Previously Staff Product Designer at Arcadia, accelerating the climate‑tech revolution one pixel at a time.
Where it all started...
I didn’t exactly walk through the front door of design—I sort of climbed in over the metaphorical Glastonbury fence. At sixteen I was in a noisy little band, and somebody had to make us look legit online, so I opened up Dreamweaver and taught myself just enough HTML to build a website. Between after‑school rehearsals and weekend shows, I was patching together logos, tweaking photos, and figuring out how CSS worked (well… mostly). Turning home‑recorded tracks into something that looked like a proper release was addictive, and soon other artists were asking for the same treatment.
When I realised I wasn’t Rick Astley
Music took me to Bath Spa University for a BA in Commercial Music, but while everyone else was perfecting their set lists, I was busy redesigning their album art and tidying up their MySpace pages (yes, I'm that old). The emails about freelance projects started coming faster than Ed Sheeran singles, and somewhere in my final year I had to admit the obvious: I was better at Photoshop than power‑chords. So I swapped the stage lights for a laptop screen and made design my main gig.
The future... (Now)
Fast‑forward a few years (for a deeper dive, check out the experience section)—I’ve just wrapped eight busy years as a Staff Product Designer at Arcadia. I worked across both their Community Solar and Platform products, built and maintained a design system that kept everything looking tight, mentored younger designers, and teamed up with engineers to simplify complex user journeys in an emerging space.
I still write music (the demos are safely hidden on a hard drive), and when I’m not glued to Figma you’ll find me chasing snow, bombing down mountain‑bike trails, or planning the next trip somewhere new.
Fifteen+ years in the making: the gigs that shaped my craft.
Got an idea? Let’s chat. Projects, roles, or a nerd‑out on corner radii—I’m all ears.