My Work

Work with Me for:

Evidence-based decision making

Integrating user needs and business objectives

Humanities, drama and linguistics background

About

Tom Graduated in Classics from Cambridge in 2024. He worked in live theatre whilst applying for various grad schemes.

Since then, he has been studying UX Design and working full-time as a cleaner to support his family.

In 2025, he audited his skills, experience and goals:

Goals

  • Create radical experiences that help make the world a better place.

  • Work with passionate, diverse, humble and skilled people.

  • Contribute as an IC, but with opportunities for leadership, autonomy, and learning.

Core Skills

  • creating

  • designing

  • listening

  • pioneering

  • refining

  • thinking

  • problem solving

  • persuading

Knowledge

  • software

  • theatre

  • languages

  • 3D graphics

  • Photoshop

  • research

Location

A city in the North of England, preferrably Hull.

Somewhere with good public transport connections, diversity, and access to nature.

Dozens of conversations with professionals led him to pursuing a career in digital UX Design / Product Design.

Niche

Tom's academic humanities background prepared him to create digital products for use in the arts and culture sector.

With knowledge of a number of languages and historical linguistics, he is well-placed to contribute towards ed-tech and linguistic projects.

His interest in 3D graphics and experience with Blender suit him for projects relating to archviz and V/AR.

Contact Me

thomashortland @ gmail . com

hello @ tomshortland.com

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