About Louie
Louie Camacho works at Ogilvy Chicago (advertising, not the train station) as a designer and developer. Having designed (and illustrated) many logos, posters, advertisments, and web sites (including this one), Louie has developed a keen eye for design. Also, earning a bachelor's of arts/science didn't hurt. When he isn't melting faces with beautifully designed pieces, Louie uses his free time to learn new skills, practice his new wood working hobby, lose himself in video games, ponder about the world and think of clever ways to write in the third person.
My Previous Roles:
These are the jobs that I've had in the past that helped shape the person that I am today.
- Front End Web Developer
- Lead Design and Developer
- Waiter / Server
- Customer Service Representative
- Door to door office painting salesman
- Grocery Store Cashier
- Truck Driver
- Warehouse Order Picker
- Mail Sorter
- Freelance Wordpress Developer
- Freelance Graphic Designer
- Dishwasher
Skills
I'm constantly learning, improving, and growing as a developer, designer, and as a person in general. It's impossible to know everything in tech because the industry, like the universe, is constantly expanding but here is my best guess of where I'm at.
Assistant Developer + Production (Freelance)
2021
Ravinia Music Festival, Highland Park, IL
- Updated general pages and website content.
- Assisted in weekly blog postings and building newsletters.
- Created social media image assets, announcement emails, ticket pages for performances.
FRONT END DEVELOPER + Digital Media Production
2015 - Present
Ogilvy, Chicago, IL
- Works closely with designers to ensure products are built according to agency standards that results in beating seemingly impossible deadlines.
- Formulates efficient solutions for a variety of challenges in large volumes.
- Performs QA of all graphic materials in order to ensure quality and accuracy of the design.
- Leads skill share sessions and coaches teammates to update group skillsets.
Freelance Designer + Developer
2014 - 2015
Quill.com a division of Staples, Lincolnshire, IL
- As a developer, wrote HTML landing pages and also managed WordPress posts.
- As a designer, collaborated with the email marketing team to redesign email assets and introduced responsive email templates to the team.
- Managed WordPress postings and designed social media graphics.
Lead Designer + Developer
2010 - 2014
Media Made Great, Chicago, IL
- Lead in the design, development, and implementation of the graphic, layout, and production communication materials.
- Developed a collection of marketing (logos, style guides) and web assets (banner ads, promotional emails, websites, wireframes, storyboards).
- Managed up to 5 projects or tasks at a given time while under pressure.
- Consulted with clients and managers on the most appropriate technologies for each project.
Blog
Mixin it up
I recently took on a skills assessment test for a job that required building out pages using bootstrap and sass. The challenge was deceivingly simple but, like any project, it didn’t take long for the stylesheet to get crowded and harder to manage. As I always say, writing code is like solving a puzzle that […]
Continue...Preconnect
When referencing resource links on your website, there’s a new keyword you can add to force your page to load that first before anything else. This helps your code from briefly loading incorrectly or not loading in important parts altogether, it’s called preconnect and it fixes those issues known as render blocking. It basically lets […]
Continue...Having too much fun with WordPress
Years ago, I started to use WordPress because everyone else says to use it. There was no other reason for me to jump on the band wagon. I didn’t know what I was getting into. You probably can’t tell my age (ahem), but I have been creating websites since the days of Geocities, that’s the […]
Continue...Semantic HTML
Hopefully, you found this post because you like making websites and are excited to make them and you always try to do the best you can when building. Even when no one can see it, you’re the type of person who wants to make sure everything works correctly under the hood. That’s great, it’s called […]
Continue...The first 3 WordPress plugins I install when building
If you’ve ever worked with wordpress, you know there’s a whole world of plugins within the platform. There are tons of plugins available to help customize your blog or site with but there are some that as a developer, can level up your build. Here are some of the ones I love to use: Advanced […]
Continue...Let's work together
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