Paul Love

Front-end technical lead and developer

Overview

I have over 15 years experience leading the successful delivery of solid front-end solutions for complex e-commerce, CMS and application builds, including Waitrose, Boots, Debenhams, The British Heart Foundation, The Home Office and Royal Shakespeare Company.

I sit very firmly on the visual and user-centric end of the front-end spectrum, rather than the JavaScript side.

I'm currently focusing on projects that involve some or all of the following: component-led CSS, living style guides, SSGs, PostCSS, SUIT CSS, Grunt, Gulp, npm scripts and web performance.

Further projects

  • Coca-Cola Enterprises style guide (Head London, 2016)
  • Fitness First (Mentally Friendly, 2014)
  • FSCS Protected (Lost Property, 2014)
  • British Heart Foundation (Precedent, 2013)
  • ACI Worldwide (Precedent, 2013)
  • Reckitt Benckiser: Global Share (Wildfish, 2013)
  • Snapp (Wildfish, 2012)
  • Patek Philippe: Institutional (Leagas Delaney, 2012)
  • CIPFA (Precedent, 2011)
  • Onzo (Wildfish, 2011)
  • The Shard: London Bridge Quarter and The Place (Sectorlight, 2010)
  • Royal Shakespeare Company (Harvest Digital, 2009)
  • Best Buy Europe (Grand Union, 2009)
  • Fly Dubai (Grand Union, 2009)
  • Boots (Grand Union, 2008)
  • Debenhams (Grand Union, 2008)
  • Vodafone (Dare, 2008)
  • Abbey Road Studios (Suburb, 2008)
  • Electoral Commission (Grand Union, 2007)
  • Energy Saving Trust (Grand Union, 2007)
  • Digital UK (Grand Union, 2006)
  • HSBC: The Property Panel (Hubbub, 2006)
  • Transport for London: Le Grand Depart (CMWi, 2006)
  • Auto Trader (Harvest Digital, 2006)
  • Be Broadband (Kane + Associates, 2005)
  • Lulu Guinness (Suburb, 2004)
  • Homechoice (Grand Union, 2004)
  • Agent Provocateur (Suburb, 2003)
  • Regus (Precedent, 2003)
  • ITV (Suburb, 2002)
  • Polaroid (Netcel, 2001)

Employment

Freelance technical lead and front-end developer (Oct 2007 - Present)

Consulting and development work for a range of companies including Grand Union, Google, Dare, Five, Precedent, Harvest Digital, Lost Property, Mentally Friendly, Head London, Suburb, Story Worldwide, FMG, Leagas Delaney and Sectorlight.

Lead front-end architect at Grand Union (July 2006 - Oct 2007)

Technical lead for a team of front-end developers, working alongside creative, design and UX to build sites for Boots, COI, Digital UK, Coca-Cola, Sky, Energy Saving Trust, Abbey Santander, HSBC and npower.

Freelance web developer (August 2001 - June 2006)

Freelance development work for a number of companies including Grand Union, Precedent, TMG, Harvest Digital, Clark McKay and Walpole, Heath Kane Design and Suburb.

Web developer at Netcel (June 1999 - July 2001)

Built new websites, provided training for clients and assisted with configuration and maintenance of servers.

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science and English (Dual Honours) at Keele University (Sept 1995 - June 1998)

Degree Class 2:1

Outside

In my spare time I help run a small record label.

I also enjoy taking bad photos, baking good cakes, music and hiking.