Paul Cooper

In February I became a father to twin girls, which has been quite the challenge and joy in equal measure. I've enjoyed spending some quality time with them before considering my next steps professionally.

I joined HMM to scratch a long-standing design itch alongside the opportunity to work with former colleagues in a small, creative team. Whilst I was involved in front-end development, my role leaned more heavily into product design, branding and marketing.

• Owned and oversaw the HMM brand across product and marketing
• Established an in-house Figma design system to support rapid prototyping and iteration
• Built a library of reusable After Effects templates to help customers run DOOH tests more quickly and efficiently
• Standardised marketing materials through shared templates and tooling to improve brand consistency
• Assisted the engineering team with maintenance of the HMM website and customer-facing Angular products

I left Tictrac in 2017 to join a start-up called Oneflow, a company that built a powerful suite of automation software for the commercial print industry. In 2019 we were acquired by HP and our team formed the basis of a new division, HP Graphic Solutions. I worked closely with various engineering divisions as we developed solutions for the commercial print and publishing sectors.

• Led the development of an internal styling framework and component library adopted across regional teams
• Provided front-end technical leadership across several major products
• Led design on multiple projects, producing prototypes and production-ready designs
• Front-end development using Vue.js, with occasional backend work in Node.js and MongoDB
• Implemented unit testing with Jest and end-to-end testing with Cypress

Joining Tictrac at an early stage, I worked on its initial consumer product before helping to shape its white-label health platform. I played a key role in scaling the product across web and mobile for major international clients including the Singapore Ministry of Health, Aviva, Munich RE and Allianz.

• Responsible for the front-end architecture at Tictrac
• Conducted and moderated user testing sessions
• Assisted with iOS app development
• Led the development of an internal design and style framework to improve consistency across web and mobile products
• Participated in regular product workshops to scope out and brainstorm new features and improvements
• Managed front-end recruitment and hiring
• Visualisation development in D3

I began at Essence as a Junior Developer working primarily on PHP-based projects before transitioning into a Front-End role, where I confirmed my love for all things UI. Over my five year tenure, I worked on several large-scale projects for a range of high-profile clients.

• Led front-end architecture on major projects including Pret a Manger and Tesco Mobile
• Built rich, interactive front-end experiences for clients such as Google, YouTube and Cancer Research UK
• Developed single-page applications using Backbone.js
• iOS application development
• PHP development using Zend Framework

An agency environment that required me to work closely with clients on the design and development of their marketing websites and promotional materials including email campaigns. I also led the development of all PHP-based projects including Magento e-commerce sites.