David Hughes
Visual Designer

About me

I live on the edge of the North York Moors National Park with my wife, 2 children and 1 sleepy dog.

It's a picturesque area of the UK with vast expanses of heather covered moorland, forest filled dales and rugged coastlines.

I work remotely from my home office - a dedicated workspace that's set aside from my main living area.

I've been working remotely for 8 years. Working from home makes it easier to achieve that elusive work/life balance.

My office is filled with designer toys, books, cameras and a growing collection of vintage design artifacts. I'm currently working on a side project to showcase, review, and share the collection with likeminded people.

I've been working remotely for 8 years. Working from home makes it easier to achieve that elusive work/life balance.

Ammo Magazine

I founded Ammo Magazine, a printed publication focusing on contemporary illustration. The magazine ran for 10 printed issues, 3 special editions, 1 pack of playing cards and several live events.

Currently I'm…

Visual Designer at GitBook

Full-time - Remote

I'm a proud member of GitBook's incredible marketing team. I'm responsible for creating all the visual output for the brand alongside building and maintaining the marketing website.

It's a great company to work for - driven by a friendly, agile, and talented group of people with a top-notch product. You should consider using GitBook for all your technical documentation needs! ✌️

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Previous roles

Visual Designer

Head of Design

Design Lead

Founder

Skillset

Branding

I’m happy to take end-to-end ownership of branding projects. I can create logos from scratch, help with rebrands or suggest improvements to existing brands.

Wireframing

Developing digital projects requires these building blocks. Their role is to act as a foundation/blueprint and provide important insights and guidance during the design process.

Web design

Throughout my career, I've designed numerous websites for clients across a wide variety of industries. As Head of Design at Regency Creative I was fortunate to work with incredible businesses and foundations.

Prototyping

Designs can be turned into interactive prototypes that can be shared with key stakeholders via a link. This is an excellent method for assessing UI components and the UX journey.

Frontend dev

I can write custom front-end HTML/CSS and use GitHub to deploy sites and assets to services like Netlify/Vercel. However, I'm leaning into low code options especially for marketing websites.

Low code dev

I'm a big fan of Framer and WebFlow. My current website is built with Framer. The visual UI combined with advanced features makes Framer the ideal option for a variety of websites.

Illustration

I can create custom illustrations and adapt my style to fit a project. My illustrations are vector-based, which means they can be scaled without loss in quality. Vectors are excellent for print and digital output. In my current role I often create unique icons and icon sets.