Bill Mulholland

Web designer, WordPress developer and team lead, with over 25 years of building for the web.

I design and build custom WordPress sites, from the first wireframe to a fast, accessible site in production. My recent work is on modern, component-based stacks: Sage and Acorn with Blade templates, Tailwind CSS and Vite, ACF for structured content, Bedrock for cleaner project structure, and the WordPress REST API to connect sites with other systems. I work in Git, use Docker for local environments, add Vue where an interface needs it, and build with accessibility, performance and SEO in mind from the start.

Recent work includes the network of over 100 local and national news sites at National World, among them The Scotsman’s Food and Drink magazine and the Connect Local advertising portal; the move to a modern front end at Hastings Direct; Avalara’s UK and European VAT site; and the travel section for The Sunday Times. Through CINQ, my own studio, I have built Search Isle, a guide to all 1,123 islands of Britain and Ireland, and Search Tube, a guide to the London Underground, as well as sites for clients such as Morocco Moon, SpeakOut SpeakUp and the Jenny Lind Inn.

I have led development teams for much of my career, from heading the development team at First Active to running the front-end team at Hastings Direct. I enjoy that side of the job: moving teams onto agile workflows, working closely with designers, marketing, back-end and mobile teams, and getting good work shipped.

AI is now part of how I work. I use AI tools to speed up prototyping, code review, content migration and testing, which lets me deliver more, more quickly, while staying hands-on with quality and keeping the decisions that matter with people.

An experienced all-rounder who can lead a team, design and build to a high standard, and deliver to a deadline.