Curriculum vitae
Martin Whitaker.
Digital designer.
Front-end design and development, user experience, and accessibility. Based in Norfolk, with experience across local government, agency websites, and SaaS interfaces.
01 / The work
Experience.
July 2017 — present
Digital Interaction Designer
Norfolk County Council
Norwich and remote working
Front-end design and code across numerous council websites, helping shape the strategy for structural and technical changes as well as the front-end process. Hosting user-testing workshops and developing accessibility practices and offerings.
April 2014 — June 2016
Web Designer
Four Leaf Clover Media Ltd
Norwich and remote working
Front-end design and development across numerous sectors, including accountants, estate agents, and other small to medium businesses.
February 2013 — September 2013
Web Designer
KMC Software Ltd
Great Yarmouth
Working alongside multiple developers to design websites and interfaces for SaaS (Software as a Service) products.
02 / The toolkit
Skills & tools.
Skills
- HTML
- CSS
- jQuery
- PHP
- Accessibility
- User experience
- JavaScript
- SCSS
Industry knowledge
- User interface
- User experience
- User testing
- Interaction design
- Wireframing
- Rapid prototyping
- Design research
- Responsive design
Tools & technologies
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Photoshop
- Nunjucks
- MySQL
- Trello
- Azure DevOps
- Office
- GOSS
- WordPress
- Sitecore
03 / The foundation
Education.
2009 — 2012 · Wolverhampton
Interactive Media & the Web
University of Wolverhampton
BA · First-class honours
Design and production of interactive multimedia artefacts, including rich-media websites, edutainment games, e-learning applications, interactive videos, and branching stories. The course also involved project management and testing.
04 / Beyond work
A little bit nerdy.
My hobbies include drone flying, horror novels, and gaming. My favourite thing is spending time with my girlfriend and son. There’s also a black cat called Bubbles.
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