design – Max Beech

Product Associate

Posted on 22nd October 201925th August 2020 by beech

Product Manager for the B2C website of Revolut, one of the fastest growing fintech companies in the world

Ensured the team consistently achieved its KPIs by balancing its tasks with requests from other teams, whilst also reporting the team’s progress every week to the CEO and CTO

Significantly grew the number of new users through executing on a thorough SEO plan as well as improving conversion across all of the most viewed pages, including a 133% increase of the most visited page through ideating and executing on a series of structural and design improvements

Setup a comprehensive AB testing strategy which did not previously exist, through encouraging a bias towards testing, alongside developing and integrating testing tools to support teams across the company

Scoped out and executed on a major website rebrand by developing a vision for what the website should achieve, supporting the new design in Figma, planning the development work and analysing its success

Co-Founder

Posted on 24th July 20189th December 2019 by beech

Co-founded startup that improved how businesses with a physical space understand & engage customers

Used by over 150 businesses, following pitches I conducted across the UK & at CES 2019

Built JS React Native app before hiring and managing a team to help further develop and market Intro

Secured investment and grant funding valuing the startup at over $500,000 prior to launch

Founder & Product Owner

Posted on 20th March 201815th August 2023 by beech

Developed code and designed UX for the Node.js and AWS-powered political probability service

We’re living in crazy, you might say uncertain, times. It is almost impossible to know what is going to happen next in the world of politics. Will This Happen uses unique Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms to combine a wide range of factors, like betting odds and people’s online reaction to events, to build a picture of how probability is changing.

Check out Will This Happen here

Founder & Product Owner

Posted on 20th March 20188th December 2019 by beech

Used by over 1500 different students in the first month after launch with an advertising budget of £20

It was built from scratch by myself over just one day

The web app continues to be an invaluable tool for students looking to compare university module results

Check out Gradehack here

Website Developer

Posted on 20th July 20178th December 2019 by beech

Built entirely from scratch, I worked directly with the client as a paid freelancer to wireframe every page, build the UI in Sketch and then develop the site utilising web languages including PHP, Javascript, HTML and CSS

Visit the site here

Web App Developer

Posted on 20th March 201715th August 2023 by beech

Received a 1st class grade for web app built from scratch as part of my degree

The site uses a custom built backend and frontend using SQL, PHP, Javascript, HTML and CSS

Fleetr uses D3, AJAX and other technologies to maximise the user experience

The site is accessible here

Graphic Designer & Website Developer

Posted on 22nd September 201625th August 2020 by beech

Developed wide variety of web and print graphics for the society

Developed a uniform brand with numerous sub-brands to represent key annual events, with each event assigned its own logo and colour scheme, uniquely identifying the event while carefully selecting colours to ensure the colour scheme worked seamlessly with the society brand

Designed and developed the official site from scratch: http://exeterentrepreneurs.com/

Worked with Adobe Illustrator to build an innovative, unique and coherent design

Liaised with the society to ensure the appearance and user experience was appropriate for a young, tech-savvy audience

UI & UX Designer

Posted on 10th February 20168th December 2019 by beech

Worked in a small team to develop the concept and structure for an independent, impartial voter support website for the EU referendum.

Went on to develop initial graphical designs for the site.

Lead Software Engineer

Posted on 4th November 201520th May 2020 by beech

Developed a wide range of websites, utilising languages such as HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP, alongside advanced graphical design work using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

Progressed to become a lead software engineer, taking responsibility for training new developers and reaching the top end of the earning bracket

Worked extensively both on individual and team-based projects, as well as constantly liaising with clients

Consistently worked alongside studies, up to 14 hours per week

Freelance Coder & Designer

Posted on 17th May 201425th August 2020 by beech

Worked with various clients to refresh their websites utilising HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and PHP

Designed and developed a 64 page professionally printed magazine using Adobe InDesign

Magazine Designer

Posted on 5th May 20148th December 2019 by beech

Designed from scratch the layout and design for a 64 page professionally printed magazine

Went on to fully develop the design and add the magazine’s content independently using Adobe InDesign

Helped manage a team of editors to prepare their content for publishing

Website Developer

Posted on 9th February 201425th August 2020 by beech

Over the summer of 2014, I created a new, tailor-made site from a basic responsive framework.

I continued to maintain and update the site, most recently adding a Competition page.

Client described my work as “efficient and impressive”.

Volunteer Design & Technology Teacher

Posted on 10th September 20138th December 2019 by beech

Through the Schools Without Walls programme and Primary School Project (Saturdays)

Taught primary school children fundamental aspects of design and technology

Projects that were taught included the electronic speaker project, where each child was taught the key theory behind a speaker circuit, and then went on to wire their own

Media & IT Director

Posted on 4th September 201310th January 2017 by beech

Developed www.allumez.tk, using a responsive design and e-commerce system

Created an award-winning promo advert: bit.ly/allumez-ad

Devised Allumez’s social media platforms and strategy

Designed hoodies, t-shirts and jackets for clients