Frankie Roberto
UX Designer at Freelance
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrankie Roberto is a London-based UX and interaction designer with 17 years of experience building social platforms and government digital services that prioritise clear, accessible UI. As Lead Interaction Designer at the Department for Education and contributor to GOV.UK Frontend, they’ve improved front-end components for accessibility—refactoring code, replacing decorative images with inline SVGs and converting non-semantic elements into proper controls. Comfortable shipping both design and code, Frankie has led UX at startups like Folksy and delivered agency projects for clients including the BBC and Channel 4, blending product thinking with hands-on development. Known for early advocacy of open data in cultural institutions and a knack for practical, test-driven improvements, they combine freelance interaction design agility with public-sector discipline.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Seven Kings High SchoolBA - 2i, Linguistics, BA - 2i, Linguistics at University College London, U. of London
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Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
html10
javascript10
jestjs9
css9
puppeteer8
datepicker6
associations6
activerecord6
routes6
sorting6
ruby6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/govuk-frontend
Aug 2018 - Aug 2022
GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 reviews, 69 commits, 15 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Frankie's contributions primarily revolve around the development and enhancement of front-end components within the GOV.UK Frontend repository. They added and refined test suites for the accordion component, ensuring its functionality and accessibility across various scenarios. Significant changes included refactoring code for accessibility improvements, such as swapping out background images for inline SVGs and replacing button divs with button elements. Further work focused on improving the accordion component including allowing html in the header and adding logic to allow for features like exclusive checkboxes.
govuser-interfaceweb-appplatformsjavascript
frankieroberto/homepage
Jan 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:60 PRs, 35 pushes, 61 branches in 1 year 7 months
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