Elliott Barnicle

Lead Designer

Project Update

Repurposing WordPress for live chat

Hijack 2.0 has changed the way that we approach live chat in the backend of WordPress, find out how we have done this.

Elliott Barnicle
May 27, 2021

Press Release

Hijack 2.0 – Preparing for hybrid open days

Hijack is back and even better than before. There's all-new game changing features and an updated look and feel. Available from May 17th 2021.

Elliott Barnicle
May 10, 2021

Project Update

Supporting AUA Members to Continue Developing Professionally

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities.

Elliott Barnicle
April 27, 2021

Project Update

Experience Your Future, with Coventry University

Coventry University has been running online events throughout the 2020 pandemic. But with digital fatigue setting in, they wanted to take a different approach to applicant visit days. To stand out from their peers, they turned to SMILE.

Elliott Barnicle
April 6, 2021

Insight

Online Events by SMILE, at WPCampus 2020

Join us as we take a look back on SMILE at WPCampus 2020. Watch our talk about online events and how Hijack helped our clients through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elliott Barnicle
March 29, 2021

Insight

Webinar Follow-up: Resources from our Accessibility Webinar

A follow up on our webinar about website accessibility and how it applies to your organisation with SiteImprove and the University of Gloucestershire.

Elliott Barnicle
March 16, 2021

Insight

Changing the way we design with evolving software

Over the years, the design team at SMILE have used multiple design programmes in a bid to deliver the highest quality output for our clients. When I began at SMILE in 2017, we briefly used Figma for design work but…

Elliott Barnicle
March 12, 2021

Insight

Join our Upcoming Webinar on Website Accessibility

Join our webinar to learn more about website accessibility and how it applies to your organisation with SiteImprove and the University of Gloucestershire.

Elliott Barnicle
February 24, 2021

Project Update

Working with UEA on their flagship website

We re-designed the University of East Anglia (UEA) website. This was our biggest design project to date including UI/UX design, and the creation of a design system.