Tom Evans

Freelance Creative Technologist

I solve interesting problems with UX, tech, and creative thinking. My work covers data visualisation, web apps, R&D and more.

I’ve worked in digital for nearly twenty years, with clients like Information is Beautiful, Beyond Words, the BBC and Channel 4.

What I do

I work across the full lifecycle of projects, from drawing board to deployment.

Discover

Help you bring ideas into focus through workshops, creative insights and research.

Define

Turn research and concepts into features and functionality with testing, wireframing and prototyping.

Develop

Bring designs to life as beautiful web-apps, dashboards and data visualisations.

I can join teams to provide single-stage support as needed, or handle the research, planning and development for entire projects.

Testimonials

“This was the first project of its kind for our organisation, and Tom made the whole process really straightforward for us, mapping out the stages with enough flexibility to work around our capacity. He took the time to fully understand what features the tool needed and asked helpful questions while scoping out the project, enhancing our initial brief. We are really pleased with the final result, which has received positive feedback from the main user audience, and are grateful to Tom for his expert collaboration and support.“

TASO

“Tom is an excellent, conscientious, imaginative dev who always delivers. He has great communication skills and a rare (among coders) sensitivity towards look & feel, UX, UI. It was a pleasure to work with him for so long.”

Information is Beautiful

“Tom’s work was invaluable in conceptualising, designing and delivering a a complex piece of data communication. He worked efficiently and professionally with us and with the client’s subject matter experts, and we were all extremely happy with the outcome.”

Numiko

“Tom is a brilliant collaborator with a rare ability to move between big-picture ideas and technical detail. He brings a unique, thoughtful perspective that’s perfect when you want ideas to be both technically strong and creatively distinctive.”

CogniClick

Let’s chat

If you’d like to work with me, or have questions about how we could work together, get in touch.

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