Simon Martin
Senior Web Designer | Interactive Campaigns
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Web designer & developer with 10+ years creating branded content and interactive campaigns for global clients like Sky, Disney, and Samsung. Specialized in building responsive websites, custom web applications, and engaging digital experiences that drive results. Ready to transform your brand vision into powerful digital solutions.
Work experience
Web Designer & Developer
BrandHouseFreelance
Mar 2022 - Present
4 years 8 months
Paris, France
•Delivering high-impact digital campaigns for global clients in industries such as international banking, tourism, and large-scale enterprise. •Designing and developing interactive experiences including games, rich media content, and visual storytelling assets. •Building fully responsive, content-managed websites for businesses and organisations, with a focus on usability, performance, and brand coherence. •Designing and developing bespoke web applications and standalone pages for freelance clients, including a drag-and-drop eCommerce CMS with Stripe integration and a custom map/location CMS. Collaborating with clients across diverse industries such as media production, healthcare, and food & beverage. •Producing cross-platform assets for social media, landing pages, and campaign microsites while maintaining strict brand adherence. •Balancing creative direction and technical execution to ensure consistent, engaging experiences across multiple digital touchpoints. •Working under contract for a major multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate on campaign design and development.
Bauer Media
Feb 2018 - Mar 2022
4 years 2 months
London, UK
Senior Web Designer / Developer
Dec 2018 - Mar 2022
3 years 4 months
London, UK
• Leading the web development team within Bauer Adventure, Bauer Media's in-house creative agency. Designing and developing branded content web pages, interactive games and competition mechanics to run across an array of Bauer Media brands such as Kiss, Absolute Radio, Magic Radio, Grazia, Heat, Scala and Jazz FM for major clients including Sky, John Lewis, EE, Tesco, Morrisons, Samsung, Disney and KFC. • Working closely with the sales team to develop competition ideas and development timelines prior to pitching. • Working closely with project managers and attending internal and client facing meetings to ensure the smooth running of digital campaigns. KEY PROJECTS: • Designing and developing the #pledgekindness interactive map for “Where’s Your Head At?", a mental health initiative created by Bauer Media. • Conceptualising, designing and developing a pong game for EE that becomes harder to play depending on the user's internet speed.
Web Designer / Developer
Feb 2018 - Dec 2018
11 months
London, UK
Working for Bauer Media as part of their branded content creative team. My role involved designing and developing unique editorial and interactive web pages for the some of the UK’s biggest brands including Carphone Warehouse, Three, McDonalds and ASDA, TRESemmé, and Sky. My responsibilities included: Designing and developing pages for Bauer Media brands including Absolute Radio, Kiss, Magic, Heat, The Debrief and Grazia. Designing and developing editorial and interactive marketing campaign web pages. Designing and developing competition entry forms and online advertisements.
Graphic and Web Designer, User Experience Designer, Front-End Developer, Copywriter
MyFutureNow
Jun 2014 - Mar 2018
3 years 10 months
I designed, built and managed the MyFutureNow website and application. I used clever UI design and graphics, as well as jargon free content to breakdown financial information to its most simple form. My role included planning and designing the application UI, delivering designs and functional specifications to developers, coding websites using HTML & CSS, liaising with target users, brand identity design and all other graphic content. I also managed web analytics and social media and Adwords campaigns.
Graphic and Web Designer, Developer, Photographer, Copywriter
BrandHouse
Jan 2010 - Dec 2017
8 years
Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
I started BrandHOUSE in 2010 with photography being my main focus. As my customer base grew and opportunities presented themselves, I adapted the services I provided to include graphic design. During the years that followed, I shifted further towards web design and development offering photography as an additional add-on to provide full web design, development and photography packages to my clients. These packages mainly involved meeting with clients, developing creative ideas, providing mock-ups, designing and coding websites using HTML, PHP, CSS and JS. A selection of projects can be viewed here: www.brandHOUSE.ie Some examples of the services I provided while working freelance include: Designing and building websites for SMEs and sole traders Designing and building e-commerce websites using WordPress Corporate identity and branding design Designing banners, ads, social media graphics and email campaigns Designing food packaging, printed catalogues, posters and flyers Photographing products, people and locations
Education
Griffith College Dublin
Higher Diploma
2016 - 2017
2 years
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media