Hi, I’m Alan, a seasoned designer with over a decade of experience working in diverse design roles, both employed and freelance. I've spent six years as a Design Lead at a software company, led the design team as Head of Design at a marketing agency, and currently work independently as a freelance designer, collaborating closely with startups and small businesses. I specialize in website design and development using Framer, interactive prototypes in Figma, and delivering branding assets such as logos, marketing creatives, and brand guidelines. With a strong user-centric approach, I bring expertise across UX research and planning, UI design, component libraries, design systems, and prototyping for mobile apps, web software, SaaS products, and CMS platforms. My creative skill set also includes brand development, marketing creatives, and building no-code websites. I am proficient in Figma, Framer, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, enabling me to deliver versatile and impactful design solutions tailored to client needs.

Alan Todd

Hi, I’m Alan, a seasoned designer with over a decade of experience working in diverse design roles, both employed and freelance. I've spent six years as a Design Lead at a software company, led the design team as Head of Design at a marketing agency, and currently work independently as a freelance designer, collaborating closely with startups and small businesses. I specialize in website design and development using Framer, interactive prototypes in Figma, and delivering branding assets such as logos, marketing creatives, and brand guidelines. With a strong user-centric approach, I bring expertise across UX research and planning, UI design, component libraries, design systems, and prototyping for mobile apps, web software, SaaS products, and CMS platforms. My creative skill set also includes brand development, marketing creatives, and building no-code websites. I am proficient in Figma, Framer, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, enabling me to deliver versatile and impactful design solutions tailored to client needs.

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Hi, I’m Alan, a seasoned designer with over a decade of experience working in diverse design roles, both employed and freelance. I’ve spent six years as a Design Lead at a software company, led the design team as Head of Design at a marketing agency, and currently work independently as a freelance designer, collaborating closely with startups and small businesses. I specialize in website design and development using Framer, interactive prototypes in Figma, and delivering branding assets such as logos, marketing creatives, and brand guidelines.

With a strong user-centric approach, I bring expertise across UX research and planning, UI design, component libraries, design systems, and prototyping for mobile apps, web software, SaaS products, and CMS platforms. My creative skill set also includes brand development, marketing creatives, and building no-code websites. I am proficient in Figma, Framer, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, enabling me to deliver versatile and impactful design solutions tailored to client needs.

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Work Experience

Freelance Designer at Freelance
June 1, 2025 - Present
Working directly with start-ups and small businesses, specialising in website design and development using Framer. Creating interactive prototypes in Figma and delivering a range of branding assets including logos, marketing creatives, and brand guidelines.
Head of Design at Mira Marketing
June 1, 2025 - August 28, 2025
Responsible for creating and overseeing all creative output within the agency. Produced designs for email marketing campaigns, social media campaigns, and pay-per-click campaigns. Involved in website consultations and redesigns. Mentored a junior designer by offering help, guidance, and delegating tasks.
Design Lead at Boxmodel (Later acquired by SPG)
October 1, 2023 - August 28, 2025
Part of the senior management team, handling all UX and UI responsibilities for planning and designing software and website interfaces. Conducted user research through discovery phase workshops, translating findings into requirements, personas, user stories, site maps, use cases, acceptance criteria, wireframes, UI designs, and interactive prototypes.
Graphic Designer at University of Sunderland (USSU Marketing and Communications Team)
September 1, 2017 - August 28, 2025
Worked within the Communications and Marketing team on branding campaigns. Designed flyers, posters, social media artwork, and digital signage artwork for the University.
Graphic Designer / Owner at Million Pixel Media
January 1, 2017 - August 28, 2025
Worked with start-ups and SMEs designing logos, e-commerce websites, and managing all aspects of the business. Responsible for B2B and B2C marketing, maintaining the e-commerce website, creating social media content, and managing sublimation printing, heat pressing, and vinyl cutting.

Education

BSC Honours Degree - Digital Media Design and Computing at University of Sunderland
October 1, 2011 - July 1, 2014
BSc Combined Honours Degree at University of Sunderland
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025
A-Levels at Queen Elizabeth High School - Hexham
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025
GCSEs - 9 Passed at Queen Elizabeth High School - Hexham
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Education, Professional Services