Experience

Employment

Nov 2020 onwards
DLUHC, DWP, PINS

Interaction Designer (Gov contractor)

DLUHC - Prototypes and journey maps for planning.data.gov.uk
DWP - Digitised the case manager review process for Personal Independent Payments.
PINS - Produced back office screens for planning appeals. Met the Beta assessment.

May 2016 - Oct 2020
Polecat Intelligence

Lead User Experience Designer

Designed initial sketch to final design of RepVault the company's core product. Own Polecat Hub interfaces and prepare style guide and interface guidelines.  Created product tours and personalisation.

Dec 2013 - Apr 2016
Muddy Boots Software

Visual and UX Design Lead

Ensuring the consistent look and feel across the company's product range by continuously reviewing, testing and recommending ideas to improve the user interface of each application.

May 2012 - Nov 2013
Healthspan

Senior Digital Designer

Responsible for the art direction of all digital projects. Design and layout of the e-commerce website, email design, marketing campaigns.

Nov 2009- May 2012
Confused.com

Lead Web Designer

Grew an in-house design team responsible for the website and email marketing campaigns. This included a redesign of the Confused.com homepage and the quote process increasing traffic and revenue.

Nov 2005 - Nov 2009
Bristol and South West

Freelance Web Designer

Contracted for agencies and in-house teams. Designed and built Brunel Promotions website and website re-design at Screwfix.

Aug 1998 - Sep 2005
London Agencies

Web Designer

Designing websites and advertising campaigns at Dorling Kindersley, Icon MediaLab, Modem Media, Cisco Systems.

Education

1994-1998
University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) Media Lab Arts

4 year sandwich course in Digital Media, communication, HCI and design. Now i-DAT

 

 

Skills

Web Design

95%

HTML, CSS, CMS

78%

UI Design

90%

Prototyping

85%

Digital Marketing

65%

Software

Adobe Creative Suite

100%

Sketch

90%

Invision

85%

Balsamiq

85%

Intercom

75%

Github, Visual Studio Code, Heroku

75%

Javascript, Nunjucks

65%

Miro, Mural, Whiteboard

80%

GDS Toolkit

75%