Benn Pearson
Contract UX Designer & Front End Developer at Canna Studio
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBenn Pearson is a contract UX designer and front-end developer with over a decade of professional experience and more than 20 years of commercial involvement in digital design and engineering. He founded Canna Studio to deliver web and app products for public sector and blue-chip clients, blending product design, prototyping and front-end engineering. Previously he led inclusive design for the UK 2021 Census at the Office for National Statistics and has driven accessibility-first rebuilds and design systems for organisations such as RNIB, BBC and GoCompare. Benn combines deep practical skills in responsive, accessible front-end development with interaction and mixed-reality prototyping, often turning complex data (including linked open data) into usable educational and civic products. He holds an MSc in Software Engineering and Internet Architecture and is comfortable operating at the intersection of service design, engineering and policy-focused projects. A less obvious strength is his track record of creating internal frameworks and prototypes that scale across organisations, speeding delivery and improving consistency.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PgCert, Multiplatform Programming, PgCert, Multiplatform Programming at The University of GlamorganA-Levels, Art & Design, Geography, Design & Technology, A-Levels, Art & Design, Geography, Design & Technology at Lampeter Comprehensive SchoolMaster of Science (MSc), Software Engineering & Internet Architecture, Master of Science (MSc), Software Engineering & Internet Architecture at BBC Design & EngineeringBA (Hons), Graphic Design & Advertising, BA (Hons), Graphic Design & Advertising at Buckinghamshire New UniversityDiploma, Art Foundation, Diploma, Art Foundation at University of Wales Trinity Saint David
English, Spanish, Welsh, French
Github Skills (41)
wtforms10
npm9
data-api9
runner9
jwt9
docker8
python8
prototypes8
linked-data8
survey8
pattern8
forms8
webdriverio8
triplestore8
netlify7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ONSdigital/eq-respondent-homepage
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 18 days
prototype
bennpearson/bennpearson.github.io
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:14 pushes in 5 months
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