Aaron Ladage
About
Aaron Ladage is from Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Aaron works in the following industries: "Internet Publishing". Aaron is currently Senior Staff Engineer, Frontend Development (Contentful) at Matterport. Aaron also works as Speaker & Writer at Public Speaking, a job Aaron has held since Sep 2014. Another title Aaron currently holds is Owner/Lead Developer at Aaron Ladage Web Design. In Aaron's previous role as a Platform Architect (Contentful) at DEG, a Merkle Company, Aaron worked in Kansas City Metropolitan Area until Apr 2022. Prior to joining DEG, a Merkle Company, Aaron was a Senior UI Engineer at DEG Digital and held the position of Senior UI Engineer at Overland Park, KS. Prior to that, Aaron was a Adjunct Assistant Professor at Johnson County Community College, based in Overland Park, KS from Jan 2013 to Aug 2016. Aaron started working as Web Developer at VML in Kansas City, Missouri Area in Feb 2013. From Nov 2009 to Jan 2013, Aaron was Web Developer at University of Kansas, based in Lawrence, Kansas Area. Prior to that, Aaron was a Freelance Writer at The Pitch, based in Kansas City, Missouri Area from Aug 2004 to May 2011. Aaron started working as Communications/Web Site Specialist at Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, KS in Nov 2007.
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Aaron Ladage's current jobs
I speak regularly at nationally recognized technology and developer conferences, covering a wide range of topics related to digital experience and front-end development. Past highlights have included South by Southwest Interactive (half-day seminar), Future of Web Design NYC, All Things Open, and Kansas City Developers Conference, as well as a variety of regional and local conferences and meetups. I've also written web development-related articles for several blogs and online publications, including Smashing Magazine, Contentful and DEG.
A small web development agency that focuses on beautiful front-end coding and custom content management experiences.
Aaron Ladage's past jobs
Platform architect specializing in the architecture and implementation of enterprise-level digital experiences, products and services, with particular emphasis on the Contentful content platform. Deep expertise working with JAMstack architectures, creating scalable omnichannel digital experiences, and curating stack-based technology solutions that are well-tailored to meet product owners' current and future needs.
I write front-end code that's fast, flexible and forward-thinking for one of the "25 Companies That Are Changing the World" (Inc. Magazine, April 2014). Heavy emphasis on site performance, accessibility and adherence to web standards and best practices.
Beginning in January 2013, I began teaching courses related to web design and development at JCCC. My first course is an introductory course to mobile web design and application development, which focuses on the basics of responsive design, CSS3 media queries, mobile frameworks, progressive enhancement and native mobile app creation.
Front-end web development for several large national brands. Projects included the Kashi.com site redesign, and new development and site maintenance for American Century Investments.
As part of the university's Web Development and Interface Design group, I am embedded and work closely with University Relations, creating sites and applications that impact prospective and current students, parents, alumni and staff, and have created applications to help manage and display high-profile academic catalog and scholarship information.
I wrote a variety of music-related articles for The Pitch, including local and national band profiles, album reviews, and concert previews and reviews.
My responsibilities at Blue Valley included launching a completely revamped district-level site, as well as reworking a Flash-based homepage into a CMS-based, semantic mini-site that better met the district's communications needs.
Land Line, a trade magazine that covered the trucking industry, was my first "real" job after college. I was hired as a staff writer for their website, magazine and XM radio show, but soon transitioned to the role of Online Editor, where I implemented a redesign of the magazine's web presence.