John Robert Pett
Verified Expert in Engineering
UI Developer
Leeds, United Kingdom
Toptal member since February 1, 2017
John is an award-winning UI developer with over 10 years of experience and a keen eye for design, animation details, and code quality. His recent projects include work for Adidas, HMRC, Channel 4, Le Col Cycling, Resident Advisor, and Robinsons Soft Drinks. John has a bachelor's degree in visual communication from Leeds University and brings a wealth of interface development knowledge to independent and enterprise businesses alike.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
JavaScript, React
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is working with Unmade to build online digital tools for creating knitwear.
Work Experience
Lead UI Developer
Container Studio
- Implemented the UI for Unmade, using the browser to assist in designing and manufacturing knitwear. This won a D&AD award for the agency and made Unmade the most innovative textile startup in the industry, setting a standard for fashion tech.
- Worked for Harbour Space University as a creative coding lecturer and developer on the team building its main website. The project helped launch Harbour Space as a leading institution in technology education.
- Created the online presence of musician and performer David August. The site received critical acclaim from industry peers for style and typography.
- Led the redesign and development of the East Street Arts charity. Created a full-stack solution with generative design patterns to reduce employees' work when creating assets for the website.
- Served as a senior website developer for The Seasons, part of the Maybourne Hotel Group. Created an events and activities portal, which generated a community of repeat visitors to the local area and hotel.
Senior UI Developer
Savvy
- Developed software to integrate Le Col cycling's website and marketing into Strava to create activity-based competitions and reward schemes. This created a unique online experience for users to engage with the brand via daily activities.
- Created multiple competition applications for Robinsons Soft Drinks, including interactive games. This included HTML5 canvas game development and animation work, with audience capture scaling beyond anything previously achieved within the brand.
- Built multiple applications to assist Adidas Sportswear's internal communications department in streamlining its online marketing, including campaigns, audience capture, and user management.
Senior UI Developer
Accenture
- Created a component library to rebrand Channel 4 television's online presence, allowing consistent design across all applications. My work was recognized as a benchmark for Accenture technology standards.
- Developed software applications to assist His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in managing COVID-19. The project received direct praise in the press from Rishi Sunak, and all developers were awarded a badge for societal contribution.
- Designed a component library to align design styles across all HMRC software and online applications. With great attention to accessibility, this became a world-renowned example of design for disability.
Front-end Developer
B-Reel
- Worked on a creative data presentation for Yahoo and Cannes. Developed a web-based iPad app, enabling the easy display of digital content, animation for iOS, and JavaScript web animations. Tens of thousands of festival visitors saw this work.
- Worked on GeoVegas for the Las Vegas tourist board, utilizing 360-degree panoramas in collaboration with Google. This work positively impacted tourism in Las Vegas and the surrounding area and businesses.
- Developed an eCommerce and multimedia app for a new season campaign for Balmain and H&M. The app featured extensive browser animations and high-quality asset rendering, and all clothing sold out within 24 hours of site deployment.
- Worked on Zalando's Share Your Sexy Campaign, using images from Instagram and third-party APIs to create user-generated content. This work contributed to increased sales for Zalando in Spain.
- Contributed to Zalando's Ivy Park collaboration, using high-quality image assets and video in a brochure-style eCommerce platform. Clothing sales increased instantly upon project completion, launching Ivy Park in Europe.
Interaction Designer
AIG Edenspiekermann
- Created online cartography products for Heathrow Airport using Leaflet. These products simplified the airport experience and reduced airport transport times as customers could move through the airport more easily.
- Designed and developed the agency's website, featuring a unique grid system to display its work and gain a strong web presence among its peers.
- Created an interactive touchscreen for Transport for London (TfL), a government agency, using the TfL data API. This work received a Queen's Contribution to Design Award as a first-in-kind use of technology in the cartography space.
- Researched and developed mobile mapping in Heathrow Airport using HTML5 APIs and used it to develop navigation tools for airport users.
- Created a city map in the browser for Vancouver, Canada, using Leaflet and tiling techniques to create graphically rich maps with JavaScript. This increased tourists' ease of navigation within their respective cities.
- Led the UX design for digital applications across the company.
Experience
Channel 4
https://www.channel4.com/Adidas Home Court Arena
https://startdesign.com/case-study/adidas/Harbour Space
https://harbour.space/Gravis Capital
https://www.graviscapital.com/Le Col Cycling Club
https://lecol.ccApplied Wayfinding
http://appliedwayfinding.com/Unmade
https://www.unmade.com/HMRC Government Portal
https://www.gov.uk/Composer Trade
https://www.composer.trade/Transport for London
http://appliedwayfinding.com/projects/real-time-digital-information-mapping/Balmain x H&M
https://projects.balmain.com/gb/balmain/projects/balmain-x-hmTeamable
https://www.teamable.com/Haseltine Lake Kempner
https://www.hlk-ip.com/Leeds Alumni Digital Magazine
https://magazine.alumni.leeds.ac.uk/Resident Advisor
https://group.ra.coEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication
Leeds University - Leeds, United Kingdom
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, HTML5 APIs, Google Maps API, WordPress API, WordPress REST API, GSAP, REST APIs, SoundCloud API, Leaflet, Tumblr API, Spotify API, Moment.js, Shopify API, HTML5 Canvas, Vimeo API, MobX
Tools
Git, Webpack, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Mailchimp, Adobe CC, Photoshop CC, GitHub, AWS CLI, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence
Languages
SCSS, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, HTML5, Sass, CSS3, PHP, TypeScript
Frameworks
Next.js, Video.js, Vanilla JS, Tailwind CSS, Jest, Material UI, Django, Angular
Paradigms
UI Design, Web Performance Optimization (WPO), UX Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Platforms
WordPress, GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP), Shopify, Craft CMS, Webflow, Vercel, Contentful, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
WP Engine, Google Cloud
Other
Typography, Information Design, UI Development, CSS3 Animation, User Interface (UI), User Interface Engineering (UIE), SEO Tools, Scroll Animations, Landing Pages, HTML5 Video, Caching, WordPress Themes, Design, UI Animation, APIs, Cartography, Interaction Design (IxD), SVG, Interactive UI, HTML Email, HTML Templates, User Experience (UX), Responsive UI, Responsive UX Design, Web Project Management, Animated Interactions, API Integration, Mobile UI, Accessibility, Web Accessibility, Google Structured Data, Storybook, Processing.js, 2D, 3D, Strava API, iPad, SVG Animation, Gatsby, Touch Interactions, Vimeo, Radix, Mentorship, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
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