Richard Le Peurian Cross
A Technical Lead at Global.
Profile
I'm a technical lead with a background in design, front-end development and marketing, focused on building thoughtful digital experiences that balance creativity, usability and solid engineering.
I've spent my career working across commercial campaigns, content platforms and interactive products, gradually moving from hands-on design and development into technical leadership.
Over 15 years of experience
Technical Lead
Global: 2024 - Present / Full-time
Leading a small development team to architect, build and drive stakeholder adoption of a next-generation competitions and content platform, alongside the continued delivery of BAU brand websites, digital competition mechanics and co-branded marketing experiences.
Senior Front-end Developer
Global: 2020-2024 / Full-time
Front-end development and day-to-day delivery of brand websites, online competition mechanics and co-branded marketing experiences across a varied portfolio of commercial campaigns.
Digital Designer
Global: 2016-2020 / Full-time
Designed digital campaign experiences, competition mechanics and branded content, alongside producing digital display advertising using in-house tools. Worked closely with account managers to interpret briefs, develop creative solutions and explore new digital content opportunities.
Digital Designer / Technician
Spongecell: 2013-2016 / Full-time
Designed and built digital display advertising and rich media experiences using Spongecell's in-house creative tools, including video overlays, interactive formats and lightweight in-ad games. Worked across creative production and technical implementation, developing the combination of design and front-end thinking that later shaped my move into broader digital campaign and web design.
Skill set
- Front-end Engineering
- Technical Leadership
- Product & UX Thinking
- Solution Architecture
- Management
- Stakeholder & Delivery
Education
Games Development (BA Hons)
University of Huddersfield: 2010
An industry-focused degree that combined creative design with hands-on programming, covering gameplay systems, real-time graphics, 3D content pipelines and interactive design.
Built through team-based projects that mirrored a professional studio, it grounded me in shipping to deadlines, working across disciplines and balancing creative ambition with technical constraints - foundations I now draw on when shaping architecture, guiding developers and leading delivery as a technical lead.
Brands I've Worked With
- Global
- Barclaycard
- Coca-Cola
- Disney
- eBay
- LEGO
- McDonald's
- Sky
- TalkTalk
- Very
- Vodafone