Douglas Hickmore Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

PKR is a developer / operator of a multiple award-winning online poker room / casino with over 6 million registered players. It won Egaming Review's ‘Poker Operator of the Year’ in 2010 and the International Gaming Awards ‘Online Poker Operator of the Year’ in both 2010 and 2011. Alongside industry accolades, PKR was also recognised as the fastest growing technology company in the UK by the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.At PKR my responsibilities / achievements included...• Working enthusiastically alongside the creative / technical directors, code team and project managers to design and deliver appropriate and timely UI / UX solutions to a diverse range of games, features and upgrades.• Successful in building, managing and mentoring a team of UI designers / developers to deliver on PKR’s growing demands and aspirations.• Active involvement in product strategy - identifying opportunities and improving the PKR experience.• Delivering highly detailed and accurate mock-ups / prototypes / style guides / wireframes to clearly communicate designs to feature stakeholders and members of the UI / code teams.• Design and creation of clear, simple and appropriate UI / UX designs for PKR’s award-winning 3D poker product.• Design and creation of a slick frontend to all PKR’s products and services suitable for a wide range of users and levels of experience.• Taking PKR mobile – designing a compelling and engaging UI for PKR’s award-winning tablet and mobile phone apps (Android and iOS).• Creating consistent and appropriate UI designs for all of PKR’s 3D casino games.• Design of a clear and engaging interface for five “mini” casino games.• Design of a fully featured, yet intuitive, 3D avatar creation tool and virtual clothing shop.• Production of marketing assets to promote PKR’s products and services across multiple channels.• Proactively seeking and reacting to player feedback to continually improve usability.

Kuju Entertainment is one of Europe's leading independent game developers on console, PC and handheld platforms.Kuju have been making games together for over 15 years and over that time have built a great set of teams comprising some of the best, brightest and most experienced individuals in the industry.At Kuju I was responsible for designing the frontend and HUD (head-up display) for The Dead - a first-person shooter for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Argonaut Games was one of the world’s largest independent video game developers, the games I worked on at Argonaut Games and my involvement in them included...Carve (Xbox)• Design and creation of twelve visually diverse Jetski models.• Successful design and implementation of the entire on-line and off-line frontend and HUD.8 Kings (N-Gage handheld game system)• Design of a clear and consistent frontend and HUD.• Design and creation of 2D units and map tile graphics.Catwoman (PS2 / Xbox / GameCube / PC)• Creation of highly detailed in-game and cut scene environments.Roll Call (working title) (PS2 / Xbox)• Creation of first-person shooter weapons and equipment.• Design of a slick, modern frontend and HUD.

Codemasters is one of the UK’s most successful games developers. The products I worked on and my contribution to them included...Micro Maniacs (PS1)• Design and creation of a huge variety of convincing in-game track models.• Design of appropriate frontend and HUD elements.• 2D tiles and objects for two promotional Flash games.The Realm (PC)• Creation of high-poly character models and renders.Team intranet site• Design, implementation and maintenance of a successful and popular team intranet site.