JORDAN TANDY
Jordan Tandy
Creative Technologist. 💻
Digital Experience Lead. 🧙🏼♂️
With over 12 years of experience as a UX and UI Designer, Front-end Web Developer, and UX Specialist, I possess a well-rounded view of all aspects of the front-end space.
I pride myself on being a Creative Technologist and specialise in User Experience, particularly in Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO), where I have a proven track record of delivering results through workshops with key stakeholders, user interviews, and studies (both qualitative and quantitative).
Design-wise, I am proficient in leading apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Adobe XD, and can offer solid UI design, prototyping, and branding across print and digital. I have worked with a variety of large clients, such as Experian, Sky, Petplan, Vodafone, Debeers, Jaguar Landrover, Twinings, and Silverspoon, among others.
As a highly skilled developer, I am proficient in HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla Javascript (ESX), and have experience with various CMSs. I am also a dedicated team leader and mentor who is committed to fostering the growth and development of my team through training and ensuring their skills are fully realised.
Additionally, I have been instrumental in implementing solid UX strategies for my company and acting as a UX evangelist for the rest of the organisation.
I have represented my companies at trade shows, conferences, and other events and am comfortable with public speaking.
I am confident that my diverse skill set and passion for staying ahead of the curve can bring value to your organisation.
Skills
Work Experience
UX Designer / Developer
Ridgeway Digital
Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
I was the FE lead of a number of projects with my team, My role mainly consisted of developing mobile-first web applications, pages, and components (from scratch with new projects). I was also a key player in the technical direction (FE-wise) that projects in development take in order to achieve sleek and technically capable User Interfaces and User Experiences.
I mainly developed in HTML5/CSS3/JS(ES6) in my role but also maintained legacy code in order to achieve legacy cross-browser functionality.
Contracts and Misc Work
Nov 2018 - May 2019
Various contracts and short tenures to tide me over before my next big challenge.
Senior UX Designer / Developer
equimedia
May 2019 - Mar 2021
Designing Websites - Wireframing, Prototyping, Lo-Fi, Hi-Fi, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animation, Onboarding, Explainers
UX Workflows - User Journey Analysis, A/B Testing, User Persona Creation, CRO
HTML5 Web Banners - Fully Animated, coded to google standards
Web Development - Html5, CSS3, Jquery, Javascript (ES5, 6, 7), Wordpress, Drupal 8, Animation
Video Production - After Effects, Sound Design, Premiere Pro.
Head of Digital Experience
GGMR LTD.
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Currently, I manage a small cross-functional team comprising designers and developers. I work with some very prolific companies that span a broad spectrum of industries. I work with these clients to synergise their needs into effective, user-friendly, performant and aesthetically pleasing solutions.
As GGMR is a small-sized company, there is a lot of overlap and extra responsibilities with being at a senior level. Some of my responsibilities include:
Development, Growth and well-being of my team.
Leading the development of the company culture.
Nurturing lasting client relationships
UX Design and Research
Front End Web Development
Recruitment
Company Process Improvement
Lead Generation
and lots lots more...
Contracts and Misc Work
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
Various contracts and short tenures to tide me over before my next big challenge.
Front End Developer
Muddy Boots Software
Aug 2016 - Apr 2017
I was in charge of the company’s product redesign to bring visual uniformity
and consistency in user experience across each. This included completely
overhauling the visual style to bring it in line with today’s modern UIs was both
device/platform friendly and as responsive and accessible as possible. This role
saw me working in HTML5; Sass(SCSS); Javascript and Angular as well as ASP.
NET MVC. Designs and mock-ups are done in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
This role was very user research focused and I used various tools such as Uservoice,
Intercom and Hotjar to gain valuable insights in order to improve UX.
Extra responsibilities include being a secondment to the marketing department and aiding in the design of the various marketing materials such as product
brochures, client presentations and branding artwork. This is done in Photoshop,
Illustrator and InDesign.
Project Developer (User Interface & Experience)
Nine Group
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
As the Sole UX/UI Architect, I was responsible for designing and integrating the front end of our in-house web apps. Working with ASP .Net C# Razor, HTML/CSS and LESS to create professional-grade visuals and interactions that promote ease of use and aim to create a positive (and painless) experience for the user. The design process involves capturing requirements from clients, drawing up wireframes and full designs to present back to them, and then finally template said designs once approved. I was also in charge of the consistency, design and usability of existing pages, which includes refreshing their style and interactions that may have been once lacking before by employing the cutting edge of UI and UX trends.
This role also saw me creatively review front-end work done by others to ensure cross-site consistency.
Creative Web Developer
River Agency
Jan 2014 - Sep 2015
Apprentice User Experience/Interface Designer/Software Engineer
Renishaw
Sep 2011 - Dec 2013
I worked as a full stack web developer and UX/UI Designer in a cross functional, self-managed agile web development team that employed the latest and legacy technologies. This included ASP .NET MVC using C# Razor, HTML/CSS and Less as well as Classic ASP. I worked with clients such as Jaguar/Landrover, NFU Mutual, ASDA and Mercedes-Benz to create performance improvement and employee incentive products that captured “Big Data” and presented it in a user friendly and beautiful way.
Other technologies I worked with at this time were SQL Server, Orchard CMS and Selenium IDE for UI Testing.
This role also saw me as the “Creative Ambassador” for my team, which worked as an extension of the design team. This entailed creatively reviewing work completed by the team to ensure consistency with the style guidelines of the features created. My role also consisted of creating professional designs from requirements gathered by product owners.
My role was predominantly User Experience and Design, this included the design and creation of graphics such as icons, splash screens or the layout of the software. I also designed and developed custom user controls in both Win Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation, taking advantage of XAML, C# and .NET to achieve this.
Senior UX Designer
MyBuilder
Nov 2022 - Present
Currently working as a UX Designer spanning across a number of international teams, contributing to the evolution of the product.