2019-05-01+Web+Designer+UK

1994

OllieLeggettfoundsIE.

NoofEmployees: 1

1999

IEcreatesitsownfirstwebsite,built

inMacromediaFlash.

NoofEmployees: 4

2002

IEmergeswitha smalldigital

consultancytoprovidewebsiteand

multimediaservicesforclients.

NoofEmployees: 6

2004

Toformalisethemerger,IEregisters

asa privatelimitedcompany.

NoofEmployees: 7

2009

IEbuildsitsfirstDrupalwebsitefor

ChristiancharityBMSWorldMission.

NoofEmployees: 10

2010

IEnailsitscolourstothemast,

specialisingintheCharity,Healthand

Educationsectors.

NoofEmployees: 10

2010

IEdecidestobuilda teamofbrand

anddigitalconsultants– notsales/

accountmanagers.

NoofEmployees: 10

2015

CurrentIEmanagementteamis

established.

NoofEmployees: 20

2019

IEcelebrates 25 years,andwillmove

toa newpurpose-builtstudioin

Birmingham’sJewelleryQuarterlater

intheyear.

NoofEmployees: 17

Customer

Service

Engineer Creative

Director

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Brand

Consultant Director

of

Finance

and

Digital Operations

Designer

Brand

Consultant

&

Senior

Designer

Head

of

Marketing

Managing

Director

&

Brand

Consultant

Designer

Digital

Services

Director

&

Senior

Digital

Consultant

Project

Manager

Web

Developer

Head

of

Support

&

Senior

Digital

Consultant

Head

of

Development

Web

Developer

Digital

Consultant

Web

Developer

Front-end

Developer

componentise mark-up,stylingandfunctionalityto
help with reusability, maintainability,andconsistency.
“These frameworksmostlyrequiredevelopersto
know ES6, the latest versionofJavaScript,sowhereas
jQuery made it easiertowriteJavaScript,withless
understanding of thelanguageitself,these
frameworks generallypushdeveloperstoreally
understand how JavaScriptworks.Generally,wethink
these technologies willcontinuemovinginthe
direction of web components,andthiswillhelpwith
the quality of websitesthatareproducedandcreate
efficiencies for developers.
“Also, we’ve startedworkingwithserviceworkers,
which enable us to createwebsiteswithoffline
functionality and bespokecaching,todelivera less
interrupted and fasterexperienceformobileusers.
We’ve also taken a likingtoVueJSthatweusetobuild
websites that have a lotofinteractivecomponents.
We find it easy to workwith,andit allowsustocreate
engaging user interfaces.
“Building responsivewebsiteshasbecomesecond
nature to us at IE Digital,asformostdigitalagencies.
We frequently designsiteswitha mobile-firstor
content-first approach.Thismeansconsidering
intermittent internet connections,users’data
allowance, page load speedandotherimportant
factors that can affecta mobileuser’sexperience.We
address these challengesbyincludingapp-like
functionality into our websitesandwebappsand

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Design Values

Web developer Fran Garcia

with Frontend developer

Joëlle Symons checking

their latest build.

Ten years ago IE built its first site using the open source content

management system Drupal

Back in the nineties Flash was a big deal. And, it was the software that IE

used to build its first website