Michael Fay
Web Developer & Designer
I’m a web developer and designer with experience supporting universities, research labs, nonprofits, and enterprise teams, as well as small businesses and independent clients. My work focuses on clarity, usability, and long-term maintainability.
Selected Projects
California Restoration Gardening
Educational website and outreach platform
Role
End-to-end website design and development
Work
Designed and built a WordPress site with custom CSS, accessibility compliance, brand graphics, and media content. Supported ongoing updates and social promotion.
Tools
WordPress, Elementor, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro
The Jacks Lab (MIT)
Research lab website and visual identity
Role
Visual identity, UI design, interactive homepage elements
Work
Designed the lab’s logo and visual system and created UI layouts and custom illustrations and animations for the homepage.
Tools
Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop
Headwall
Marketing website and workflow automation
Role
Site development and optimization
Work
Implemented responsive layouts, optimized imagery, refined custom CSS, and built lightweight workflow automations to support internal processes.
Tools
Squarespace, Zapier, Photoshop
Services
Web Design
- UI/UX design
- Wireframing & prototyping
- Typography & visual systems
- Figma-based workflows
Web Developer
- WordPress, Squarespace, Shopify
- Custom CSS
- Responsive & accessible builds
- Performance optimization
Support
- Site maintenance
- Content updates
- Email campaigns & integrations
- Social media posts & short-form video
- Redesigns and migrations
I’ve worked with enterprise, academic, nonprofit, and independent clients on everything from full-site builds to long-term maintenance, optimization, and content workflows.
Selected experience includes:
Motorola Solutions
Enterprise website maintenance, content QA, and asset updates in Adobe AEM, supporting partner- and region-specific content in collaboration with internal IT teams via Jira.
SPIN
Contributed to site revamp design and layout strategy, updated existing content layouts, and designed a standalone contest page in Figma.
Johns Hopkins University
Monthly newsletter production and branded presentation templates.
E-commerce & CMS platforms
Maintenance and optimization across Magento, WordPress, Squarespace, and Shopify, including Retail Dimensions workflows.