Senior UX/UI & Web Design Consultant

Sean W is a freelance UX/UI and web design consultant based in Edinburgh, UK, with over 10 years of experience, including a PhD in software verification. He specializes in helping startups with the UX/UI and web design of their products, encompassing web apps, websites, landing pages, and copywriting, with the ability to assist with frontend development. His background as a full-stack developer and experience launching his own products enables him to create practical designs that balance usability, aesthetics, development effort, and performance. He works on fixed-price quotes for self-contained projects.

A key example of his work is Checkbot (https://checkbot.io/), a browser extension for testing website SEO/speed/security, which he fully developed, including coding, UX/UI design, website design (optimized for fast loading), marketing, copy, and articles. Checkbot is rated 4.9/5 with 80K+ active users and hundreds of paying subscribers.

He has helped over 25 companies, including Just Eat, Triumph Motorcycles, and Fogbender (YC W22). For larger projects, his partner may assist. He is proficient in a wide range of technologies including Figma, Sketch, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, Hugo, Jekyll, WordPress, Django, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind, OCaml, Java, Python, C, analytics, WCAG accessibility, and website SEO/speed optimization. He is available for remote work and is not willing to relocate. Interested parties can email sw@seanw.org with project details, how he can help, desired business outcomes, and deadlines for a prompt response and discussion.