Stephen Mccarthy
Director Of Design And Research at loveholidays
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Mccarthy is a seasoned design and product leader with 12+ years’ experience building user-centred products across government, consumer and travel sectors. He has led large, distributed teams—most recently directing Product Design and User Research at Which? and now heading Design and Research at loveholidays—bringing evidence-based design into product strategy and commercial growth. Known for moving rapidly from user insights to viable products, he has scaled inclusive communities of practice and overseen design teams of 45+ on platforms like GOV.UK. His background spans branding, interaction and accessibility work, and he regularly speaks, teaches and judges on design and delivery. Beyond leadership, he’s practiced hands-on prototyping and built cross-government platforms that saved public funds, combining creative direction with pragmatic product outcomes. Based in Stony Stratford, he blends academic engagement with practical impact, mentoring the next wave of service designers.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Design-Visual Communication, Bachelor's Degree Design-Visual Communication at Technological University DublinMaster of Arts (MA) Contemporary Typographic Media, Master of Arts (MA) Contemporary Typographic Media at University of the Arts London
Github Skills (24)
paystack8
google-pay8
payment8
parking8
cloud-foundry7
verify7
adyen7
pcf6
concourse6
foundry6
sap-cap5
payment-gateway4
paas4
reliability-engineering3
explore3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
stephenjoe1/pricing-calculator
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 127 pushes, 3 branches in 11 months
stephenjoe1/gov-design-website
Jan 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:78 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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