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Substrakt

We partner with cultural organisations around the world to create meaningful digital experiences

I’m a senior back-end developer at Substrakt. That means I work with clients to help turn their business goals into reliable, performant, and accessible websites.

The Folger - folger.edu

I was the lead back-end developer on this large project which was a brand new website for the largest Shakespeare library in the world. The project included integrating five different APIs (play texts, play media, events & tickets, membership, email newsletters), importing over 3,000 articles from five different sources, and creating a powerful search tool.

A website screenshot showing the synopsis for Macbeth with various navigation options
All play texts are available to search, read and download, with quick navigation by act, scene or line number

A website screenshot showing a search for text within Macbeth
To improve the site search, the huge amount of content was divided into four main types, each with relevant filters

Bristol Beacon - bristolbeacon.org

As part of the rebrand of Bristol’s largest music venue I led the back-end work to build a new and engaging website. It integrated with their ticketing platform (Spektrix), including a membership up-sell with gated countdown timer.

White lines burst out from a light blue background surrounding the text ‘All together now - The Bristol Beacon is open’
The new flexible homepage of the Bristol Beacon which the client can easily customise setting different colours, text, images, and video

A grid of cards show the next upcoming events
The what’s-on page is a filterable page which features the latest events pulled directly from their ticketing system

The National Theatre - www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

Prior to the launch of their new website, I implemented a series of UX improvements to their booking portal (TNEW) to address issues users were having with signing in, resetting passwords, and streamlining email sign-up

A newsletter sign-up form on the National Theatre’s website’
A significantly streamlined sign-up form that allowed the client to pre-select which mailing list visitors would sign-up to

Technical details

Most projects were built using WordPress and a suite of in-house tools and services to streamline development. This commonly included a page builder, a sync with various ticketing platforms (such as Tessitura and Spektrix), integrated booking platform, and newsletter sign-up.

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Other work

Ever After

A visitor consultation presented as an interactive exhibition, which collected information on visitors' favourite stories.

More info about Ever After