Sarah Browncross

Full stack Javascript developer

Developed award-nominated projects bringing in 100k+ new customers in the heritage sector.

Skilled in user-focused design, communication and building engagement.

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Languages & Tools

Skills and Experience

  • Agile Development
  • Test-driven development
  • Pair-programming & remote collaboration
  • Business Analysis & Requirement Specification
  • User experience and accessibility testing
  • Data Analysis

Design work

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Wonderlab

Content designer for £1.8 million Wonderlab - an award-nominated interactive gallery and learning programme that relaunched the National Science and Media museum.

Wonderlab increased visitor numbers by 100,000 (up 35%) in its first year and was shortlisted for Best Permanent Exhibition at Museum + Heritage Awards 2018.

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Mission: Space

Content designer and project manager for Mission: Space - a gallery and half term programme of events that displayed British astronaut Tim Peake's spacecraft.

The programme attracted 30,000 visitors over a two week period.

Other design work

  • Redesign of employee engagement process for 1200 employees, increasing survey responses from 45% to 70%
  • Creation of interactive welcome course for all new starters for nationwide employer
  • Content design for Fake News Exhibition at Science and Media Museum
  • Content design for Particle Physics exhibition at Victoria Gallery and Museum

Tech work

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NC News

Fully unit tested server created using knex including database seeding, a range of HTTP calls and responses and error handling

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Odin Project

Javascript and HTML projects created following the Odin Projects self-guided curriculum including a calculator, etch-a-sketch, noughts and crosses player and rock, paper, scissors generator.

Presentation and Training work

a woman presenting to a crowd of children

I began my career as an Explainer, presenting science subjects to audiences of all ages, and I still love engaging an audience! A sample of some of the presentations and workshops I've written and delivered are:

  • Train the trainer: science presentation skills
  • Delveloping an engaging induction (delivered as freelance workshop)
  • How a steam engine works (with live demo!)
  • Train the trainer: delivering an engaging workshop

Video work

I'm also happy in front of the camera! Here's some of the presenting work I've done: