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Cerven Cotter
UX/UI, interaction, product and service design | GDS | UCD
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Founding Contractor · 2026
Contractor snapshot
Primary specialism
Other IT Specialism
Location / working location
Colchester
Current availability
Available now
Confirmed 13 Aug 2026
Profile status
Active contractor profile
Professional profile
Lead designer with experience across interaction, UX/UI, product and service design, and Agile delivery. Skilled at shaping end-to-end solutions that drive measurable business impact by resolving user needs - leveraging user research to enable visual systems that solve real problems that can be validated through prototyping and user testing ahead of real world implementation. Adept at combining design thinking with Agile delivery to solve complex challenges at pace for public and private sector clients. Irrespective of industry niche the goal is to always use data to define and execute mobile-first user-centred, scalable, and aesthetically strong solutions that transform services, products, and brands. https://cervencotter.com
Core skills
Design thinking
Interaction design
Prototyping
Usability and accessibility standards
Design systems and style guides
User experience design (UX/UED)
User interface design (UI)
Responsive web design principles
Wireframing
User journey mapping
User testing
Accessibility Service design
Ideation
collaboration and facilitation
Service blueprinting
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: Senior designer · lead designer · UCD lead · interaction designer · UX/UI designer · service designer
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workLondon, Essex, Suffolk
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35 · Inside IR35
Active clearanceSC
SeniorityLead
Contract lengthAny contract length
IT experience25 years
Contracting experience1 years
Relevant work experience
Work done for: Public sector: Cabinet Office, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Royal Air Force (RAF), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Department for Transport (DfT), National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), National Healthy Service (NHS), Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Building Safety Regulator (BSR), Ofcom, UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Private sector: Nokia, SkyBet, HSBC, UEFA, Playstation, Photobox, Rentokil, Coca Cola, Philip Morris, Telegraph, News UK, Unilever and numerous others including small businesses, celebrities and start ups.
Experience & credentials
Certifications, sector experience and security clearance are self-declared unless specifically marked as independently verified by IT Contractors UK.
Sector experience
Public sector · Private sector
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master L1
Professional links
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