For Agencies
Extra senior capacity when your team is full, delivered under your brand.
The Work
They need a developer who can be trusted with a client project the same week it lands, work inside an existing process, and stay invisible.
That's the work I do. For over twenty years I've built web platforms, ecommerce systems and complex integrations, first as Head of Technology inside a large digital agency, and since 2020 through Born Creative. A significant share of that work has been delivered on behalf of other agencies, including some of the largest studios in Scotland and the UK, on projects for household-name brands.
I don't publish that work. That's the point.
How Agency Partnerships Work
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Your client sees your team. I can join your Slack, your standups and your ticketing system, or stay entirely behind your project lead. Whichever suits.
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Ever, during or after. Happy to sign whatever paperwork makes that binding.
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Straightforward to scope, straightforward to mark up. No re-quoting halfway through.
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Some agencies want a technical voice on a pitch or a discovery workshop. I can do that as part of your team, or stay well out of it.
What I Take On
Builds, feature work, maintenance and legacy rescue.
Front ends, headless architecture, performance work.
Hosting, migrations, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.
Custom themes, plugin development and complex integrations.
ERP, CRM, payment and third-party APIs.
Architecture and scoping for pitches and new work.
Where it's useful, I also bring CTO-level experience from three product companies, most recently in AI and cyber exposure management. That tends to matter on projects where security, scale or data architecture is part of the conversation.
The Kind of Work It's Been
But to give you a sense of the level: a global luxury fashion house, a celebrity-founded spirits brand, an international sailing regatta, a national sporting body, a high street fashion retailer and a global stationery brand. Ecommerce platforms, campaign builds, booking and membership systems, and the integrations holding them together.
The work has been recognised with Drum Recommends awards for both Web Development and Web Design, and two W3 Awards.
I'm a Chartered IT Professional, a member of the British Computer Society and a Certified Scrum Master, with an MSc in Advanced Computer Systems Design.
Why Agencies Come Back
Senior enough to be left alone with a client project
Used to agency timelines, agency clients and agency politics
No hand-holding, no onboarding overhead, no surprises in the handover
Available at short notice for overflow, sickness cover and unexpected scope
If you're carrying more work than heads, or you want a trusted developer on file for when that happens, get in touch. Tell me the stack and the timeline and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.
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