Summary
Lauren Guardala is a creative junior developer and designer with 11 years of experience translating strategy-driven aesthetics into clean, user-centered front-end code. Based in Columbia, MD, she has built scalable Shopify 2.0 stores, custom themes, and responsive websites while integrating analytics and marketing tools like Klaviyo to drive measurable growth. As founder and creative director of Pinultimate she grew revenue dramatically through data-informed marketing, photography systems, and adaptable design systems—bringing a rare operator’s perspective to product and engineering decisions. Her background in graphic design and enterprise front-end production means she bridges visual direction and implementation, creating components that are both beautiful and efficient. Resourceful and detail-oriented, she reliably ships polished deliverables while minimizing the need for oversight.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design at The Maryland Institute College of Art
English, Spanish, american sign language (asl)