Jonathan Horak

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Open to: hybrid / remote · travel Phone: +1-512-586-4550

Summary

Jonathan is a Lead Front End Developer based out of Chicago, specialized in information architecture and accessibility, with care for design. He delivers web applications in React, from prototyping to production.

Software and technologies

Selected career highlights

Publicis Sapient

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Austin, Texas
  • remote

Lead Experience Engineer

2012–2025

Wawa — Kiosk
Joined project in pre-prototyping stage, developed functional prototype and helped deploy a React-based desktop application through to 800+ terminals. Subsequently initialized ad network on platform.
Goldman Sachs — Private Wealth Management
Assisted design team in demonstrating advanced UI features through prototyping, particularly utilizing animation, with all work completed in React and with feedback from stakeholders incorporated.
MD Anderson Cancer Center — Intranet
Started project alongside design team to create an interactive styleguide and prototype and worked through to implementation, achieved through development of custom enterprise React components.
BlackBerry — Content Management System
Early addition to two-year project (joined in beta) to replatform client’s global internet presence into a consolidated CMS, supporting 60k+ pages across four regions, 30+ countries and 22 languages.

Relevant experience

Hill & Knowlton

Austin, Texas

Web Developer

2010–2011

Kasasa

Austin, Texas

Web Developer

2009–2010

TradeMark Media

Austin, Texas

Design Technologist

2006–2008

Visa

Austin, Texas

Web Design and Development Intern

2005

South by Southwest

Austin, Texas

Interactive Intern

2002–2004

Education

The University of Texas

Austin, Texas

Earned junior credit towards a major in Government.
Completed requirements for a minor in Science, Technology and Society.