Alex Torrance
Design Lead at TPXimpact
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Torrance is an award-winning design leader with 14 years’ experience building user-centred services for government and startups, currently leading Application Processing design at TPXimpact in London. He blends hands-on front-end development (React, Python, Jekyll) with strategic design leadership, having embedded UCD practices across delivery teams and coached designers to exceed performance goals. A long tenure at GDS saw him shape GOV.UK, the Government Service Manual and Verify, assess 45+ services against standards, and contribute code to high-profile open-source repos. At Juno and earlier startups he improved internal case management and client dashboards, using service mapping and continuous usability observation to cut failure demand. He’s equally comfortable shipping prototypes and production UI changes as he is running workshops and public speaking across government. A creative background in music and museum projects informs his pragmatic, user-focused aesthetic and collaborative approach.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Arts, Multimedia Computing, Not completed, Digital Arts, Multimedia Computing, Not completed at Thames Valley University
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Github Skills (18)
css10
sass10
rails10
front-end-development10
jekyll10
html10
liquid10
ruby-on-rails10
erb9
jquery-ui9
ruby8
website-design8
site-design8
back-end-development8
javascript7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/government-service-design-manual
Feb 2013 - Jun 2014
Government Service Design Manual
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:379 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed to the development of the Government Service Design Manual by implementing and modifying various plugins and layouts within the Jekyll framework. Their work included integrating the jekyll-sass plugin, creating custom Liquid tags for sorting data, and adding new layouts for category indexes and homepage design. They also focused on updating and cleaning up asset files, including integrating external CSS and JavaScript resources. These contributions suggest a focus on improving both the front-end and back-end functionality of the documentation site.
manualgovernmentservice-design
alphagov/whitehall
Nov 2012 - Aug 2016
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:96 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the front-end and UI of the Whitehall application, modifying the home page layout and style, and implementing new routes. They also made changes to the back-end routes configuration file. Additionally, the user worked on the supporting pages feature, and made tests updates.
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