Joel Acevedo

Joel Acevedo

Brandon, FL

User interface designer & web developer that specializes in building attractive, usable, standards-based, responsive web-based applications. Over the past 12 years I have worked in lots of web projects for Transamerica, Nationwide and now Verizon.

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    Verizon

  • Job Title

    UI/UX Designer

  • Spoken Languages

    • English
    • Spanish
  • Awards

    • Verizon Spotlight Award: Performance Excellence
    • S.T.A.R.S.: Enhanced Customer Loyalty (Team Level)
    • S.T.A.R.S.: Operational Excellence (Individual Level)
    • Verizon Brand Ambassador Certified

203 Achievements

  • Filtering Inputs and Escaping Outputs in PHP
  • $_GET and $_POST
  • Vulnerabilities:  Injection, XSS, CSRF
  • The OWASP Top 10 Explained
  • Working By Yourself
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Ordering, Limiting and Paging Results
  • Handling Errors When Manipulating Data
  • Deleting Data from a Database
  • Updating Data in a Database
  • Adding Data to a Database
  • Finding the Data You Want
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Arrays
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP on the Web
  • Daily Exercise Program
  • Unit Converter
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • Simple Mobile Interface
  • Exporting Designs
  • Sketch Features
  • Introducing Sketch
  • Introducing 'Four in a Row'
  • Team Collaboration in Figma
  • Prototyping Designs in Figma
  • Introducing Figma
  • Getters and Setters
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Mobile-First CSS Layout
  • Finishing Touches
  • Styling Images
  • Styling Boxes
  • Styling Text
  • CSS Media Queries
  • CSS Layout Techniques
  • Box Model Concepts
  • The CSS Box Model
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Going Further with Grid Layout
  • Flexible Sized Grids
  • Introducing Grid Layout
  • Add Reusable Logic to Your Sass
  • Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass
  • Improve Your Workflow with Sass
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Keyframe and Line Drawing Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Testing for Accessibility
  • Mobile Accessibility
  • Accessible UI Patterns
  • Semantic HTML and WAI-ARIA
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Build an Accessible Form
  • Introduction To Accessibility
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • WCAG 2.0 (and Other Standards)
  • Access for Everybody
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Usability Studies
  • Qualitative Studies
  • Measuring Your Designs
  • Exploring Async/Await
  • Understanding Promises
  • Asynchronous JavaScript with Callbacks
  • What is Asynchronous Programming?
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • Loop Through Objects
  • Object Basics
  • Arrow Functions
  • Pass Information Into Functions
  • Create Reusable Code with Functions
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Loop Through Arrays
  • Store Multiple Values in an Array
  • Adding 3D Effects with CSS
  • Getting Started with CSS Transforms
  • Transition Timing Functions and Delays
  • Getting Started with CSS Transitions
  • Design Patterns
  • Page Layout
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Working with 'for' Loops
  • Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops
  • Building Forms With Bootstrap
  • The Math Object
  • Working with Numbers
  • Stateful Components
  • Introducing Props
  • Thinking in Components
  • First Steps in React
  • Using Bootstrap Components
  • Responsive Layouts With the Bootstrap Grid
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • Going Further with Type
  • Laying Out Type
  • Web Typography
  • How to Choose and Use Fonts
  • Introduction to Typography
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements
  • Working With Strings
  • Storing and Tracking Information with Variables
  • Hello, JavaScript!
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Images, Text and Links
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Basic Selectors
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • The Box Model
  • Basic Layout
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Discovery
  • Exploration
  • Table Basics
  • Structuring Tables
  • Form Basics
  • Organizing Forms
  • Choosing Options
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
  • Display Modes
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Gradients
  • Web Typography
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Newbie