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

Experience

Publicis Sapient

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Austin, Texas
  • remote

Lead Experience Engineer

February 2012⁠–⁠February 2025

Wawa — Kiosk
Mentored junior developers while leading development of a React-based desktop application, guiding it from technology selection and early prototyping through production deployment across 800+ terminals.
Goldman Sachs — Private Wealth Management
Partnered with client’s design director to prototype and test advanced UI features, effectively demonstrating product concepts to stakeholders.
MD Anderson Cancer Center — Intranet
Coordinated with design director to demonstrate product feasibility to the client and led technology selection for production, implementing a cutting-edge integration of React with enterprise intranet.
BlackBerry — Content Management System
Joined team in beta for a multi-year initiative to replatform client’s global internet presence into a consolidated CMS, supporting 60k+ pages across four regions, 30+ countries and 22 languages.

Hill & Knowlton

Austin, Texas

Web Developer

2010–2011

Kasasa

Austin, Texas

Web Developer

2009–2010

Hoover’s

Austin, Texas

Web Production Specialist

2008–2009

TradeMark Media

Austin, Texas

Design Technologist

2006–2007

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.