Donald Lewis

Digital Design & Development | Web Operations | Creative Technology

Montclair, NJ · (321) 746-3866 · donl@fxexports.dev · fxexports.dev · linkedin.com/in/don-lew

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Designer and developer with 15+ years building digital work that has to look right, function well, and stay alive after launch. My lane sits where design, front end development, WordPress/PHP, web operations, and creative technology overlap.

Since 2018 I've run the web department at The Parkside Group, looking after 30+ active client websites. Graphic design is still my core; coding expanded what I can make from it: websites, client-managed systems, campaign tools, browser games, local utilities, and the practical glue that keeps digital work moving.

Selected Work.

3D

Web

Print

Professional Experience.

The Parkside Group

Digital Designer & Web Developer

New York, NY | 2018 - Present | Strategic communications and public affairs firm

  • Run the web department as the primary owner across 30+ active client sites.
  • Balance new builds, maintenance, hosting, DNS, SSL/TLS, migrations, analytics, integrations, email, and support.
  • Lead websites from request and architecture through design, WordPress/PHP, staging, QA, launch, and support.
  • Create responsive layouts, campaign visuals, brand assets, forms, landing pages, emails, and print/digital pieces.
  • Live opposition microsites including therealjimtedisco.com, therealconradblackburn.com, therealstephanieruskay.com, and other live campaign records on fxexports.dev.
  • Build custom WordPress themes and client-managed areas in PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
  • Turn strategy, legal review, proofing, and unclear requests into practical scope and shipped sites.

Mittleman Eye

Senior Graphic Designer

West Palm Beach, FL | 2010 - Present (consulting) | Multi-location ophthalmology practice

  • Maintain a 15+ year creative relationship across identity systems, collateral, patient-facing digital assets, web updates, and brand consistency.
  • Troubleshoot forms, DNS, email routing, lead notifications, deliverability, and vendors when design, web, and IT overlap.

NRC-JARO

Web Developer

7 years | Freight, shipping, and logistics

  • Designed mock website templates and coded sites with HTML, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript.
  • Built HTML and PHP websites and converted existing sites to WordPress CMS.
  • Created website and social content and optimized onsite and offsite SEO to improve visibility.

Independent Work.

Indie Game Developer | FX Browser Games

2022 - Present

Circuit Board Defense | Color Card Match | Paddle Forge | Online @ fxexports.dev

  • Design and publish browser games in vanilla JavaScript, with no engine or framework.
  • Build UI, real-time simulation, state, persistence, original-mix audio, and PWA launch paths. The games are the lab.

Long-Running Creative Path.

Independent Work.

Games

Tools

  • //SiteCrate
  • //Viewport Pilot
  • //Media Scrubber

Client Builds

Games are vanilla JavaScript and Canvas with no engine or framework, so the state machines, real-time simulation, persistence, original-mix audio, and offline/PWA behavior are hand-written. Tools are an Electron/Node backup and migration utility, a Manifest V3 browser extension, and a Python audit, each documented. Client builds are full rebuilds through FxExports.dev: design, build, DNS, mail, and launch.

Selected Skills.

Digital & Web
Web design and development | Front-end development | WordPress/PHP | Responsive design | Information architecture | CMS development | Website production | Deployment | Hosting | DNS | Forms | Third-party integrations | Email workflows | QA | Testing | Troubleshooting
Design
Graphic design | Visual systems | Digital art direction | UI/UX | Interactive design | Brand and campaign design | Adobe Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign | Typography | Layout | Print and digital assets
Development
JavaScript | TypeScript | Semantic HTML5 | CSS3 | jQuery | JSON | Modules | Async/await | Component-based UI | Event-driven interfaces | State management | SPAs | Browser-based applications | Unit-tested personal projects
Operations / QA
Web department management | Multi-project management | Client and stakeholder communication | Technical project leadership | Maintenance | Support | Workflow development | Cross-device QA | Accessibility-aware semantic markup | Core Web Vitals | cPanel | SSL/TLS | Migrations | Monitoring | DMARC/SPF/DKIM
Workflow / Tooling
Node.js | npm | PowerShell | Local tooling | Git/GitHub working use | Codex | Cursor | Claude Code | Antigravity for debugging, iteration, tooling, and documentation
Marketing & Measurement
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Looker Studio | On-page SEO | MailChimp | Hand-coded responsive email | ActBlue | NGP VAN | Campaign and donation tools