Frontend Architect. Higher Education. Interaction Design

Enterprise Drupal for institutions too big to get it wrong.

I build websites for large enterprise institutions, mostly in higher education. I’m a frontend architect at ImageX, and I care about motion, interaction and accessibility as much as the architecture underneath.

  • 18+ YearsWorking with Drupal
  • EDUHigher Education
  • SpeakerDrupalCon & camps
  • Open SourceContributor & advocate
Aaron Christian: Drupal Developer & Interaction Designer

About

How I work

My story

I’ve built with Drupal for 18 years, for universities, non-profits and enterprise clients. Today most of my work is higher education platforms at ImageX, plus the dozen contrib modules I maintain or co-maintain.

My approach

Architecture first. I build component systems and frontend patterns that scale: clean structure from the start, so teams keep moving without digging out of technical debt six months later.

The bigger picture

Higher education platforms carry real stakes: admissions, student success, institutional reputation. I build things that work reliably, hold up under pressure, and are maintainable by the people who inherit them.

What I focus on

Higher Education Drupal

University platforms where one codebase serves many departments and their editors, including the Drupal 7 to Drupal 11 migrations that get them there.

Interaction Design & UX

Interfaces that respond the way people expect, with motion that shows what changed and accessibility built into every component.

Component-Based Systems

Single Directory Components and design systems that editors can build pages from, and that the next developer can still read.

Selected work

AI Components

Generates and previews Single Directory Components from images and AI prompts.

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GSAP / AG-UI

Animation utilities for Drupal, plus AG-UI integration for putting AI interactions inside the page.

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Latest talk

Beyond Chatbots

Latest post

10 CSS hamburger menu animations for university websites

Ten accessible hamburger-to-X animations for higher education sites, from a spring-loaded X to a drawn seal, with the CSS for each.

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