# Sacha Sedriks > Front End Developer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sachasedriks I am a front-end developer with full stack knowledge and deep experience in user experience and interaction design — seeking opportunities to collaborate and continue to grow as a developer. Proficient across the full stack in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, and PostgreSQL. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Rocket Travel, Inc, a Booking Holdings Company Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Chicago ### Full Stack Web Developer Training @ Thinkful Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Completed intensive nine-month web development course, emphasizing industry best practices with a focus on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Data Structures & Algorithms. • Created and deployed mobile-first applications while learning new languages and frameworks by collaborating several hours every week with a senior web developer. Notable Projects... Artsy • Designed and developed a social media application to showcase art and artists. • Tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Node.js, Express, Mocha, Chai, PostgreSQL, Cloudinary API, dBeaver, Postman, Heroku, Vercel • GitHub Repo: https://github.com/jcochran206/artsy-capstone-client HTML-108 Step Synthesizer • Created a virtual step synthesizer, harnessing the power of the browser’s native Web Audio API. • Tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Tone.js, Web Audio API, Node.js, Express, Mocha, Chai, PostgreSQL, Heroku, Vercel • GitHub Repo: https://github.com/artificialarea/html-108-app Cinematic Quiz • Created a multiple choice quiz enlivened with evocative animated film stills. • Tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery • GitHub Repo: https://github.com/artificialarea/thinkful-quiz VVGies • Created an application that allows people to search for restaurants in their area that match their strict vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free dietary needs. • Tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Mapbox Geolocation API + LeafletJS, Yelp Fusion API, Postman • GitHub Repo: https://github.com/artificialarea/VVGies ### Head of UX, BBC R&D @ BBC Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom Co-managed a cross-disciplinary team of 25+ people (including 4 UX Designers) within BBC R&D's Internet Research & Future Services section. My remit was to facilitate strategic innovation and speculative design thinking in the research and prototyping of future media and broadcasting services that converge with internet technologies. Also acted as a bridge to foster collaboration and knowledge transfer of R&D initiatives within various parts of the wider BBC organization. Areas of research and development included machine learning content analysis tools, ‘atomised’ object-based storytelling, conversational user interfaces/devices for voice and text, and expanding the possibilities of user experience within the internet protocol television domain. ### Product Design Manager @ BBC Jan 2010 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom Also referred to as a 'Creative Director' at BBC User Experience & Design (UX&D) department within BBC Design & Engineering division. [2014-2016] BBC LIVE. Co-managed a cross-disciplinary team of 20+ people (including 3 UX Designers) associated with our ‘BBC LIVE’ digital events service, which offers second-screen experiences for BBC Sport, News, Music, Radio and Television events. [2010 -2014] BBC RADIO & MUSIC. Co-managed a cross-disciplinary team of 40+ people (including 10 UX Designers) and partner agencies to produce BBC iPlayer Radio & Music digital services. Additionally, as part of BBC User Experience & Design (UX&D) Creative Leadership Group was responsible for various strategic and operational initiatives, recruitment, career development, talent mapping, and promoting studio design culture. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ BBC Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | London, United Kingdom Lead user experience designer for the BBC Radio & Music digital ecosystem. ### Interaction Designer/Developer (Freelance) @ artificialArea Jan 2000 – Jan 2007 | Greater New York City Area As an independent contractor created websites and digital campaigns for agencies and clients including Razorfish, TBWA, iDeutsch, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Firstborn Multimedia, The Barbarian Group, Reuters, Museum of Modern Art, New York Magazine, Wired, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Yahoo, Terra-Lycos, Nextel, MCI, Revlon, Showtime, among others. Most of these projects were built in Flash with ActionScript, an object-oriented programming language associated with ECMAScript and the semantics of JavaScript. ### Art Director @ AKQA Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | Greater New York City Area Created websites, campaigns and/or pitches for the following clients: BMW, Esteé Lauder, Coca-Cola, Microsoft Xbox 360, New York Jets, ESPN, Wieden+Kennedy, ABC Networks. ### Senior Interaction Designer @ R/GA Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 | Greater New York City Area Created websites and campaigns for the following clients: Nike, Art Directors Club, Purina, Bank of America. ### Interface Designer @ Razorfish Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | San Francisco Bay Area Created websites for several agency clients prior to them vanishing into the ether after the first dot-com bubble burst. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA Middlebury College ### Post-Baccalaureate in New Genres San Francisco Art Institute ### Pentacle The Virtual Business School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sachasedriks - Portfolio: https://artificialarea.github.io/portfolio - GitHub: https://github.com/artificialarea --- Source: https://flows.cv/sachasedriks JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sachasedriks/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13