Chris Ballantine-thomas
Lead Designer at Government Digital Service
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Ballantine-thomas is a Lead Designer with a decade of experience shaping public-facing digital services at the UK Government Digital Service. He currently leads design across the Products and Services programme, including GOV.UK Pay, Notify, Forms and the GOV.UK App, and previously guided the GOV.UK Design System as Senior Interaction Designer. Chris blends interaction design craft with systems thinking, helping teams scale consistent, accessible components used across government services. His background ranges from research on web-connected physical products to prototyping preventative healthcare infrastructure, giving him a habit of designing for complex, real-world workflows. Based in Liverpool, he holds a first-class BA in Design from Goldsmiths and brings a steady mix of hands-on design and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
BA, Design, 1st, BA, Design, 1st at Goldsmiths College, U. of London
Github Skills (19)
styles10
javascript10
user-interface10
knockoutjs10
mhealth10
frontend10
prototyping10
react10
prototypes9
verify9
container8
distribute6
backlog5
translation4
assistive4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/connecting-to-verify-prototype
Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:10 PRs, 149 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 5 months
christopherthomasdesign/design-system-mess
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Repo for messing about with design system styles and components
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 2 years 3 months
design-systemsstylesreactdesign-system
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