UX/UI DESIGNER  ·   FRONT-END DEV  ·   AUTOMATION  ·   BRAND  ·   15 YEARS  ·   UX/UI DESIGNER  ·   FRONT-END DEV  ·   AUTOMATION  ·   BRAND  ·   15 YEARS  ·  

DANIEL
HARROLD

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Role — UX/UI · Front-End · Automation

Experience — 15 years

Location — Norfolk, UK

Contact — dharrold@live.co.uk

01 / Work

Selected projects

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Zest Car Rental — Brand Style Guide Style guide creation · colour system · logo guidelines · design tokens
Design Systems 2024
Image 01 — Colours
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Zest Car Rental — Brand style guide colour palette
Image 02 — Logo
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Zest Car Rental — Brand style guide logo guidelines

Overview

Created a comprehensive brand style guide for Zest Car Rental to establish a consistent visual identity across all digital and marketing touchpoints. The guide covers the full design language — from the colour system and logo usage rules through to typography, components, and notification states.

What I did

Defined the primary and secondary colour palette with RGB and hex values for all platforms

Created detailed logo usage guidelines covering primary, secondary, tertiary, and overlay applications

Documented notification colour system covering warning, error, success, and info states

Produced the full guide in Adobe XD as a living reference for the wider team

Outcomes

A single source of truth for the Zest brand used across design and development

Consistent logo and colour application across the website, marketing, and product

Reduced inconsistencies in how the brand was being applied across teams

Tools used

Adobe XD Typography Colour Theory Design Systems

Style guide

View the full Zest brand style guide in Adobe XD.

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Zest Car Rental — Booking Process Redesign End-to-end booking UX · desktop & mobile · interactive prototype
UX/UI 2024
Image 01 — Desktop
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Zest Car Rental — Booking process desktop design
Image 02 — Mobile
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Zest Car Rental — Booking process mobile design

Overview

A full redesign of the Zest Car Rental booking process — covering every step from search results through to checkout. The project involved designing a clear, frictionless multi-step flow across both desktop and mobile, with a focus on reducing drop-off and improving the overall customer experience.

The flow

Step 1 — Search results: vehicle selection and filtering

Step 2 — Extras: add-ons including additional drivers, toll transponder, child seats, and cross-border travel

Step 3 — Insurance: top-up insurance options with ClubZest member benefits

Step 4 — Travel details: pre-filled customer information with edit capability

Step 5 — Checkout: final review and payment

What I did

Designed the full multi-step booking journey for desktop and mobile breakpoints

Created a clear step indicator component to keep users oriented throughout the flow

Designed responsive extras and insurance selection screens with accessible UI patterns

Built fully interactive prototypes in Adobe XD for both desktop and mobile

Outcomes

A consistent, on-brand booking experience across all devices

Reduced visual complexity at each step to keep users focused on the task

Prototypes approved by stakeholders and handed off for development

Tools used

Adobe XD UX Research Prototyping Responsive Design User Flows

Interactive prototypes

View the full clickable prototypes for both desktop and mobile.

Analysis decks

View the research and analysis presentations that informed the redesign.

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Anglian Windows — User Journey Redesign UX research · wireframing · final design · CRO · results analysis
UX/UI 2022
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Anglian Windows — Double Glazed Windows landing page final design
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Anglian Windows — uPVC Flush Casement Windows product page final design

Overview

A full end-to-end redesign of the Anglian Home Improvements window buying journey — from the category landing page through to individual product pages. The brief was to reduce friction, improve clarity, and increase the number of users reaching the quote request stage.

Process

User research and heuristic analysis to identify drop-off points in the existing journey

Wireframing and low-fidelity prototyping to explore structural improvements

High-fidelity designs in Adobe XD, iterated through stakeholder feedback

Front-end build in Sitecore CMS, followed by A/B testing and results analysis

Outcomes

Improved conversion rate through a cleaner, more focused product page layout

Reduced cognitive load by restructuring the colour selector and CTA hierarchy

Redesigned landing page drove stronger engagement with product subcategories

Tools used

Adobe XD Sitecore CMS HTML/CSS JavaScript A/B Testing CRO

Full case study

View the complete process deck — research, wireframes, final designs, and results.

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Anglian — Website Style Guide & Standardisation Style guide creation · typography system · UI standardisation · promotional guidelines
Design Systems 2021
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Anglian Home Improvements — Style Guide colour palette page
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Anglian Home Improvements — Style Guide promo layout page

Overview

The Anglian website had accumulated years of inconsistency — varying heading sizes, mismatched type scales, and promotional creative applied without a clear system. I audited the entire site, identified the inconsistencies, and created a comprehensive style guide to bring everything into alignment. The guide also defined standards for how promotional creative should be displayed across the site.

Problem

H1 tags, font sizes, and spacing varied significantly across page templates

No consistent rules for how promotional banners and creative were implemented

Different teams were making independent styling decisions, compounding the inconsistency

What I did

Audited the full site to catalogue all typographic and visual inconsistencies

Created a detailed style guide defining the type scale, heading hierarchy, spacing, and colour usage

Defined clear guidelines for promotional creative — sizing, placement, and content rules

Rolled the standards back across the site, updating templates and components in Sitecore CMS

Outcomes

A visually consistent website with a single, shared design language across all pages

A living style guide used by the wider team as a reference for all future work

Significantly reduced the time spent resolving styling conflicts and inconsistencies

Tools used

Adobe XD Sitecore CMS HTML/CSS Typography Design Systems

Style guide

View the full style guide created in Adobe XD.

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Anglian — Navigation Menu Redesign Desktop & mobile nav · UX architecture · interactive prototype
UX/UI 2022
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Anglian — Desktop navigation redesign
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Anglian — Mobile navigation redesign

Overview

A full redesign of the Anglian Home Improvements navigation menu across desktop and mobile. The existing nav had grown organically over time and lacked a consistent structure, making it difficult for users to find their way around a large product catalogue. The goal was to create a clear, scalable navigation architecture that worked across all devices.

What I did

Audited the existing navigation structure and identified UX pain points

Redesigned the desktop mega-menu layout to improve product discoverability

Designed a new mobile navigation with clear drill-down hierarchy and back navigation

Built an interactive XD prototype to demonstrate the full user flow

Outcomes

A consistent navigation experience across desktop and mobile breakpoints

Clearer product hierarchy making the catalogue easier to browse

Interactive prototype approved by stakeholders for development handoff

Tools used

Adobe XD UX Research Prototyping Responsive Design

Interactive prototype

View the clickable XD prototypes — note: only the Windows menu item is wired up in these previews.

02 / About

Who I am

A designer and front-end developer who has spent 15 years taking products from concept to code to analysis — and knowing exactly what to do at every stage.

I design it, build it, ship it, then measure what happens. From wireframes to working HTML/CSS/JS, through to GA4 dashboards, Hotjar recordings, and N8N automations that keep running while you sleep.

Background

Started in graphic design, grew through UX into full front-end development — meaning I hold the full picture from brief to browser. I design in Figma and Adobe XD, build in HTML/CSS/JS, deploy to CMS platforms, and then close the loop with GA4, Hotjar, and Microsoft Clarity to understand what's actually happening. More recently I've been building N8N workflow automations — connecting tools, cutting manual tasks, and using AI to handle things like review responses, email content, and copy checks.

Education

BA Hons, Animation & Motion Graphics (2:1)
2006–2009

A Levels — Film Studies, Media Studies
Dereham Sixth Form College

Tools & skills

Figma Adobe XD Photoshop Illustrator InDesign HTML/CSS JavaScript Sitecore CMS Shopify SEO/CRO A/B Testing GA4 Hotjar MS Clarity N8N Wireframing User Research Design Systems
03 / Experience

Where I've worked

Zest Car Rental

June 2023 – Present

UX/UI Designer & Front-End Developer

Designed and built user-centric websites, components, and pages — handling the full cycle from UX design through to front-end development.

Ran A/B and usability testing, then closed the loop using GA4, Hotjar, and Microsoft Clarity to analyse behaviour and drive further improvements.

Built an extensive suite of N8N workflow automations — including a Trustpilot AI auto-responder, email marketing content generator, AI copy and spelling checker, and multiple internal process automations.

Led website projects in collaboration with marketing and dev teams, delivering responsive, accessible results to W3C standards.

Anglian Home Improvements

Jan 2019 – Jun 2023

Web Developer & UX/UI Designer

Maintained and improved the main website and Shopify store from a UX/UI perspective.

Created components and designed pages in Sitecore CMS; redesigned landing pages to enhance customer journeys.

Embedded in the CRO team, driving conversion improvements across multiple digital properties.

Datawize Ltd

Jan 2013 – 2019

Lead Designer

Managed projects concept-to-execution: branding, logo design, website development, and SaaS UX.

Designed the UX/UI for a drag-and-drop software product; oversaw multi-platform branding rollouts.

Promoted to line manager — led junior designers and directed video production for marketing.

Silver Tap

Jan 2011 – 2013

Trainee → Lead Designer

Designed promotional materials, logos, and menus; transitioned into web design supporting development teams.

Promoted to Lead Designer, managing junior designers and leading all design projects.

04 / Contact

Let's talk

OPEN
TO NEW
WORK

Available for full-time roles and select freelance projects. Based in Norfolk, UK — open to remote and hybrid arrangements.