Matthew CockerDesigner & Engineer
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Matthew Cocker

Designer & Engineer

About

Experience

My a designer and engineer with 9+ years across fintech, eCommerce, leisure, transport and beyond. I've had the pleasure of working with some incredible individuals and clients along the way. I bring a hybrid skillset that spans discovery, research, and end-to-end design through to front-end delivery — and I'm most effective in teams where design and code need to speak the same language.

Motivators

I'm energised by complex problems that don't have obvious answers, and by the process of building trust and momentum around a shared vision. I care about making collaboration feel productive — helping stakeholders give feedback they feel confident in, and working closely with engineers and project managers to turn ideas into reality.

Advocating for users and championing accessibility aren't boxes I tick; they're central to how I think about what good work looks like. And I find real satisfaction in the craft side too — particularly in building Design Systems that give teams the tools to move faster and more consistently.

Philosophy

I believe design starts with presence — meeting people in their context, not mine. Designers are toolmakers, and the best tools come from questioning assumptions, defining the right problem, and staying curious enough to keep iterating. Failure is part of the method. Feedback is a gift. Play is serious work. I try to hold the bigger picture in view while staying grounded in the detail, knowing there's always more than one solution worth exploring.

And through all of it, the most important reminder I carry: I am not my user. Empathy isn't a soft skill — it's the difference between a product that works and one that resonates. Universal design isn't a constraint; it's just the ethical baseline. Good design belongs to everyone.

Skills

  • Discovery And Research

    • Accessibility Audits
    • Analytics Audits
    • Card-Sorting
    • Design Thinking Exercises
    • Heuristic Evaluations
    • Moderated User Testing
    • Navigation Tree Testing
    • Stakeholder Workshops
    • Surveys And Focus Groups
    • Unmoderated User Testing

  • UX Design

    • Content And Data Modeling
    • Modular Component Systems
    • Persona Development
    • Sitemaps And IA
    • Stakeholder Workshops
    • User Flows And Journey Maps
    • Wireframes And Prototyping

  • Visual Design

    • Atomic Design
    • Design Systems
    • High-Fidelity Layouts
    • Moodboards
    • Styleguides

  • Front-End Development

    • Accessibility
    • CSS and Tailwind
    • NextJS
    • Semantic HTML
    • Supabase & Drizzle
    • Typescript

Work

Selected samples

  • Portfolio

Side projects

  • Contextual

    AI driven design

  • Kit

    My design system

  • Ivy

    Buinsess management platform

  • TheLeftAngle

    A curated list of items I love

  • Mia

    Mental health & wellbeing app

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