Simon Wilkes
Lead Designer at The National Archives, UK
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorSimon Wilkes is a Lead Designer with over 20 years of experience in digital and print, currently heading design for Digital Services at The National Archives in London. He has led small multidisciplinary teams for a decade and brings a rare mix of publishing, gaming, and government sector experience from roles at Penguin Random House, EA and Canon. Known for translating complex information into clear, usable interfaces, he combines hands-on craft with team leadership and long-term product stewardship. Based near Kew Gardens, he pairs a studio mindset with institutional design challenges, often balancing archival rigor with modern web practices.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
digital-humanities9
open-access9
wordpress-plugin8
wordpress8
sage8
background-image7
portal6
azerothcore6
shadow6
trinitycore5
css5
latin4
osgi4
management3
validation2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nationalarchives/tna-child-home
Jun 2017 - Jul 2024
TNA Homepage child theme
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 PRs, 8 pushes in 7 years 2 months
childchild-theme
nationalarchives/tna-legacy-readers
May 2024 - Jul 2024
TNA readers screens (legacy version)
Contributions:1 review, 7 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 month
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