Mason Pilcher (MPQ)

Education

University of Virginia

August 2011–August 2016

• Master of Arts in Philosophy (2016)
• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (with Distinction) and English (2015)

Work

Forio

Software Developer

August 2021–present

Institute for Advanced Study

Digital Content Specialist

November 2020–August 2021

Editorial Assistant

August 2018–November 2020

• Lead strategist, product designer, and programmer for digital communications.
• Designs and builds fast, responsive, user-first web applications and content experiences.
• Develops digital publications to upgrade the organization's core messaging vehicles.
• Contributes code to Drupal-based content management system.
• Refactors internal data-collection forms to facilitate engagement.

SUGARFISH: Flatiron

Assistant Manager

January 2018–August 2018

Server

July 2017–January 2018

Host

April 2017–July 2017

• Regulated information flow within front-of-house and between front- and back-of-house.
• Proactively sought out action items (including guest, staff, and kitchen needs), consolidated them, and executed in order of efficiency and/or urgency.
• Solicited feedback from every guest to ensure consistent delivery of the intended experience.
• Evaluated staff performance and procedural compliance. Trained new servers directly. Oversaw training for new hosts.

Personal Projects

Reporter

Production · Github · Portfolio

A quantified self app that lets users choose what to quantify.

Built with Next.js and Google Firebase.

mpq.dev

Production · Github · Portfolio

My personal portfolio, built with React and Next.js and hosted on Vercel.

Workshops

• Advanced React by React Training, October 2020
• React Core by React Training, February 2020

Skills

Web development

• React
• Svelte
• JavaScript
• Async
• Node
• CSS
• Next.js
• Firebase
• Git (+ Github, Gitlab)
• Markdown
• SQL
• Puppeteer
• HTML

Adobe Creative Cloud

• InDesign
• Photoshop
• Lightroom
• Bridge
• Acrobat

Content management systems

• Drupal
• Mailchimp