Mia Kotalik

About Me

Top 3% of Freelancers

I have Top Rated Plus status on the leading freelancing platform, Upwork. I am in the top 3% of more than 16 million freelancers on the platform.

PythonRubyPHPJavaHTML/CSSNoSQLWordPressFigmaAdobe Creative Suite

Northeastern University | Honors College, Khoury College of Computer Science

Computer ScienceBiology

Here are some things my clients have said about me:

"Great freelancer with very good skills. Our project is quite complex and Mia is capable of organizing the complexity."

Wyatt B. | Parking Fit

"Mia was amazing... She captured exactly what I wanted & didn’t stop until she did…"

- Enieda | The Sunday Farm Shop

"Mia was very responsive, skilled, and a pleasure to work with, she'll definitely be my go-to for any future projects!"

- Ethan R.

"Mia is a knowledgable coder, an expert problem solver, and an overall great addition to any team."

- Hanieka B.

"She is easy to work with, responsive, efficient, and very skilled."

- Nancy P.

Services

Below are some of my most common services. Don't see what you're looking for? Send me a message and we can talk about a custom project.

Web Development

Starting at $250 Free Consulation

Update an existing website or start from scratch. I will find the best solution for your brand and budget.

Modern, resposive, SEO optimized sites that drive sales

Graphic Design

Starting at $350 Free Consulation

Create brand kits for your company with custom graphics, color palletes, icons, logo, type faces, and more.

Iconography, graphics, illustrations, and animations that bring your business to life

Social Media & Branding

Starting at $250 Free Consultation

Get started with custom email marketing templates, social media posts fit with custom graphics and animations.

Social media account creation, management, and influencer strategies

Work Experience

I work with innovative clients in many different industries.

Community Loaves

2019 - Present

Full-Stack Developer & Designer

PHPMySQLJQueryWordPress

Currently building customized web-based software solutions to support a network of 1000+ volunteers. Managing a MySQL database and producing data visualizations and analytics reports.

The University of Arizona

2022

Web Developer and Designer

HTML/CSSJavaScriptJekyll

Designed sister sites and logo graphic for the Ecosystem Genomics Institute (EGI) and BRIDGES program that showcase faculty research and student fellows. Features include a dynamic schedule of EGI seminars and talks.

Abbastanza

2019-2021

Web Developer and Designer

HTML/CSSJavaScriptPythonStripe API

Created custom Django applications for heath coaching and fitness business. Features include the abilty to schedule classes, sign up for events, send messages, recieve payments and join live classes.

HILTI

2021

HTML/CSS, SVG Artist

HTMLCSSWYSIWYG Editor

Created HTML and SVG graphics, flow charts and diagrams for training, and product manuals. Optimized manual work to create a automated process. All designs were fully responsive across all devices and translatable via a translation API.

Northeastern University

Honors College | 2018 - 2022 (exp)

Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Biology

Coursework

Object Oriented Design, Database Design, Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Software Development, Algorithms & Data, Theory of Computation, Discrete Structures | Bioinformatics Methods, Biomedical Imaging, Parisitology, Cancer Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genomics

Hurwitz Bioinformatics Lab

2017 - 2018

Bioinformatics Intern

PythonBashDocker

Created web based data anaylsis tools in Javascript, Python, Ruby, and HTML/CSS. Contributed to unit testing and UI elements of a search engine capable of pulling large genomic datasets and analyzing them with common bioinformatics algorithms on a scalable HPC.

Past Projects

Check out below to see a mix of websites I've designed, animations/illustrations, software development projects, social media campaings, email-marketing, and more!