Marc Sakalauskas

I'm a focused and highly motivated full-stack web developer with a diverse background in arts and sciences and a passion for learning new technologies. Actively looking for an enthusiastic and talented team to join.

Skills

Front-end: React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS 

Back-end: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL

Other: Redux, NPM, Jest, Docker, Redis, Github, SSH, TypeScript

Achievements

• Landed my first job interview within 4 months of starting intensive and autonomous web development studies.

• Designed 3 separate fully responsive web applications from scratch in both front-end and back-end and applied various performance, optimization and unit tests.

• Provided open-source contributions on several Github projects where I reviewed code, assisted with CSS designs and organized complicated file setups.

• Built and maintained two responsive websites using HTML, CSS and Wordpress themes.

• Worked for 8 years as a teacher with adult learners, many of whom had either difficult home lives, behavioural problems or learning disabilities.

• Manage social media for Locking4Life, where I’ve cultivated a large following and offer daily content on Instagram (11.5K followers) and Facebook (26K followers).

• Founded and currently spearheading Unlock The Funk, a successful, annual dance festival where I manage artist bookings, budgets, marketing and logistics.

• Awarded a Canada Arts Council grant for Unlock The Funk after writing an extensive proposal.

• Organized multiple international tours in 20 countries across Europe and Asia where I competed in or judged competitions, taught workshops and managed bookings, budget, logistics and promotion.