An ongoing contract to provide UX and development services for The Economist Films division. Given Economist Films remit to create highly engaging short-form films, much of the work includes engaging with stakeholders on the UX and visual layers, while using advanced CSS3 transitions and transforms to create captivating user-friendly sites for content delivery. The technical stacks always include best practices with specific attention to HTML5, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, NextJS, React/Redux, NPM tooling, and Webpack, often developed on top of a headless Craft CMS.
- The World Ahead: Taking Action
Another two-month Economist contract providing UX and development services for their Films division to design and build a custom dynamic and engaging rich-media experience for Bain & Company, a world-leading global management consulting firm. UX tasks included engaging with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and proposing and sketching up a range of visual concepts using Figma. The tech stack included: NextJS SSG, Typescript, React, CSS3 transitions, YouTube Embed API..https://films.economist.com/theworldahead - How to Change the World
A two-month Economist contract providing UX and development services for their Films division to design and build a custom dynamic and engaging rich-media experience for Maersk, a world leader in integrated container logistics & supply chain services. UX tasks included engaging with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and proposing and sketching up a range of visual concepts using Figma. The tech stack included: NextJS SSG, Typescript, React, CSS3 transitions, YouTube Embed APIhttps://films.economist.com/howtochangetheworld
- The Briefing: Globalisation
A fully responsive SPA using CSS3 parallaxing transitions and the YouTube API to present a fluid Huawei-sponsored series of short films under the heading “Will Covid kill globalisation”.https://films.economist.com/thebriefing:globalisation - EY Disrupters
A series reskin for EY, incorporating a new Craft CMS integrated, fully-responsive hero video carousel and site restyling.http://eydisrupters.films.economist.com/ey-disrupters
- In Fashion
Built from scratch, a showcase of CSS3 transitions, this project using parallaxing techniques to present a series of short films around the consequences of the fashion industry sponsored by The Woolmark.https://films.economist.com/infashion - Now & Next
A significant refresh adding a top navigation, improved carousel navigation, a much improved mobile solution and many performance improvements.http://films.economist.com/nowandnext
- Economist Films
Bug fixes for the hub for all of the Economist Films’ series. Backed by a headless Craft CMS and rendered multi-platform using React.https://films.economist.com - The World in 2019
Built to run alongside the editorial magazine, the project reskined an existing fully responsive multi-media delivery site, built in React and capable of rendering text, podcast and video articles, but with the addition of several bespoke pages including Predictions and Probabilities, The World in Numbers, and Future of Healthcare.https://worldin2019.economist.com