About me

I'm Matt, a UX/UI Designer and Front-End Developer with over 20 years of experience across digital design, development, marketing, and web management. I'm also a huge geek.

My career has spanned across agency, freelance, contract, and in-house roles where I've worked on brands like Kimberly-Clark, National Geographic, Dennis Publishing, 1st CENTRAL, Intel, Shell, Virgin Atlantic, Education First and more.
I've worked roles where I utilise UX and UI design, prototyping, CRO, and front-end development and I've built up a broad mix of skills spanning UX, UI, digital design, front-end development, WordPress, CRO, prototyping, server management and technical problem-solving.
I've designed, built, maintained, and improved websites across a wide range of sectors and I'm happiest in roles where design and development overlap: shaping an idea, making it usable, building it properly, and then polishing the small details that make the whole thing feel better.
Most recently, I've been Website Manager at Bolsover Cruise Club, where I've led the strategic direction, design, development, structure, functionality, and customer experience of the website. A major part of that role was helping take the site to a new level and making it bookable online, which was achieved within my first 14 months with the company.

If I had to distil my strengths into a neat little character-sheet panel, they'd be adaptability and problem-solving. If I don't know how to do something, I'll learn it. If something breaks, I'll investigate it. 

Outside work, I'm a lover of D&D, video games, drawing, music, reading nd baking. Basically: I like making things, immersing myself in projects, solving problems, learning new skills, and bringing a bit of fun and personality into my work.

Skills

Accessibility, Brand / Logo Design, Email Design, HTML, Photoshop, UX/UI, Web Design, Web Development, Wireframes

Sector Experience

Advertising, Digital (SEO, PPC, SEM...), E-Commerce, Education, Marketing, Travel & Leisure