, graphic design, SEO, and customer care. Extensive understanding of customer expectations and an ability to create successful outcomes. Able to work with existing designs, and able to create new concepts based on current trends following industry standards.

SKILLS

WordPress CMS

Various WP Pagebuilders

Elementor Pro
WP Bakery
Divi

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop
Lightroom
Illustrator
InDesign
Premier Pro
Acrobat Pro
XD

SEO Tools

SEMRush
Agency Analytics
Google Analytics
Yoast

Toolset/AFC/Crocoblock

Google Docs

Google Spreadsheet

Google Slides

Google Drive

HubSpot

Teamwork, Jira, Basecamp

WP Engine

Nexcess

AWS

WORK HISTORY

Horton Ventures – WordPress/Graphic Design/SEO
116 N Main St. Goodlettsville, TN 37072 08/16 – 10/2022

WordPress environment setup and configuration, including third-party plugin installation
Design mock-ups and wireframes
SEO and copy recommendations
Analytics, Tag Manager, and Search Console setup
Pre- and Post-launch QA

DVL – Expression Engine Developer/SEO
700 12th Ave S STE 400 Nashville, TN 37203 07/2009 – 07/2014

Expression Engine installation and configuration
Template creation and maintenance
SEO, site and content optimization, analytics, and statistics
Web hosting setup and configuration

IO Studio, LLC – Website Designer/Developer
1909 21st Ave S Nashville, TN 37212 10/2008 – 04/2009

HTML/CSS
Graphic Design
General site maintenance

Freelance – Website/Graphic Design/Consultation
1018 Hickory Hill Lane Hermitage, TN 37076 07/1997 – Present

Graphic design – Fliers, business cards, ads, food products
Website design and SEO

REFERENCES UPON REQUEST – Link to my Google Drive where you can see portions of my work.