Lilith Bentley*

Digital Product Designer

• Guided the front-end design and user experience for APMG’s digital products, including the flagship MPR News website.
• Served as lead designer for new and redesigned sites, including The Current and Carbon Sound.

Web Designer / Developer

• Built and improved public-facing websites, with an emphasis on front-end development.
• Developed sites in environments using React.JS, Ruby on Rails, and GraphQL APIs.

Co-Chair, Equalizers Employee Resource Group

• Strengthened a supportive community among LGBTQIA+ staff and families at APMG and solidified lines of communication between colleagues and APMG leadership.
• Organized educational opportunities for professional development and connected with the broader LGBTQIA+ communities in the Twin Cities.

Full-Stack Development Student

• Studied full-stack software engineering in an intensive, full-time immersion classroom setting.
• Used the PERN stack to build CRUD web applications and RESTful APIs.
• Designed and developed a mobile-first web app to coordinate vanpool ridership.
• Worked in a group to build a volunteer portal and management web app for 2D Con, a local gaming convention.

Web Designer

• As a member of the Web Services team, designed and built templates for many Carleton College sites, both in WordPress and in Reason CMS, an open-source PHP & MySQL-based content management system.
• Served as lead designer and front-end developer for subsites including the Carleton College Voice, Carls Give Day, and Midwestern Arcadia.
• Designed custom HTML email templates and digital signage display templates.

Associate Director, New Media

• Oversaw strategy and execution of MMF websites, including maintenance, design improvements, and front-end development projects for www.mmf.umn.edu, including thewinefest.org, and multiple social media channels.
• Planned and executed migration strategy of hundreds of online donation pages from custom forms to Blackbaud NetCommunity.

Web Applications Developer

• Redesigned online giving tool, resulting in higher online giving with fewer support calls.
• Authored guides to standards and best practices for MMF web development and social media.
• Migrated MMF website to Dreamweaver templates.

User Experience Engineer

• Developed cross-platform and ADA-compliant interface for Enleiten Path, a robust Web application for task management.
• Performed testing and studies to improve product usability.

Information Technology Professional

• College of Education and Human Development: Web & Multimedia Professional (2006–07)
• College of Human Ecology: Academic Technology Professional (2003–06); Information Technology Specialist (2000–2003)

Minnesota All-Stars Assistant Coach

• Led successful efforts to improve team cohesion and morale following a period of high turnover and anxiety.
• Managed the bench during games, ensuring a calm, focused, and positive mood.

TechComm and Art Committee Member

• Updated the MNRollerDerby.com website theme to reflect a complete league rebranding.
• Built a new branded, responsive, flexible HTML email template for the league newsletter.
• Prepared league trading card digital assets for print.

Full-Stack Software Engineering Certification

B.A., Physics