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Scope, strategy, art direction, full-stack development and deployment — owned end to end by one developer and business consultant.
Backed by several years of professional experience at Rolls-Royce and a higher-education background in business and management in England, I combine technical execution with commercial thinking.
Freelance based in Montpellier, working with public-sector organisations, international clients and startups.
New projects get 10% off — returning clients save 15%.
Booking a limited number of projects for the coming months — lock in your rate now.
You already have designs or a spec.
Hand them over and I build them faithfully — responsive, accessible, deployed. This is how FHF, NC Partners and Digit AG ran.
You have an objective and no design yet.
I take the project from scope and art direction through build, launch and SEO — one point of contact. This is how SWSD ran.
My priority is to create genuine value for your business, whether that's through better technology, clearer strategy, stronger performance or simply making smarter decisions about where to invest. If something won't add enough value, I'll tell you — including the parts you don't need to pay me for.
Project scopes and timelines, interactive mock-ups, wireframes, branding and art direction — settled before a line of code is written, so the build has something to be right about.
React and FastAPI builds, custom CMS features, API integrations and multilingual support. Architecture through to deployment, working directly with stakeholders.
Technical SEO, performance optimisation, analytics and Search Console implementation — so the thing that got built actually gets found and stays fast.
Sites do not stop the day they go live. Updates, security patches, backups, new pages and features, and a human who answers when something breaks — monthly retainer or ad-hoc, whichever suits.
Five steps, in this order, every time. You always know which one we are in and what lands at the end of it.
We agree what the thing is, what it costs and when it lands.
Written scope, timeline and milestones before anything else — so there is a document to hold both of us to, and no invoice ever surprises you.
Wireframes, type, colour, motion language — then an interactive mock-up.
Design and direction are owned in-house, so there is no handoff gap between the look and the build. If you already have Figma designs, this step is yours and I go straight to build.
React and FastAPI, AI-assisted from prototype to production.
You see working software early and often, not screenshots — deployed to a staging URL you can open on your phone, with a standing weekly point of contact.
Deploy, wire up analytics and Search Console, hand over documentation.
A launch checklist you can see: redirects, meta, sitemap, tracking, backups. Nothing goes live on a Friday afternoon.
A support window while it beds in — then ongoing maintenance for as long as you want it.
Updates and security patches, backups, performance and SEO passes once real traffic shows what needs attention, and new pages or features as the business moves. Monthly retainer or ad-hoc — and a human who answers when something breaks.
Five projects, shipped. Click any screenshot to read the whole page at full length, exactly as it went live.
An independent digital music platform, built and launched end to end: architecture, UX, front-end, API layer and deployment. I lead product vision and technical direction — including a public transparency ledger that reconciles every donation, fee and charitable payment, month by month.
An interactive annual report for the body representing France's public hospitals. Advanced GSAP animation, scroll-driven chapters, animated timelines, data visualisation and embedded galleries — pixel-perfect against the supplied design, held to public-sector brand and accessibility expectations.
A bespoke site built from scratch on client-supplied designs for an executive search firm placing leadership into L'Oréal, BNP Paribas, Thales and Accor. Fully responsive, fully bilingual, with the credibility the brief demanded.
Europe's reference street dance school. A bilingual site with custom CMS features behind it: a live weekly timetable, three bookable studios with tiered hourly rates, an à-la-carte course builder that prices modules as you tick them, and an audition funnel for the three-year pro programme.
A fully custom theme built from Figma for SURS — a Swiss B2B distribution and marketplace platform carrying brands like Senz, Closca and Oakywood. Bilingual DE/EN, scroll-driven throughout. Second engagement with the same client: the first went well enough that they came back.
Average client rating across freelance engagements
Client work delivered fluently in both languages
International clients returning for further work
Working with clients and stakeholders since
I'm Shaun Williams — a senior full-stack developer and business consultant based in Montpellier, working in English and French with clients across France, the UK and internationally.
My background extends well beyond software. Before moving fully into development, I spent around a decade in client, supplier and commercial management, including four years with Rolls-Royce, alongside higher education in business and commerce in England.
That experience still shapes the way I work today: understanding the commercial objective first, defining the right scope, managing expectations clearly and taking ownership when priorities change.
Technically, my core stack is React and FastAPI, with a strong focus on performance, technical SEO, maintainability and interfaces designed to work reliably in the real world — not just look good at launch.
Alongside client work, I'm the founder and CEO of SWSD Music Production, an independent music project supporting charitable causes, particularly in the field of mental health. I apply strategy, creative direction and technology to continuously develop and improve the project, strengthen its reach and impact, and ultimately better support the charitable causes at the heart of its mission.
“This is our second project with Shaun and we are again very happy with the outcome and the project process. He has a very good way to handle every change at the end of the project.”
“Shaun a répondu à merveille à toutes mes attentes. Rigoureux et méthodique, il a saisi rapidement mes besoins et a produit et optimisé notre site en fonction de ceux-ci. Je recommande vivement !”
“Très bon travail de Shaun : méticuleux, efficace, perfectionniste, avec une très bonne relation client. Nous recommandons ses compétences !”
New projects get 10% off — returning clients save 15%.
Booking a limited number of projects for the coming months — lock in your rate now.
The first conversation is free and with no obligation. Tell me roughly what you have in mind and I'll come back within two working days with a straight answer on fit, budget and timing — in English or French.
