Mark Hicken
Sr Software Engineer at Hicken Design
Meridian, Idaho, United States
Summary
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SeniorMark Hicken is a senior software engineer and designer with 11+ years building thoughtful, accessible UIs—currently shaping component UX at Adobe while running a long-standing freelance design and development studio. He blends front-end engineering and UX craft, contributing to Adobe’s popular React Spectrum library by adding and refactoring components that improve accessibility and developer ergonomics. Based in Meridian, Idaho, he brings a background in instructional design and interactive development that informs clear, user-centered interfaces and documentation. Outside code he pursues photography, sound and music, and mentoring, which often surfaces as polished visual and interaction details in his work.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (8)
system10
javascript10
react-components10
react10
react-component10
ui-components10
accessibility9
ui-designer8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
adobe/react-spectrum
Jul 2016 - Jul 2020
A collection of libraries and tools that help you build adaptive, accessible, and robust user experiences.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 1 PR in 4 years
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on enhancing the React Spectrum library by adding and modifying UI components. Their contributions include refactoring dialog components, updating stories, and adding new components like "Well" and "Link" to the library. The user also addressed linting issues and made adjustments to existing components such as the Tag component.
reactaccessibleadaptiveexperiencesreact-component-library
markhicken/reactor-sandbox
Feb 2020 - Oct 2024
Tasks for creating a sandbox for manually testing Adobe Experience Platform Launch extensions.
Contributions:8 pushes in 4 years 8 months
adobetestingsandboxextensionsadobe-experience-platform
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