Elliot Bentley
Senior Data Visualization Developer
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolElliot Bentley is a Senior Data Visualization Developer with 13 years' experience crafting interactive graphics and newsroom tools, currently building visualization products at Datawrapper in London. He spent eight years in The Wall Street Journal’s graphics department, where he turned complex business and news data into clear, engaging visual stories and internal tools. A visual journalist and amateur game developer, Elliot blends design sensibility with front-end engineering to deliver polished, usable interfaces. He is the creator and front-end maintainer of oTranscribe, a widely used open-source web app that improved interview transcription through thoughtful audio controls and keyboard shortcuts. Known for elevating usability through subtle UI refinements, he pairs newsroom rigor with an engineer’s attention to detail.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
shortcuts9
keyboard-shortcuts9
web-development9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
oTranscribe/oTranscribe
Oct 2013 - May 2018
A free & open tool for transcribing audio interviews
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:428 commits, 17 PRs, 104 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Elliot's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the transcription tool. They implemented new features related to audio playback controls, including skip, speed adjustment, and keyboard shortcuts. Additionally, the user added styling and improved the overall visual appearance of the application.
audio-transcribingaudio
oTranscribe/oTplayer
May 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 9 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year
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