Ben Gilman

Current

User experience and product design manager at lovemoney.com ltd
Designer & developer at nuclearsummer.com (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Senior designer at The Motley Fool
Web officer at VSO

Education

University of Leeds

Recommended

2 people have recommended Ben

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Internet

Ben Gilman’s Summary

Experienced user experience and design professional working in product innovation, creative design and user interface development. Skilled in imagineering, devising and developing product concepts, prototyping and wireframing, visual brand development, user experience, creative design and technical implementation. Consistently delivering market-changing products for high-traffic consumer facing web property.

Ben Gilman’s Specialties:

Expert in web standards based front-end implementation. HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery, Prototype, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Visual Studio 2008. Front-end work with .net using C#.

Ben Gilman’s Experience

User experience and product design manager

lovemoney.com ltd

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

User experience and design lead on high-trafficked consumer facing personal finance web property. Brand development, user experience, information architecture, creative design, implementation of HTML/CSS/JS. Imagineering on social networking elements and upcoming features.
Designer & developer
nuclearsummer.com (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Internet industry)

1999 — Present (10 years )

Personal freelance operation offering web design and development with web standards. Creative web design and PHP functionality coding for small business, charities and individuals.
Senior designer

The Motley Fool

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

October 2005 — April 2009 (3 years 7 months)

Lead designer and implementer on major brand realignment and site redesign in 2008. Implementation using various front-end web standards and libraries (HTML/CSS/JS/Jquery/.Net). Also lead designer and visual brand development on launch of new web property lovemoney.com.
Web officer

VSO

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 2 months)

Creative and design implementation on large web presence and associated microsites. Pioneered table-less design and the adoption of web standards across the organisation.