Nico Killips

Designer | Digital Consultant

Hi, I'm Nico.
It's great to meet you!

Need help with your website or digital products? I got you.

I'm a Michigan-based web developer and designer with over 10 years of agency experience. I love helping brands build thoughtful, simple, and effective digital products.

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Featured Work

Yoruba Saxon

I had the pleasure of working with Tyke Brand Studio on the redesign of Yoruba Saxon, the film production company led by A-list power-couple David and Jessica Oyelowo.

Requirements

The small but mighty team at Yoruba Saxon needed a platform that could support the tailored design and provide an editing experience that felt familiar and had a gentle learning curve.

The team wanted to align the launch of the new site with the release of a series called Government Cheese.

Solutions

Familiarity and ease of use was achieved by leveraging WordPress with only a handful of plugins to simplify the content management and administrative experiences.

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Features

  • Custom WordPress Theme
  • Visually optimized for large desktops, tablets, and mobile devices
  • WCAG-compliant keyboard accessible navigation
  • ACF Pro customized editing experience
  • Stripped down WordPress backend to reduce visual clutter
  • Angled containers that flow content along their boundaries

Recent Work

Shutout the Stigma

BlueKC's partnership and joint initiative with the Kansas City Royals aims to normalize and raise awareness of young athletes experiencing mental health challenges. I worked with rockstar designer Felipe Leon Arenas of Chemistry to help bring this important campaign to life.

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The Venue at Broken Bridge Farms

I worked with Pittsburgh-based marketing powerhouse Marble & Match and world-class designer Dannielle Morris to create a beautiful and functional website to showcase this stunning event space.

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Brands

Over several years, I've had the pleasure of contributing agency work for some great brands.

Disciplines

As a former designer, I gravitate toward frontend-focused disciplines, but throughout my career I found myself responding to various business needs and finding ways to add value.

While I specialize in building websites, I also have deep experience building different types of products such as eNewsletters, CRM integrations, banner ads, and social media campaigns.

Experiments

I've learned a lot over my career, but I'm always learning something new. I enjoy creating sandboxes for new technologies and documenting my findings on my blog over at Hashnode.

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Languages / Frameworks

  • Bootstrap
  • ES5, ES6, jQuery
  • Foundation
  • HTML/CSS/JS
  • Next.js
  • PHP
  • Skeleton
  • Tailwind
  • Wordpress Theme Development

Tools

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Browserstack
  • Figma
  • Github / Git
  • Google Analytics
  • Gulp
  • JetBrains IDEs
  • Node.js / NPM
  • SASS, LESS, HAML

Practices

  • Analytics
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Cross-browser testing
  • Graceful Degradation
  • Performance and Optimization
  • Progressive Enhancement
  • Responsive Design
  • SEO feature implementations
  • WCAG and ADA Compliance

Contact

I'm always looking for new opportunities to work with great people. If you're interested in working with me, please send me a message.