Resume

Brian Hart

Designer-developer bridging visual design and front-end code. Years of work across design, art direction, and web development inform the responsive, standards-based interfaces I build. Deep in CSS and design systems, I now use LLMs to extend my process — not to replace the craft or judgment behind it.

Cleveland, Ohio · View on LinkedIn

I. Experience

UI Developer/Designer

2017 – Present

The Refinery — Cleveland, Ohio. Design and build responsive websites and custom Craft CMS platforms for a range of B2B, B2C, and institutional clients.

  • Own projects end to end, from visual design through front-end implementation and ongoing maintenance.
  • Design and build custom Craft CMS platforms tailored to client content and publishing needs.
  • Selected clients: Shurtape (Duck Brand, FrogTape, T‑Rex), Modern Trade Communications, Postle Industries, CasterConnection, Oatey, MBMA, and Aim2Flourish (CWRU).

Senior Web Designer / Developer

2008 – 2017

Ernst & Young — Associate Director, Brand, Marketing & Communications. Owned the visual design and CSS/HTML architecture of ey.com through 2017.

  • Built a custom template powering roughly 80% of the site
  • Led responsive and mobile development from 2010 onward.
  • Designed and built new templates, design patterns, microsites, and in-browser prototypes.

Supervising Art Director, Multimedia & Video

1999 – 2008

Ernst & Young. Set creative direction across events, video, motion graphics, animation, and interactive experiences while contributing front-end code.

  • Managed a small team of multimedia professionals.
  • Advised tax, advisory, and assurance developers on UI/UX.
  • Created a design system for Knowledge group community pages, unanimously approved by country managers worldwide.
  • Delivered a full visual redesign of ey.com with an international team.

Designer/Art Director

1985 – 1999

Ernst & Young. Presentation graphics, designed brochures, magazines, newsletters, and collateral material.

Graphic Artist

1984 – 1985

The Timken Company. Computer graphics, slide creation, technical illustration, and typesetting on early workstation systems.

II. Skills

Front-end & design

  • Development: HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, responsive design, accessibility
  • Design: UI design, UX, usability, web design, design systems, branding & identity, creative direction.
  • Tools: Figma, Affinity, Adobe suite, Sketch, Chrome DevTools, VS Code, Vite, Git.

III. Education

Associate's Degree

1982 – 1984

Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Graphic Design & Illustration.