I help identify opportunity,
design experiences and
build digital products

Who I've worked with...

InterContinental Hotels Group logo The White Company logo Coca-Cola European Partners logo Belmond logo Britvic logo Unilever logo Diageo logo Percy Hedley Foundation logo Charles Tyrwhitt logo The Electoral Commission logo

Roles

  • Product Manager
  • Product Designer
  • Interaction Designer
  • Frontend Engineer

I believe good product work, solves complex problems simply. Creating meaningful, sophisticated stories beautifully and simply, whilst being practical and technically pure to create value for everyone involved.

I strive to master the art of managing projects as a whole. A holistic mindset that should be built upon an understanding of the unique pillars that hold up a project; creativity, technology, finance and emotion.

I believe the key to this is communication. Using compassion and empathy to best cater your messages to help empower your team and audience to ultimately achieve the goals you’ve set.

I count myself lucky to have grown up on the cusp of a new age, the digital age. Being a native of new technologies and ways of thinking yet standing on the shoulders of proven traditional skill. I understand the charming nature of humans in all walks of life and revel in design as a means to communicate and serve the everyday people I know and love.

A doodle of a system

Systems thinker

A hand reaching out to hold something

Servant leader

A doodle of the messy middle

Artful strategist

A hand pointing up as though to think about something

Eternal inquisitor

Education

The Northern School of Art

BTEC Interactive Media Design

2008 → 2010

A Level Photography

2008 → 2010

Northumbria University

BA Interactive Media Design

2010 → 2013

MA/MSc Multidisciplinary Innovation

2013 → 2014

Experience

House of Max

Freelance Design

SEP 2010 → CURRENT

Oursayso Ltd.

Multidisciplinary Designer

OCT 2014 → JUL 2017

Donr Ltd.

Design Lead

OCT 2017 → DEC 2018

Product Manager

DEC 2018 → JUL 2021

SoPost Ltd.

Product Manager

AUg 2021 → PRESENT

Skills

Practical

  • Workshops
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Branding
  • Print Design & Publishing
  • Email Design & Development
  • Interaction Design
  • Service Design
  • UX Design
  • Design Systems & Patterns
  • Copywriting
  • Data Analysis
  • Sketching
  • Artworking (Vector & Bitmap)
  • Branding
  • Advertising
  • Motion Design
  • Adobe CC
  • SEO

Technical

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SASS
  • Bootstrap
  • CMS (Wordpress)
  • Laravel
  • Analytics (Heap, Google etc.)
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • LAMP Stack
  • Git
  • SQL
  • Google AdWords
  • eCommerce (Woocommerce)
  • Basic Databases and PHP

Know-how

  • Journey / Device Driven
  • Design Research & Thinking
  • User Experience Methodologies
  • Visual Communication
  • Business Development
  • Authentic Leadership
  • Creative Direction
  • Deployment Strategy
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Project Management
  • Product Management
  • Strategy & Evangelism
  • Change Management
  • Productivity
  • Psychometrics