ThoughtWorks XCONF

Websites

Summary

Crafting websites and digital platforms from concept to delivery. Utilizing user research to understand the primary goals and purpose of the site, letting that mission drive every decision from user experience to development. Creating sites that are beautiful and deliver results.

CAO (World Bank)

The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman required a website to house 20 years of complex international data in a beautiful and easily consumable format. I worked with CAO to refine how this data was compiled, workshop the best graphic visualizations, and finally build the website with complex animations and illustrations that best represented the data.
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Marriott International

Marriott International frequently require websites across their entire portfolio of brands for both internal and external audiences. I have designed and built over half a dozen of these, with content covering over 15 brands. This includes auditing existing content, building out user flows, creating UI in Figma, building in Webflow and managing the client relationship throughout. Some of these sites are private, but can be shared upon request.

Hi I'm Julian (this site)

This was a fantastic project to work on. I started with the vision to build an engaging site that grabbed attention and communicated the value of my multiple skillsets. I designed, built and tested the site myself, and then conducted user testing to make sure it was perfect. Photos by the genius Nico Bernadi

Honorable mentions to two more personal websites I made with fun interactive elements; my wedding site and the ESEA Lit Festival.

ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks needed an entirely new site that reflected their position as technology experts. I utilised online and offline surveys with TreeJack and face-to-face interviews respectively to design the perfect information architecture. Then I worked with the team to design and build the sleek, powerful and effective site the international juggernaut still uses today.

The Learning Festival

A dynamic events  complex that features complex CMS item management, client side event updates, intricate internal variable visibility logic, and beautiful animations.

"It’s hard to give a testimonial as I don’t know the full extent of Julian’s technical mastery. Yet as a client that is exactly what you need, absolute trust in an area you have no expertise, and trust was plentiful due to the consistent communication and clear demonstrations of complex technical requirements to test fit with purpose. There was multiple platform integration into a seamless user experience. No challenge was too small, and Julian was able to rapidly problem solve to retro-fit new functionality to seamlessly respond to user needs as they emerged. Embracing the iterative design approach that made this entire project a success."
- Nicole Barling

Website here

Marriott International

A wide range of successful projects spanning almost the entire Marriott International portfolio.

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