Simon John Roberts Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Senior UX Designer for http://www.topgear.com/ and http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/Previous projects I have worked on in this role: Lead UX on the redesign of www.topgear.comLeading the UX, UI and creative on the BBC Good Food responsive redesign. Assisting with design and creative direction on various other BBC Worldwide brands and internal projects.Assisting with UXD/UI work for BBC Store, the BBC VOD service.

London, United Kingdom

Some achievements during this period:• Collaborated with UX and development teams at Microsoft on the design and implementation of an interactive "Cool Wall" for topgear.com. This was part of Microsofts IE9 "The beauty of the web" campaign, showcasing the HTML5 capabilities of their browser, and was featured as part of their IE9 launch event in San Francisco. • Worked with teams at M&C Saatchi mobile and Raise the Roof productions on the both the UX and UI design of the Kirstie… Show more Some achievements during this period:• Collaborated with UX and development teams at Microsoft on the design and implementation of an interactive "Cool Wall" for topgear.com. This was part of Microsofts IE9 "The beauty of the web" campaign, showcasing the HTML5 capabilities of their browser, and was featured as part of their IE9 launch event in San Francisco. • Worked with teams at M&C Saatchi mobile and Raise the Roof productions on the both the UX and UI design of the Kirstie & Phil 'House Hunter' iOS app. The app received some very positive reviews in the press (Guardian Consumer app of the week, fanappic.com awarded 5 stars and it was featured as 'App of the week' on the Apple store).Worked on the UI design and creative for the international BBC Games platform. Also worked with the games team on the UI design of the Royal Wedding quiz game (which was featured on bbc.co.uk/news front page reaching number 2 on 'Most read' and had 175k players on its first day of launch). • Led the UX/UI design and front-end implementation on the redesign of BBC Worldwide's online sales platform (a key revenue driver for the company). I received an 'Celebrating Success' staff award for my contribution to this project.• Worked on UI enhancements and the creative for various in app promotions for the 'International iPlayer' iOS app. I also worked with the content team on the UX and subsequent UI design for the apps backend content management system 'PlayMaker'.• Was involved in the branding and positioning of the BBC Worldwide SSO solution (working with external creative agencies on concepts) and assisted with the UI implementation of this solution across a selection of leading BBC worldwide websites.• Worked designing and building prototypes for high profile internal R&D projects Show less

London, United Kingdom

Some achievements during this period:• Responsible for the UX,UI design and front-end implementation of a series of promotional sales microsites for some of BBC Worldwide's leading titles. These included sites for Spooks, Natures' Great Events, Wallander, Whitechapel and Red Dwarf. I received an 'Celebrating Success' staff award for my contribution to this project.• Led ongoing design work for the BBC Worldwide sales platform, the OLC, as well as various other digital design… Show more Some achievements during this period:• Responsible for the UX,UI design and front-end implementation of a series of promotional sales microsites for some of BBC Worldwide's leading titles. These included sites for Spooks, Natures' Great Events, Wallander, Whitechapel and Red Dwarf. I received an 'Celebrating Success' staff award for my contribution to this project.• Led ongoing design work for the BBC Worldwide sales platform, the OLC, as well as various other digital design projects for brands including work for Gardeners' World Magazine and MasterChef magazine. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Whilst at London based Graphic Alliance I worked designing (UX/UI) and coding (front end CSS/HTML/Flash) websites for a range of clients. This included projects for global consumer brands (Unilever) as well as work for e-commerce businesses, financial service clients and fashion retailers. I was also involved in agency pitches, direct client liaison and branding work. A great team, where I learnt a great deal!

London

Freelance print and digital design. Clients during this period included Warner Bros, V2 Music, Unilever, University of the Arts London.