ESCAPADE
ADVENTURES IN DIGITAL
ABOUT
- CORNWALL
- MANCHESTER
- LONDON
- BRISTOL
- VANCOUVER
Temporary Northerner, London escapee, Bristolian wannabe, Cornish forever
Hi, I’m Max. A professional digital designer since 2003. Started my career working in agencies back when layouts meant tables and the first tech bubble had only just popped, then a move to the capital for a glorious decade or so of freelance and contracting.
A trip round the world, landing in Bristol for start-ups and SASS and the new world of post-lockdown opportunities. Along the way I’ve worked for a hugely diverse range of clients, from the very biggest multi-nationals, to fledgling enterprises, tech scale-ups and charities for good measure.
When not working I love adventures outside, be that surfing, cycling, climbing, snowboarding or hiking. I’m also rather keen on Lego, dancing, tea, and proper cider.
SKILLS
- UX DESIGN
- UI DESIGN
- WIRE-FRAMING
- USER FLOWS
- PROTOTYPES
- 2D ILLUSTRATION
- ANIMATION
- CSS & HTML
- UI ENGINEERING
As a designer I’ve been lucky to work with all manner of projects for a huge variety of brands.
From designing for websites, banners, animations, to mobiles, tablets, touchscreens and hands-free devices, I’ve always relished the challenge of creating compelling experiences for the user.
I’m well-versed in getting creative using Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD and the CS suite. With extensive experience of building out wireframes, user-flows and prototypes through to developer-ready hi-def layouts, working end-to-end on any project is no problem.
And whilst a designer at heart, I’m no stranger to getting hands-on in the codebase, working with engineers to bring together the pieces for intuitive interactions and interfaces, be that using React, Angular, Vue, RoR or PHP.
I love to take on new challenges and embrace exciting opportunities across the digital space.
Here are some of the brands I’ve had the pleasure of creating for
Portfolio
RealWear Inc, produce an industry-leading hands-free wearable headset for frontline workers, industrial engineers and medical professionals.
As the principal User Experience designer at RealWear, I championed the user experience across RealWear’s devices, apps and platforms. I was involved the design process end-to-end, engaging with stakeholders across the business. Below are a few of the varied projects I created for.
Realwear Cloud
Creating the interface for RealWear’s Cloud MDM platform, including Device, Group and Workspace management, Application policies and real-time reporting
As well as building a library of design components and creating consistant layouts and user-flows in a fast-moving CI/CD environment, this project involved the distillation of complex requirements and personas, the creation of onboarding flows and gathering customer feedback
- Scoping
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- Data Visualisation
- High-fidelity designs
- Responsive layouts
- Material Design
- Dev Support
RealWear One
Mobile companion app for RealWear's range of hands-free devices, with full device management and controls, including our remote-expert solution.
Working with complex technical requirements, I designed the user-flows for onboarding new users, device set-up and management as well as working with IOS and Android's library of components and guidelines.
- Scoping
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- Animation
- High-fidelity designs
- Dev Support
App Marketplace
Creating an App Store to showcase for RealWear’s library of native 3rd-party apps, available to browse and deployment to it’s range of hands-free devices.
I also developed documentation and UX/UI guidance for the Certified by RealWear developer accreditation
- Scoping
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- High-fidelity designs
- Responsive layouts
- Atomic Design
- Dev Support
Navigator OS UI
Updates for RealWear’s device UI which offers full device control of their industry-leading android-powered industrial wearables
This project presented unique challenges due to the limited size and resolution of the device screen and the requirement to interact solely using voice commands
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- High-fidelity design
- Animation
- Atomic Design
- Dev Support
Realtime
Web video platform for RealWear’s Video calling solution for desktop and mobile
Designed to leverage Material elements for fast development, this incorporated device remote controls and video stream controls for remote experts
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Material Design
- Dev Support
Max is a great UX and UI designer with a product first mindset.
At RealWear he took on the challenge of working with a voice first user experience. This required a high level of understanding of not just UI design concepts, but more importantly the ability apply critical thinking around user interaction and UX.
A great human and a super professional product person, I would recommend Max to any team.
Coca Cola x Olympics
Creation of an interactive microsite for Coca Cola’s ticket competition for the London 2012 Olympics where the prize changed every 2012 seconds.
A very enjoyable project working with the 2012 Olympic branding and creating animations and transitions for this high traffic promotion
- Brand integration
- Hi-Fidelity design
- Animation
- Interaction development
V&A Victorians
Showcasing the V&As Victorian collection for schools through of an interactive display app, including a fully playable game of the vintage Maricourt board game
Utilising the V&A's victorian artifacts and presenting them to school children in an engaging platform, this project offered opportunities for advanced interaction and gamification
- Brand integration
- Hi-Fidelity design
- Animation
- Interaction development
- Game logic
Polecat
I've worked with Polecat on various occasions, on both their SaaS platform and implementing a vibrant rebrand on their brochure site
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
- Gatsby and React
Sail Lofts
As a premium holiday let provider, I worked to create a beautiful brochure for Sail Lofts, evoking the tranquility of my home county
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
- Wordpress
BBC Academy
Working to bring the BBC Academy’s diversity training to life, through video, animation and interactive quizzes
This project took a complex and sensitive subject, and broke it down into a training programme that was engaging and informative
- Brand integration
- Hi-Fidelity design
- Animation
- Interaction development
Currencies Direct
Created an online platform for clients to access their wide-range of currency services
A challenging project of marrying the complex legal requirements of FX with creating a intuitive and customer-friendly interface
- Scoping
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- Prototypes
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
Be At One
Creation of a new web platform as part of a major rebrand for the London popular bar chain
An enjoyable project working with some vibrant branding and designing a site that balanced information with promotions and events
- Scoping
- User-flows
- Wireframing
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
One Great George Street
Customisable email newsletter template for One Great George Street's premium westminister event space
- Scoping
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
- Mailchimp integration
Stitch Communications
Promotional email newsletter utilising Mailchimp's advanced customisation functionality
- Scoping
- High-fidelity design
- Responsive layouts
- Front-end Dev
- Mailchimp integration
Max is amazing... seriously.
Quick to ingratiate himself with both the team some very senior stakeholders, Max commanded a huge amount of respect from all levels of the business, and made a huge impact in his time here.
He is talented, honest, and an absolute pleasure to work with - whether it was hitting horrible deadlines, or simply providing a fresh perspective on how we could do things. His contribution to our digital efforts is still very much alive now... to the point where we still look over our shoulders occasionally and think "what would Max have done here?"