Working across web, technology, legal services, search, and creative production.
Interactive résumé / Austin, Texas · Remote
Darrin Smith
Web developer, search strategist, lead generator, and legal-tech problem solver with a career built around making useful things work in the real world.
All ten tracked target queries reached first-page visibility within roughly four months on a young-domain project.
Strategy, design, code, content, search, and client context stay connected instead of disappearing in handoffs.
Career timeline
Experience
OCT 2024 — PRESENT
Founder / Web Developer & Lead Generation Consultant
HeyDarrin · Austin / Remote
Independent web, search, lead-generation, and creative work built around direct client relationships and measurable business goals.
- Design and develop responsive websites, landing pages, content systems, and branded digital experiences.
- Build SEO and lead-generation programs with search intent, conversion paths, analytics, and technical implementation treated as one system.
- Use AI as a production multiplier for research, QA, prototyping, and development while retaining human review and final creative judgment.
2020 — PRESENT
Digital Marketing / Lead Generation Consultant
Law Office of J.D. Smith · Remote
Ongoing contract/project work across legal lead generation, web development, search strategy, content, and intake systems.
- Built and optimized legal websites and niche lead-generation properties for search visibility and conversion.
- Recent young-domain work reached first-page visibility for multiple tracked target queries within roughly three months and all ten tracked target queries within roughly four months.
- Translate search, analytics, and campaign performance into practical decisions for a non-technical legal audience.
2013 — 2021
Founder / Web Developer
Spectacle Marketing · Remote
Independent web-development and creative practice serving law firms, professional services, local businesses, and organizations.
- Designed and developed responsive WordPress and custom front-end projects from wireframes and visual mockups through launch.
- Created database-driven interfaces, campaign assets, brand materials, photography, video, and search programs around client goals.
- Managed client relationships directly and coordinated supporting specialists when projects required a broader production team.
2012 — OCT 2015
IT Project Manager / Legal Technology
The Middleton Firm LLC · Savannah, GA
Legal-technology, project-management, vendor, and litigation-support work inside a plaintiff-side law firm.
- Managed vendors, office technology, backups, remote access, upgrades, and day-to-day staff support.
- Negotiated and implemented office-wide technology upgrades substantially under budget.
- Built a time-sensitive litigation report/package that helped the firm secure co-counsel under a compressed deadline.
- Preserved contemporaneous intake and communication records later used with an affidavit to rebut an allegation of improper client solicitation.
2008 — 2011
Administrative / Legal Technology Support
Ward Smith PLLC · Seattle, WA
Administrative and technology support for a boutique legal practice handling high-damage personal-injury and wrongful-death matters.
- Supported daily legal-office operations, client communication, documents, and technology needs.
- Worked in an environment where accuracy, confidentiality, and fast response mattered.
EARLY CAREER · PART-TIME
Legal Assistant / Technology Support
Stritmatter Kessler Whelan · Seattle, WA
Part-time legal-office and technology work beginning while still in high school.
- Troubleshot printers and day-to-day office technology for legal staff.
- Digitized large collections of legacy microfiche and VHS materials into more usable electronic formats.
- Built early experience working inside a professional legal environment while learning technology hands-on.
Working range
Web
HTML · CSS · WordPress · Responsive design · Front-end development · CMS architecture · Accessibility · Technical support
Search & Growth
SEO · AEO/GEO · Google Search Console · Google Analytics · Paid search · Lead generation · Conversion strategy · Keyword research
Creative
Graphic design · Adobe Creative Suite · Photography · Video · Branding · Campaign design · Content production · UX
Legal & Operations
Legal technology · Intake · Litigation support · Research · Project management · Vendor management · Staff training · Client communication
From a former coworker
“...handled all of the IT work as well as legal tasks. He works well with others, has a positive attitude, and a professional demeanor. He is knowledgeable, efficient, and a problem-solver.”Andrea Herschberger · The Middleton Firm