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Hey, thanks for dropping by, I’m Paul Dowd...

A Freelance UI Designer & WordPress Developer

What I do

I design beautifully crafted digital products, and I build them too!

I work seamlessly with agencies across the full project cycle

I’m a UI/UX and WordPress specialist with 22 years’ experience — from Junior Designer all the way up to Creative Director and Managing Director at established Manchester agencies. That background means I know how to balance creative ambition with commercial reality, hit deadlines without drama, and talk to clients like a human being.

For the last seven years I’ve been living and working remotely in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as lead designer for a full-service US agency. These days I lean heavily into AI as part of my workflow — Claude and Claude Code in particular. It’s made me faster, sharper and more thorough. It’s not replacing what I do — it’s making what I do genuinely better.

WordPress Design & Dev

Production-ready WordPress builds on the Hello theme with Elementor Pro — no bloated theme kits, no inherited mess. Custom theming built from a blank canvas, clean templates and Loop-driven architecture that keeps everything fast and organised. The editor experience gets as much attention as the front-end, so clients can update content without calling you every five minutes.

Front-end Dev

Clean, semantic HTML5 and CSS written with Sass, Bootstrap & Tailwind responsive builds and JavaScript where it’s genuinely needed. Every line written with accessibility and performance in mind — proper structure, optimised output, no plugin bail-outs. Easy to read, easy to maintain and integrates cleanly with your existing dev process. I’ve been writing front-end code since 2002. It shows.

Banners & Graphics

Campaign assets, social banners and marketing collateral produced quickly and to a consistent standard. All standard formats and platforms covered, delivered as production-ready exports — properly sized, correctly colour-profiled and ready to use without a second round of amends. Your brand shouldn’t look different every time marketing puts something out. Quick turnarounds as standard.

" The space you live in and the things you surround yourself with directly influence your life & work

Paul Dowd

22 Years Experience

London quality. Chiang Mai overheads.

I’m based in Chiang Mai, Thailand — one of the best places in the world to work remotely. The low cost of living means I can offer genuinely competitive rates without cutting corners. You get 22 years of senior-level experience, not a junior with a Canva account.

I work 2pm–10pm Thailand time, Monday to Friday, which overlaps neatly with UK business hours. Real-time comms, fast turnarounds, zero timezone excuses.

Who I am?

I’m open to agency partnerships, freelance briefs and retainers.

I use AI. Properly.

Not as a gimmick. Not to write bad copy. I use Claude and Claude Code as genuine tools in my design and development workflow — and it’s changed how I work for the better.

Figma

WordPress

Adobe CC

Elementor One

Visual Studio Code

Claude Code

Envato

Freepik

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