I am currently designing new online transactions for the 2012 gov.uk relaunch. I work for the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) at the Cabinet Office.
I’ve designed about 130 websites in the last decade, for brands including Tesco, WWF, Sony BMG, the Sci-Fi Channel, Pearson and Harrods. I also worked on the design for the single-domain prototype for the Government (May 2011).
You should follow @nicepaul on Twitter.
Until June 2010, I was Senior Designer at Clearleft, an award-winning web design agency in Brighton, on the south coast of England.
As well as designing web sites and iPad apps, I was also heavily involved with the creation of Silverback usability testing software for the Mac. Clearleft made Silverback as a low-cost way that web designers can quickly test how easy their websites are to use, without the need for costly usability testing labs. It has proved to be hugely popular, and is used by the likes of NASA, Yahoo, Apple, Twitter, the Obama presidential campaign, and the UK government.
Recent public speaking engagements
- 2011: Web Developers Conference, Bristol
- 2011: WebDevConf, Bristol
- 2011: Interactivism, London
- 2011: Web Directions @Media, London
- 2011: UX Review, London
- 2009: eBay, London
- 2009: Refresh DC, Washington DC
- 2009: Future of Web Design Tour, Leeds
- 2009: Webdagene, Norway
- 2009: SXSW Interactive, Austin TX
- 2008: <Head>, San Francisco
- 2008: SkillSwap, Brighton
Selected articles
- February 2011: .Net Magazine: Improve Your Website Navigation
- December 2010: 24 Ways: Sketching to Communicate
- May 2009: .Net Magazine: The Great Password Security Scandal
- Feb 2008: Think Vitamin: How to recreate Silverback’s parallax effect
- Sep 2008: .Net Magazine: Guerrilla Usability Testing
- Nov 2006: .Net Magazine: Barcamp, the Geek Sleepover
- Aug 2006: dConstruct web conference
