Martin Gray
Senior Interaction Designer | Government Digital Contractor
With over 20 year's digital experience and recent contract roles across UK government departments, I bring practical delivery experience across discovery, alpha, beta and live.
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Skills and practice
Expertise across the full spectrum of user-centered design and development
UI Design
I design user interfaces that are on brand and pixel perfect ready for development. Production ready visuals based on wireframes.
GOV.UK Prototyping
4 years building HTML prototypes with GOV.UK Prototype Kit using Nunjucks. Published on the web via Github and Heroku.
UX Design
I work with users to understand behaviours, motivations and goals. Conduct user testing, map journeys, performance analytics.
Accessibility
I ensure digital services are accessible to all users, following WCAG guidelines and government service standards.
Wireframing
I sketch ideas, design layouts and turn them into interactive prototypes for user testing.
Design Systems
I build and maintain consistent design patterns and interaction components for scalable products.
Portfolio
Selected projects from government departments
and enterprise clients
Planning Data
DLUHC Digital Engagement Platform
Case study: Planning Data digital service for DLUHC. Interaction design, GOV.UK Prototype Kit, accessibility testing.
HMRC Digital
Tax Services Digitisation
Case study: Contributed to the digitisation of tax services, simplifying complex financial processes and improving usability across authenticated journeys.
Planning Inspectorate
Appeals - Case Management
Case study: Improved the appeals process experience by reducing friction in multi-step case submissions and supporting clearer evidence upload flows.
DWP Digital
PIP Case Review Tool
Case study: Designed and prototyped components for a PIP case review tool, ensuring accessibility compliance and alignment with GOV.UK patterns.
Polecat Software
Media Intelligence Platform
Design of this risk intelligence software. Focusing on intuitive product interface and smart dashboarding.
Muddy Boots
Agricultural Software
Product design for this suite of farming and distribution applications.
Confused.com
Price Comparison UX
Iterative designs to focus the home page and the quote process to ensure customer retention.
Healthspan
E-commerce Design
Reviewing the checkout process for Healthspan highlighted customer confusions and enabled a redesign that was user and mobile friendly.
Yatton Junior Football Club
Wordpress Site
Case study: yattonfc
Clients
I have been lucky to work with some great clients, including
What people say
Testimonials from colleagues and clients
"I reported into Martin whilst at Healthspan and found him to be controlled and professional under pressure, offering solid creative solutions. More importantly he was a pleasure to work with."
"I've had the privilege of working with and being managed by Martin. He truly understands brand and how to best use it effectively in the digital space. Hardworking, forward thinking, and a great team player."
"Martin was my Senior when I started my first design role at Confused.com. A fantastic and relatable manager with an inspiring and clear approach to design projects and stakeholder management."
Interaction design experience
I specialise in GOV.UK services, accessibility compliance and public sector systems.
I have contracted at DEFRA, HMRC, DWP and other UK Government departments.
Design skills: User flows, wireframing, usability testing
Design software: Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Mural, Sketch, Figma
Development skills: Javascript, Nunjucks, HTML, CSS, Vibe coding
Development software: Github, Visual Studio, Heroku, GDS Toolkit
Contact
Available for interaction designer contract roles
Bristol / Remote
Tel: 07976 763045