Lauren Kapraun

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

High Level Marketing • 2020 - Present

Senior Lead Front End Developer • 2025 - Present

Lead Front End Developer • 2022 - 2025

Front End Developer • 2020 - 2022

• Managed SQL-based data operations — creating, extracting, and updating records efficiently.
• Consistently delivered projects 95% on or ahead of schedule while maintaining performance benchmarks.
• Spearheaded the development of an internal site-building system, reducing production time by 65%.
• Automated workflows and pipelines using HighLevel to streamline marketing operations.
• Designed and coded custom HTML email templates, increasing campaign engagement rates.

Illinois State University CAS-IT • 2018 - 2020

Front End Developer

• Developed department web sites while ensuring compliance with W3C Accessibility standards.
• Created and standardized style guides for consistency across digital content.
• Conducted browser compatibility testing and resolved issues across various devices and browsers.

Business Builders Marketing • 2016 - 2017

Website Coordinator

• Effectively conducted Joomla training and documentation for clients.
• Proactively monitored and maintained website security by performing regular vulnerability scans using tools such as Sucuri and Sitelock.
• Contributed throughout the entire software development life cycle, from gathering requirements to deployment.

Illinois State University CAS-IT • 2015 - 2016

Front End Developer

• Maintained and optimized website assets and content to ensure functionality, accuracy, and up-to-date information.
• Applied responsive design best practices to deliver mobile-optimized websites across a variety of devices and screen sizes.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with designers and developers to deliver projects on schedule and aligned with client expectations.