About me

Hi, I’m Leon — an Art Director, digital designer, WordPress web developer and founder of Built by Leon. I live and work in North London. For more than 15 years I’ve been creating magazines, adverts and bespoke websites focusing on good typography and user experience. More recently I’ve been focusing on optimising sites for SEO, Google PageSpeed and accessibility. I hand code my Wordpress themes from the ground up and all the sites I build are mobile-first and work across all major browsers and mobile devices. Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing clients including, among others, an international Gin company, a luxury holiday villas company, a BAFTA winning audio post production company and a luxury leather goods house. Previous to that, I worked as an Art Director at TMC USA (for 11 years) where we launched Women’s Golf Journal and Kingdom magazines alongside their digital offerings and various other print titles.

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Projects

• 6

  Hope Cove House hotel websiteDesign and web development of Wordpress website for Hope Cove House - a new Hotel based in Devon, UK http://hopecovehouse.co
• CaliFlow websiteWeb design and Wordpress custom theme development for movement studio based in west London. https://califlow.co
• 3

  Bundle Training websiteWordpress web development for communications and training company. https://www.bundletraining.com
• Firebrand agency websiteWeb development for brand design agency https://www.firebrand.co.uk
• Brockmans Gin website development
• Women's Golf Journal magazine

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Work history

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Creative Director & Web DeveloperTMC USA
Jan 2007 - Nov 2017London, United KingdomFull Time
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DesignerOne Spare Chair
Mar 2003 - Dec 2006London, United KingdomFull Time

Skills

• Print Design
• Art Direction
• CSS
• Design
• PHP
• Wordpress
• Illustrator
• Indesign
• Photoshop
• Jquery
• Html5

Education

PgDip Communication DesignCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Aug 2003 - Jan 2005London, United Kingdom
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(BA hons) Graphic DesignNorwich School of Art and Design
Aug 2000 - May 2003Norwich, United Kingdom