Tom Hobbs

Current

• Experience Design Manager at Adobe

Past

• Lead UI / HI at Pentagram
• Manager, User Interface Design at Samsung Electronics
• Design Lead, Senior Designer at MetaDesign

• Head - Department of New Media at Fabrica (Benetton)

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Education

• University of Wales, Newport

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Industry

Design

Tom Hobbs’s Experience

• Experience Design Manager

  Adobe

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Currently I manage a team of designers and researchers within Adobe’s centralized Experience Design organization, focusing on product branding. Using a design methodology that focuses on modeling ‘goal-focused’ interactions, my work has included helping to evolve the Flex application framework and enabling the launch of Adobe’s first generation of consumer hosted services — Photoshop and Premiere Express.

• Lead UI / HI

  Pentagram

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  May 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  In collaboration with a team of industrial designers, I created product strategies and interface solutions for companies including Nikon, Wells Fargo and Microsoft. With a user-centered ethos grounded in prototyping, I designed a range of visually engaging and easy to use products that recognized both client and customer needs.

• Manager, User Interface Design

  Samsung Electronics

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SEC; Consumer Electronics industry)

  July 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 11 months)

  As one of four satellite design studios globally, Samsung Design America was responsible for developing and maintaining global brand strategy through the design of key products that identified local cultural needs. I managed a small, prolific team and network of consultancies to design interface solutions for award winning products including mobile devices, digital camcorders and digital television.

• Design Lead, Senior Designer

  MetaDesign

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  June 2000 — May 2001 (1 year)

  From a user centric perspective, I collaborated with strategists and other designers to create successful solutions for a range of brands, services and media. My work included user interface design (Television, web and Hand–held), the development of corporate identity systems and the representation of research findings and the mapping strategic models.

• Head - Department of New Media

  Fabrica (Benetton)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  October 1997 — May 2000 (2 years 8 months)

  Under the direction of Oliviero Toscani, I was a founding member and subsequent head of Fabrica’s globally renowned New Media department. The small team of international designers and consultants that I coordinated, successfully designed and developed a range of awarding winning interactive websites, videos and kiosks.

Tom Hobbs’s Education

• University of Wales, Newport

  BA (hons), Interactive Design, 1993 — 1996

  Editorial Design, Installation and Computer Science

  Activities and Societies:

  First Class