Dwight Rogers — Frontend Developer & Design Engineer
Frontend Developer · Design Engineer

Dwight Rogers

Building cinematic, accessible web experiences for the Deaf community and beyond. 10 years of design — now engineering the products I always wanted to build.

Available for design and frontend engineering roles

Experience

Director of Strategic Productions

2016 — Present
Deaf Pathway Global

Design, produce, and brand multimedia formats for Bible and translation apps serving the global Deaf community. Manage graphic pipelines, UI systems, and support translation processes across East and South Asia.

Frontend Developer — Freelance

2023 — Present
09 Labs · Nashville, TN

Building accessible web products for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Projects include ClearCard (AI communication tool), VANTGE (event photo platform), VoltFund (nonprofit dashboard), and Kanso (writing tool). Stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase, Vercel.

Local Church Planter

2023 — Present
Columbia Deaf Church

Weekly Bible instruction, mentorship, and stewardship of mission impact for the Deaf community in Middle Tennessee.

International Church Planter

2009 — 2016
International Mission Board

Evangelism for Deaf people across East and South Asia. Logistics coordination, sign language training, and cross-cultural communication.

Creative Marketing Director

2004 — 2010
Temple Baptist Church

Design, stagecraft, and lighting management for weekly services and large-scale events.

Selected Projects

ClearCard

clearcard.09labs.dev ↗

AI-powered visual communication cards for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Smart Rewrite powered by Claude. Full accessibility — ARIA, keyboard nav, screen reader tested.

React TypeScript Claude AI Tailwind A11y

VANTGE

vantge.app ↗

Professional event photo platform — host dashboard, real-time guest uploads, Supabase Realtime photo approval, Cloudinary image pipeline, Stripe billing.

Next.js 15 React 19 Supabase TypeScript Stripe

VoltFund

voltfund.09labs.dev ↗

High-velocity nonprofit fund management dashboard. Deploy micro-grants, track allocations, live audit trail with screen-reader voice features.

Astro TypeScript Dashboard A11y
Portfolio