Tim Crook

@timcrook
UK
he/him

Lemon Enthusiast

Freelancer

Creative Technologist

Full Stack Developer

AWS

Game Player

Technologist

Front End Developer

Game Developer

Web Developer

Front-end Developer

Coding

jQuery

SASS

CSS

webpack

Craft CMS

PHP

JavaScript

HTML

DevOps

Gamer

Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast

Rebel

Email Marketing

Software Engineering

Consultant

Virtual Reality

Remote Worker

Software Developer

Software Engineer

Interaction Design

Coffee Lover

Human

A11y

Indie Dev

Homelabber

Early Adopter

I’m a driven and resourceful creative developer with over a decade of experience building outstanding websites and bespoke installations of every scope for a wide range of clients. I thrive on turning new challenges with tight timetables into creative, beautiful user- and client-friendly solutions. All about trying new ideas using different technologies, prototyping, collaboration and responsible risk-taking.

I'm open to

open source contributions,

volunteering,

activism,

and content creation.

Contact Me

Resume

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Dec 2010 - Present

Creative Technologist, Sprettynice

Jan 2023 - Present

Senior Front-end Engineer, The London Review of Books

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

Full-stack Developer, The London Review of Books

Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

Front-end Developer, The London Review of Books

Side projects

2021

09 Apr, 2021

Hacked a doorbell

Made a box

Dismantled our doorbell and turned it into something that plays MP3s and sends notifications via Homekit🎶

2017

01 Dec, 2017

Built a keyboard

Rescuing and repurposing a 1981 BBC Micro keyboard ⌨️

13 Oct, 2017

Made a box

Fabricating custom hardware enclosures

2016

30 Jun, 2016

Made a box

Modded Game Boys

Experimenting with Game Boy modifications, Raspberry Pi adaptations, and custom game cartridges as removable storage devices.

2011

09 Jan, 2011

Making a game

Part of a game-jam to produce mini-games to be installed on the 'Winnitron-1000', a free-to-play independent video game arcade cabinet featuring new games created by indie game developers from across the globe. Game design, programming, art, sound effects, and music all produced in one frantic weekend.

Things I’ve built

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Launched a new site for the London Review Bookshop.

Working with the team at the London Review of Books on a new front- and back-end, along with a new user-friendly automated process to take print-ready files, format and publish them on the website....

A microsite with interactive animations to introduce users to the new BeeZero branding, as well as what the new hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions car-sharing transport service offers. https://polywo...

A series of interconnected touchscreens for the UAE World Trade show in Dubai. These kiosks offer visitors an interactive experience to explore the destinations served by Emirates, with in-person a...

This exhibition invites visitors to explore the different parts of Earth's systems, and emphasises the complex inter-connectivity of the Earth's delicate ecosystem. At the heart of this is a multi-...

The 'Who Am I?' exhibit at the Science Museum invites you to explore what makes you who you are with the aid of several interactive exhibits.

An Interactive Poster with the tactility, immediacy and intuitiveness of paper, yet with the engagement and dynamic benefits of digital. Allowing the sales team to communicate an enormous amount of...

An Interactive Gallery complex that uses the very latest interactive technologies to engage visitors in the artistic and creative process as opposed to presenting them with a number of pre-defined ...