Manuel Ortiz · Granville, NY · Build Log
Six real products.
Built solo.
A card-game storefront with its own deck-building engine, a live SaaS product taking real payments, two brand sites, an original apparel line, and two YouTube channels built for sponsorship and advertising reach. Backed by operations experience leading teams of up to 150 people at Amazon.
Deck Sim — an MTG deck-building engine, built from scratch
Paste any decklist — or just describe an idea — and Deck Sim assembles a full 100-card Commander deck: live mana curve, synergy categories, real-time card pricing, and hover-to-preview card art, all running in the browser, free forever.
Aether Inn — a custom-built Magic: The Gathering storefront
A full custom Shopify theme from the ground up: a sealed-product catalog, an animated hero, a gold-on-void brand system, a sets-and-singles catalog with per-product Amazon / Card Kingdom / eBay affiliate checkout, and three original tools — Deck Sim, a Life Counter, and playmat previews — built directly into the storefront. (You're on it right now.)
C Sort — a SaaS product for card resellers, live and billing
A full-stack build: Google OAuth, live Stripe billing, a Cloudflare Worker backend, and a batch card-scanning workflow that syncs straight to eBay. A real subscription product taking real payments — not a demo.
Felicia's House of Invigoration — a high-fashion med-spa brand site
15 pages, zero build step, built for a real client: a neon-luxe brand system, scroll reveals, a pinned horizontal service showcase, and real booking integrations across four separate platforms — designed and coded end to end.
Aether Tech — an original streetwear line, art to storefront
Original character illustration — not licensed IP — turned into a zero-inventory apparel line: print-on-demand fulfillment, product photography direction, and Shopify product pages, designed and shipped solo.
Two YouTube channels — owned media for sponsorship and ads
Poggers Community Clips grows a gaming-niche audience around major streamers' content; the Aether Inn channel houses official brand and product advertising. Together they're a self-owned media channel — built-in audience and ad inventory for Aether Inn's own campaigns, and an asset for outside sponsorship, without paying for reach.
Available for freelance & gig game development
On the game-dev side: a complete, original TCG card-simulator game in about 2 weeks, or a full open-world sandbox template in about a month. Taking on solo freelance projects, or willing to join a small team — gig or contract basis.
Manuel Ortiz
Web Development, Design & Shopify Operations
Granville, NY 12832 · (838) 245-9095 · whatsgood1292@gmail.com · Open to remote (US)
Web developer and designer who has built and operated a live Shopify storefront end-to-end — custom theme development, an in-house JavaScript tool suite used by real customers, third-party integrations (Stripe billing, Google OAuth, affiliate networks), and full product catalog and merchandising operations — combined with operations leadership experience managing teams of up to 150 people at Amazon. Comfortable owning a website or storefront from design through backend integration to daily operations.
Core Skills
Shopify Liquid & Theme Development · Ecommerce Operations & Merchandising · JavaScript · HTML/CSS · Website & Landing Page Design · Third-Party Integrations (Stripe, OAuth, Affiliate Networks) · Product Photography & Content · Team Leadership & Process Improvement
Experience
- Designed and built a full custom Shopify theme from scratch, including a sealed-product catalog, animated brand hero, and a gold-on-void visual system.
- Built and shipped a proprietary in-browser MTG deck-building tool (Deck Sim) used by real customers — custom JavaScript engine, live third-party pricing integration, and card database.
- Integrated per-product affiliate checkout (Amazon, Card Kingdom, eBay) across the full sealed-product catalog.
- Built and operate a subscription SaaS product (C Sort) with live Stripe billing, Google OAuth, and a Cloudflare Worker backend.
- Manage full product catalog, merchandising, content, and day-to-day storefront operations.
- Led daily operations for teams of up to 150 employees across safety, staffing, productivity, quality, and customer delivery performance.
- Directed labor planning and cross-functional execution across multiple shifts; analyzed KPIs to drive process improvements.
- Supervised teams of 40–100 employees; coordinated staffing, training, and workflow in a high-volume logistics environment.
- Managed front- and back-of-house operations, technical direction, and live-stream production for a high-volume entertainment venue.
Education
Hudson Valley Community College — Coursework in Public Speaking and Art History
Additional Skills
Python · Photoshop · 3ds Max · Excel · Data Analytics · Public Speaking · Game Development (Unity / Unreal Engine)
Freelance & Gig Availability
Available for solo or small-team freelance game-development projects: a complete, original TCG card-simulator game in about 2 weeks, or a full open-world sandbox template in about a month. Open to gig and contract work.