About me, and more importantly, why me
I'm an extremely passionate design technologist with over 15 years of experience in web development before transitioning into digital sustainability.
Introduction
Skilled in team management, technical communication, leveraging eco-friendly design and technology, and inspiring sustainable business growth. Passionate about the intersection between people and technology making sure that digital products work the best they can for people and the planet.
Having spent over a decade within the agency space as a designer/developer/strategist hybrid working my way up to head of digital before embarking on a journey of discovery and delving into digital sustainability and thoroughly believing that every digital, creative or technology agency should be creating a more sustainable impact.
Projects
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Beacon
digitalbeacon.co | Product design and development
One of the most popular web page carbon calculators, used over 100,000 times, giving designers and developers the information they need to reduce the pages carbon footprint.
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Yard
weareyard.com | Sustainable web development
Working with FutureSelves, we created this website for the marketing agency Yard. This new website was designed and built specifically to reduce the impact of their old website which it did by a massive 97%.
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Becolorful
becolorful.co.uk | Sustainable web development
From live audiences to digital ones, I can create and present talks on digital sustainability.
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Webinars & Workshops
We've delivered webinars and workshops on digital sustainability to Profound, Scottish Enterprise, Interflora, Co-op and Allianz.
Podcasts
I've been lucky enough to be invited as a guest on a few podcasts which you can find below.
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Greensider
2024 | List on Greensider
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Rankable
2023 | Listen on iPullRank
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Ecosend
2023 | List on podcast.ecosend.io
Technical skills
- PHP: WordPress, Statamic, Laravel, Kirby
- JavaScipt and TypeScript: Vanilla, Vuejs, Astro, Inertia, Livewire
- CSS: Sass, Tailwind, PostCSS
- HTML: Vanilla, Pug, Mustache, Twig, Antlers, Blade
TL;DR, All the skills needed to help create amazing web experiences without sacrificing on aesthetics, accessibility or sustainability.
Soft skills
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Client management
Liaising and workshopping with clients to ensure deliverables help reach their goals.
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Project management
Ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget.
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Public speaking
From live audiences to digital ones, I can create and present talks on digital sustainability.
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Communication
Written, verbal and visually able to convey a message to others.
Take the first step into a greener digital future.
Get in touch to arrange an informal chat about your organisation and how we can help.