
Julien Cote
UX and Front End Developer
Salary / Daily rate
Madrid, Spain
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Dedicated UX/UI and Front End Developer with a strong track record in digital transformation projects for Intergovernmental Organisations, Public Sector, Royal Colleges, Accounting, Non-Profit, Fashion, and Social Media. Proficient in conducting UX workshops, creating empathy maps, user persona maps, UX flows, and journey maps using tools like Government Digital Services, Figma, and Miro. Skilled in front-end development, responsive design, and utilizing technologies like ReactJS and Vue.js.
Work experience
UX/UI, Accessibility and Front-End Consultant
CôtedesignsFreelance
Sep 2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Remote
Consultant serving clients in the UK and Spain, specializing in user- focused strategies that guide product development and inform critical decision-making. Facilitate workshops to identify client needs and translate them into actionable design strategies. Produce deliverables such as user stories, empathy maps, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, mockups, and proofs of concept, customized to meet client UX/UI specifications using tools like Figma, InVision, Miro, and Sketch. Execute usability and A/B testing to validate design concepts and optimize user experiences. Use Azure DevOps for task management and project tracking, ensuring effective collaboration and timely delivery. Create UI guideline for reusable components and enhanced Wireframing/Prototyping. Front-End development: React, HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap. Clients: Accountico, Kerv Digital
UX/UI, Accessibility and Front-End Consultant
Kerv DigitalFreelance
Nov 2021 - Sep 2024
2 years 11 months
Remote
UX/UI, Accessibility and Front-End Consultant 11/2021 - 09/2024 London Consultant for UK clients across Public and Private sectors, driving user-centric strategies that shape product roadmaps and inform key decisions. Led workshops to uncover client needs and develop actionable design strategies. Designed and delivered user stories, empathy maps, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, mockups, and proofs of concept tailored to client UX/UI requirements. (Tools: Figma, InVision, Miro, Sketch) Conducted usability testing and A/B testing to validate designs and enhance user experience outcomes. Utilized Confluence, Azure DevOps and Sharepoint online for task management and project tracking, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficient delivery. Created UI guideline for reusable components and enhanced Wireframing/Prototyping. Front-End development: GDS, React, HTML, JSON, CSS, JS, Bootstrap.
Frontend Developer - Fashion
Lyle & Scott
Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 5 months
London, UK
Web Application Developer - Social Media Marketing
Billion Dollar Boy
Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
2 years 1 month
London, UK
We are the Influencer Marketing Agency setting the gold standard in Influencer Marketing. Inventive and dynamic, we offer digital solutions for brand storytelling and drive results by pioneering a new standard for Influencer Marketing through our Creativity and Proprietary Technology. Clients include PepsiCo, Primark, Zalando, L'Oreal, The Estee Lauder Companies and Coty among others
Web Application Developer - Fashion
Phase Eight (Fashion & Designs) Ltd.
Oct 2017 - Apr 2018
7 months
London, UK
Implementation of various projects and tasks including developing, maintaining and updating the 3 main Brand websites:Phase Eight, Studio Eight and Damsel in a Dress - using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery/React.JS within a responsive E-Commerce framework, Logging and assisting in the resolution of web support cases, maintaining and producing reports, and developing new and existing systems as required. Designing, developing and delivering technical ecommerce solutions to meet a broad range of requirements including: new tools; processes; website updates and support; system optimisation; report creation; systems integration. Developing with HTML, CSS and JavaScript/JQuery website code within a responsive framework to ensure that the SEO and UI/UX of the site is at the highest standards that they can be. Developing and assisting with systems UAT. Implementing changes and publish pages within FCP/Blubolt. Logging and following through to completion all web support cases with third parties. Working closely with third party suppliers to effect systems development and change requests. Documenting new and existing processes. Maintaining and enhancing current reports. Analysing and enhance existing processes and recommending and developing solutions for both ecommerce and bricks and mortar requirements. Producing and delivering a web development plan and roadmap. Technology used: HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript / PHP / JQuery Sublime, Prepos, SASS AWS, FileZilla MySql, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, TOAD, Oracle DB, Adobe Campaign Bootstrap, Responsive Design and Implementation Fresca, Slack, GitHub, Trelo, Jira, Blubolt Excel
Front end Developer - Estate
Estate Apps
Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
10 months
Croydon, UK
Web designer and developer working on applications, websites, design and project management - using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/PHP and JQuery. Designing and developing websites to ensure that the SEO and UI/UX of the site is at the highest standards that they can be. I now work on multiple large scale projects with a large variety of clients. I have been trained on Website design/development, project management and implementation as well as support. Creating wireframes or concepts and work to create prototypes where appropriate. Refining and perfecting design concepts during the initial design stages based on client feedback. Developing websites from scratch using the Yii 2 platform Working on Tight deadline to ensure projects are delivered on time to our clients. Testing the site under construction to find and fix any problems – or 'bugs' – before it goes live including front-end code in multiple browsers to ensure cross-browser compatibility. Working with collaborative communication tools such as Slack. Follow up/Website maintenance - continue to make minor changes to make sure the site is working properly and meets all the client's requirements. Technology used: HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript / PHP / JQuery Yii 2, MVC Sublime, Prepos FileZilla, MySql Affinity, Photoshop, LightRoom, Illustrator Bootstrap, Responsive Design and Implementation Slack, GitHub Windows OS, Mac OS
Junior Frontend Developer
JPC
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
1 year 1 month
Cambridge, UK
Web designer and developer working on applications, websites, design and project management - using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Meeting Clients to discuss ideas using test sites to see which ideas best suit their needs. Creating wireframes or concepts and work to create prototypes where appropriate. Refining and perfecting design concepts during the initial design stages based on client feedback. Working on Tight deadline to ensure projects are delivered on time to our clients. Testing the site under construction to find and fix any problems – or 'bugs' – before it goes live including front-end code in multiple browsers to ensure cross-browser compatibility. Working with collaborative communication tools such as Slack. Follow up/Website maintenance - continue to make minor changes to make sure the site is working properly and meets all the client's requirements. Technology used: HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript/JQuery AngularJS Brackets, JetBrain Webstorm, Sublime FileZilla, MySql Affinity, Paint, Paint.net, Photoshop, LightRoom, Illustrator Bootstrap, Responsive Design and Implementation Slack, GitHub Windows OS, Mac OS
Education
freeCodeCamp
Responsive Web Design - Applied Visual Design
2016 - 2016
3 months
The Odin Project
Web Developer Foundations
2015 - 2015
4 months
freeCodeCamp
Applied accessibility
2015 - 2015
1 month
Codecademy
Front end developer Certification, Computer Software Engineering
2015 - 2015
1 month
freeCodeCamp
Front end developer Certification, Computer Software Engineering
2015 - 2015
1 month
Middlesex University
DPSI, Language Interpretation and Translation
2008 - 2009
1 year 1 month