Joe Lanman
Design Lead at Government Digital Service
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Lanman is a Design Lead with 12 years of experience crafting user-centred digital products that blend elegant interfaces with practical engineering, currently shaping public services at the UK Government Digital Service in London. He has led major projects including the GOV.UK Prototype Kit, Register to Vote and GOV.UK Verify, and brings a rare mix of front-end development chops—evident in open-source contributions improving GOV.UK prototype tooling and an accessible autocomplete component—and seasoned product design leadership. Previously he introduced rigorous UX processes and built the UX team at reed.co.uk, driving measurable business outcomes like a 30% increase in course enquiries. Comfortable bridging design and code, he started his career in animation and co-founded creative studios, a background that informs his emphasis on clarity, information design and delightful interactions.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Animation, BA, Computer Animation at Bournemouth University
Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
css10
preact10
sass10
autocomplete10
javascript10
nodejs10
gruntjs9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
g9
html8
prototyping7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit
Jan 2014 - Dec 2022
Rapidly create HTML prototypes of GOV.UK services
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 241 reviews, 500 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Joe's contributions primarily focused on refactoring and improving the build process and front-end assets of the GOV.UK Prototype Kit. This included migrating from Sass to Node Sass, patching SCSS to avoid Node Sass issues, and simplifying asset management. They also made changes to the template engine and the structure of the example pages, suggesting a focus on improving the development experience and code quality.
govprototype-kitprototypingprototypesgovernment
alphagov/accessible-autocomplete
Jun 2017 - Feb 2020
An autocomplete component, built to be accessible.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 12 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Joe focused on enhancing the accessibility of the autocomplete component, based on the provided description and topics. They modified the example HTML file, integrating the component with different configurations to demonstrate functionality. The user also fixed the autoselect feature in `wrapper.js`. The contributions included adding new options such as "showAllValues" and refining the component's behavior, indicating a focus on user experience and feature development.
autocomplete-componentaccessibletypeaheadjavascriptwcag
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