A user-centred frontend developer

Passionate about solving problems and bringing ideas to life on the web.

About

Headshot of Richard Acquaye

Previously, I worked for TravelDesk (a subsidiary of MMGY Global).

In my past career, I worked as a product designer for large companies including Perform Group (now DAZN), Sky and Vodafone. Beyond creating user-centred solutions, I loved creating prototypes and micro-interactions for user testing sessions, developer handoffs and feature demos.

I learnt Javascript in my spare time and the rest is history. After 11 years, I decided to take the leap, join a coding bootcamp and switch to software engineering.

Previous design work

Skills
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SCSS
  • Tailwind
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Sanity
  • Jest
  • Vitest
  • GSAP

Projects

A mockup of the TravelDesk production brief on a tablet device

TravelDesk Production Brief

An enhanced Google Sheets web tool built to improve collaboration between account managers, ad operations, and production teams.

Tech
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Google Apps Script
  • JavaScript
  • AWS S3
  • Figma
An image showing the project title and a set of banners over a Costa Rican beach

Visit Costa Rica - Air Service Campaign

Scalable, data-driven banners built to handle multi-market content under strict performance constraints.

Tech
  • HTML
  • SASS
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • GSAP
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Studio
Kitchen Geek website

Kitchen Geek

Helping people discover recipes, customise servings and tailor their own cookbook.

Tech
  • React
  • Sass
  • Framer Motion
  • Node JS
  • Express
  • SQL
  • Knex JS
  • REST API