Hi, my name is
Colin Boyd.
I solve problems with technology.
Currently employed at Ticketmaster as a Manager of Technical Marketing Services based in Chicago, IL. I enjoy building (and occasionally designing) exceptional, high-quality websites and applications that drive results.
About Me
Hey, I'm Colin, I solve problems at the intersection of Product and Development. Currently based in Chicago, IL and I enjoy building things on the internet during our long cold winters. I enjoy solving problems and making technology work in a way that makes sense for my partners and clients. My philosophy is to use the right tools for the job, and sometimes that's keeping things simple.
Originally from the west side of Michigan, I graduated from Michigan State University and then went traveling all over the world for a while with long stops in Rome, Las Vegas, Melbourne (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand). Along the way I learned a lot about building things on the internet. When I'm not building things on the internet, I love to travel, be outdoors (ideally on a mountain) and have an obsession with live music.
A few tools I've been working with recently:
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- HTML & (S)CSS
- Wordpress
- PHP
- React
- Node.js
- Express
Where I've Worked
Manager Technical Marketing Product @ Ticketmaster
August 2019 - Present || Chicago, IL
- Managed dev & marketing team of three that built and maintained a portfolio of 120+ client Wordpress websites which referred over $50 million in ticket sales in 2019
- Managed marketing technology products with agency vendors with ticketing API data, working with business development and other organizational teams to prototype client solutions
- Built new React-based embedded events widget
- Lead website operations - Managed hosting on WP Engine at scale, integrations with third-party APIs and consulted client developers on development with the Ticketmaster API
Software Developer @ Ticketweb (Ticketmaster)
July 2017 - July 2019 || Chicago, IL
- Built and maintained wordpress websites for portfolio of 60-80 venue and music festival websites across North America and Europe.
- Design and Develop new content integration templates with various Ticketmaster APIs, consulting with clients on prototypes
- Managed wordpress plugin integration plugins and worked on product development with third-party agencies
Web Developer @ MCD Partners
July 2016 - July 2017 || Chicago, IL
- Worked on agency development team to build front-end solutions for a variety of banking, entertainment and financial industry clients using several frameworks and CMSs - clients included Discover Card, Premier Boxing Champions, TIAA
- Developed accessibility overhaul on internal agency website to meet WCAG compliant.
Web Content Specialist (contract) @ World Vision Australia
June - Dec 2015 || Melbourne, Australia
- Contributed to the overhaul of the World Vision AU website from legacy CMS to sitefinity.
- Responsible for porting over content and updating template HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Digital Learning Producer (contract) @ Oxford University Press
September - Dec 2015 || Melbourne, AU
- Used HTML, CSS, Javascript and photoshop to build LMS assets for several digital learning collections on Oxford Uni Press AU.
Digital Marketing Intern @ Sendicate
January - April 2015 || Melbourne, AU
- Wrote several blog posts on Email Marketing for their site
- UAT on new features being released
- Built new email templates and improved existing functionality on platform
Digital Marketing Producer @ Internet Marketing Inc.
January - October 2014 || Las Vegas, NV
- Client-facing role spread across operations, marketing and business development
- Built new technical assets for marketing and business development in Adobe Premiere and maintained case studies on the public site
- Ran SEO Audits and strategy sessions with clients and potential clients
