Steven Urmston
UI Designer & Frontend Developer
+44 7590843170
steve@urm.st
Profile
A passionate hybrid Designer/Developer with excellent communication. Along with core strengths in Frontend Development and UI Design, I have a broad range of skills particularly suited to working in cross-functional product teams.
Experience
UX/Frontend Developer, Pierbridge
- Led the frontend re-architecture of a parcel TMS product using React/TypeScript
- Provided UX and concept design for a data mapping application
Sep 2019 – Present
Senior Frontend Engineer, Effective Experiments
- Worked in a product team rebuilding a legacy application in React/GraphQL
- Built a React component library to exacting design standards using Storybook
Feb 2019 – Aug 2019
Lead Frontend Developer, Bytemark
- Senior member of an Agile (Scrum) Engineering team
- Led the UI design & frontend development of the core company applications
Nov 2017 – Feb 2019
Product Manager, Bytemark
- Helped implement customer-driven product strategy, marketing and vision
- Provided Leadership and Management for a cross-functional Product Team
- Revenue per customer grew by 35% and overall customer growth by 15%
Jun 2016 – Nov 2017
UX Developer, Bytemark
- Introduced a UX and Design focus to an engineering-led company
Jan 2014 – Jun 2016
UI Designer, Independent Contractor
- Delivered value for a variety of businesses from day one
Oct 2012 – Jan 2014
Senior Designer, Designition
- Visual design, client relations and full-stack development (PHP) for web agency
- Won two major awards for websites I designed and developed
Jun 2005 – Sep 2012
Owner, Clearbar
- Built a business providing Web design and development services
Oct 2003 – Dec 2005
Education
ILM (Level 5) Leadership and Management, University of York
2017 – Present
MSc Human-Centred Interactive Technologies, University of York
- Awarded a Distinction (>90% average mark)
- Received a fully funded ESRPC scholarship
2008 – 2009
MA (2.1) Political Science, University of Glasgow
1999 – 2003
Skills
DesignDevelopmentManagementUX
UI DesignInteraction DesignWeb DesignJavaScriptReactReduxGraphQLRuby/RailsAngularJSHTMLCSSProduct StrategyLine ManagementLeadershipUX ResearchUser Testing