Professional:
Career History

Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

Remote, permanent

Colossus UK Limited

Head of User Experience and Design

Please note: During my time with Colossus UK Limited, I worked on greenfield product development and business development designs. I was not responsible for the design and user experience of the company's websites and branding or the design of its public products, which were created by a previous designer and do not represent my work in any way.

Developed visual design and user flow for an upcoming greenfield B2C product. Conducted user research and focus groups to build confidence in the design. Collaborated with domain experts to balance innovative user experiences with established industry paradigms. Led both the design and QA testing teams, managed recruitment and handled personnel challenges, including redundancies. Mentored designers and test engineers. I transitioned the design team to Figma to enhance real-time collaboration between remote designers, developers and stakeholders. Introduced Cypress e2e regression testing. Promoted Agile and Scrum principles across the company; designed and built an upcoming commercial showroom project using Next.js.

"Besides delivering outstanding work and exemplifying professionalism in every possible manner, William is an excellent mentor for newcomers in the industry, including myself. He has continuously supported me in building up my skills and confidence, and helped me see design in a new way. I have never felt dismissed during our collaboration, and whenever I felt overwhelmed he provided invaluable support to ensure everything proceeded smoothly in the end." Julia Gacek, Junior designer and direct report, Colossus UK Limited

Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

Remote, contract

Calvin Klein via Wunderman Thompson

Senior Frontend Developer

Played a crucial role in developing the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger e-commerce platform change programs. Coordinated and communicated between the business, design and development teams. Established strong design principles, development standards and testing strategies. Worked on developing the Next.js implementation. I worked to inspire the development team to take greater ownership of user experience and pushed them to work collaboratively with design.

Aug 2019 - Apr 2021

Remote, contract

Johnson Matthey

Senior Tech Lead

Senior Tech Lead: Built a greenfield B2B chemical engineering and manufacturing analytics portal. I designed and developed a comprehensive data management portal, incorporating analytical tools and visualisations to support data-driven decision-making for critical manufacturing services. I created and built a robust design language and react component library and development strategy. I mentored both the development and UX teams, fostering their growth and promoting collaboration. Working closely with product owners and stakeholders, I have gained a deep understanding of complex data requirements, enabling me to provide valuable insights and recommendations. I conducted rapid application development (RAD) sessions to complement and refine the business analysis process. Although initially hired as a Lead UI Designer, I transitioned into the role of Tech Lead within a month of joining the project. I took on UI/UX design responsibilities alongside a new design team.

"Will is an exceptional tech lead, developer and designer. I'd say it's fairly rare to come across an individual with the range of skills that Will has and was able to bring to bare on delivering this project" Ash Patel, Programme Manager, Johnson Matthey

Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

London/Remote hybrid, contract

Mustard Systems

Lead UI Designer, Developer and UX Architect

Lead UI Designer, Developer and UX Architect: Successfully delivered a greenfield real-time online sports betting application that supported sub-second pricing updates over WebSockets. I created innovative U/UX design patterns that have contributed to developing company intellectual property. I contributed to the front-end React development. I spearheaded the implementation and execution of an in-house business management process, establishing agile teams for front- and back-end development. I was responsible for recruiting developers, designers, project managers and scrum masters.

"An excellent designer and developer bringing a fresh approach to any problem. He's also a great enabler - both helping me and the business on a wide range of things from branding workshops, transitioning to Agile, to setting up processes to make us more rational in our approach from the C level down." Matt Harbord,Project Manager, Mustard Systems

Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

London, contract

UK Government, Ministry of Justice via WTG

Lead UI Developer and UX Architect

Lead UI Developer and UX Architect for a greenfield data management solution for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), I worked with the Project Manager and Product Owner to develop and design UI prototypes. I communicated application requirements to the development team while also managing stakeholder expectations. Working closely with the development team, I prioritised maintaining a high standard of code quality and accessibility throughout the project.

“Initially we had a separate UX designer however Will was able to cover the front end developer and UX designer role so well that we did not need a separate UX designer.” Vincent Bishop, Project manager UK Ministry of Justice

Older Roles

2015 - 2016

London, contract

OneFlow Systems

Senior frontend developer

2015 - 2016

London, contract

Elevate Capital

Senior frontend developer

2014 - 2014

London, contract

ATG Media

Senior frontend developer

Lead UI/UX developer. Rebuilding online auction UI as a responsive single-page application. Revised user journeys to optimise the user experience. Worked in an Agile project team.

2013 - 2014

London, contract

Spindrift Group

Senior frontend developer

Senior frontend developer. Assisted in the final stage of delivering a large scale e-commerce platform for an off-shore client. Focused on troubleshooting UI issues and improving frontend performance. Worked in an Agile project team.

2013 - 2013

London, contract

YourVine

UI Design Lead

2013 - 2013

Remote, freelance

Private client

Web development training

2012 - 2013

London, freelance

Spindrift Group

Senior Developer

Senior frontend developer. Created a responsive e-commerce strategy and proof of concept UI for large scale white label e-commerce project. Created a modular UI build-kit and advanced prototyping system for dynamically building and managing large website font-ends, while maintaining a clean production-ready code base. Worked in an Agile project team.

2012 - 2012

London, permanent

Immediate Media

Lead Designer

2011 - 2012

Welwyn Garden City, permanent

Tesco

Lead Frontend Developer

UI Technical Lead and Team Manager. Managed a twelve man on-shore and off-shore UI development team for the UK's largest retailer. Delivered design, HTML, CSS and JavaScript coaching for the team. Delivered prototype in-store kiosk touch screen UI for flagship stores.Older engagements

2010 - 2011

Cambridge, permanent

MBL Ltd

Head of Technical Design

2007 - 2010

Cambridge, permanent

Play.com

Commercial Design Tech Lead

2006 - 2006

Rugby, permanent

ANQ Ltd

UI Development consultant

2004 - 2006

Nottingham, permanent

Presence Ltd

Senior Web Developer

2002 - 2004

Tamworth, permanent

LSC Group

Senior Consultant

2000 - 2002

Lincoln, permanent

ePIN Ltd

Internet Development Consultant

2000 - 2000

Nottingham, permanent

Ramesys

ASP.net Developer

1997 - 2000

Newark, permanent

IT Learning Centre

Webmaster

1997 - 1997

Newark, permanent

Newark Advertiser

Online ad designer