Tom Flemming

Designer

London, United Kingdom

Member since October 7, 2017

Tom has an MA in design interactions from the Royal College of Art and spent twelve months creating a travel platform for The Telegraph. He specializes in UX architecture and analyzing business needs to create an inclusive, user-centric, innovation-driven approach to product design, services as well as enterprise-level applications. He has created future interfaces for the Olympic Games and mentors startups with a hands-on approach to UX.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

AI-powered Shopbot
- ShopBot
- User Experience (UX)
- UX Research
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Personal Assistance
- UI Development
- Dialogflow
- Tone of Voice
- Service Design
- UX Architecture
- Chatbots
Beauty Destination for Oriflame
- Beauty Products
- UX Research
- UX Architecture
- Shopper Journeys
- Enterprise Loyalty Programs
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Wireframing
- UI Development
- Internationalization
- Content Management Systems (CMS)
- UI Design
- eCommerce
- Persona
- UX Design
Travel Money for American Express
- Fintech
- Currency Exchange
- UX Research
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- Prototyping
- User Testing
- Leadership
- eCommerce
- Travel & Leisure
- Persona
Travel Platform for The Telegraph
- User Experience (UX)
- Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Travel & Leisure
- UX Architecture
- Agile UX
- Service Design
- UI Development
- UX Research
- Prototyping
- Personas
Content Platform for Net-a-Porter Group
- Beauty Products
- UX Leadership
- UX Research
- Clothing
- Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Service Design
- Mentorship
- Design Direction
- Agile UX
- User Testing
- Mobile Design
- Wireframing
- Booking Systems
- UX Mentoring
- Prototyping
- User Validation Testing
- Fashion
- UX Design
Discovery Platform for Private Dining
- Social Networks
- Restaurants & Dining
- UX Research
- Prototyping
- Design Thinking
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- Ideation
- Service Design
- Real-time Locating Systems (RTLS)
- Messaging
- Wireframing
- UI Development

Employment

Independent Experience Strategist
2008 - PRESENT
Escape Hatch
- Created an AI-driven personal assistant shopbot that enables users to discover, purchase sports apparel, get personalized style guidance, and manage their wardrobe needs.
- Designed the UX for an AI-powered news platform to help detect and explore fake news, including provenance and research tools for the publishers.
- Built a platform for American Express specifically for users in Australia and the UK enabling them to discover and order foreign currency with convenience and ease.
- Created a beauty destination for the Swedish heritage brand Oriflame to enable end-users to discover beauty products, purchase directly, connect with consultants as well as explore beauty content and guides. Developed the UX to support multiple languages (including Russian among others) to support the online experience.
- Designed a platform for The Telegraph to enable users to discover and book travel including a specialized section for cruise travel, city guides, and hotel guides. Collaborated with third-party providers to enable online booking and a specialized search functionality for cruise travel discovery.
- Developed the UX for BondHub as part of financial services provider Markit.
- Created an online mortgage application experience for HSBC clients in the UK.
- Developed a next-generation mobile UI for the London Olympics, prototype development, and mobile experience as part of a vision piece for the BBC.
- Consulted with the BBC on the "future of personal publishing" as part of their white paper.
- Developed content and a prototype on the Future of Location Branding; via the brand agency Wolff Olins.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Sketch, InVision, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Motion Design, Writing, Pen and Paper
UX Designer to Improve Customer Onboarding
2018 - 2018
Ovo Energy (via Toptal)
- Created a platform for utility experience to enable users to purchase energy (gas, electricity), track consumption, and manage their accounts.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Sketch, PDF
Head of UX (Interim)
2014 - 2014
Net-a-Porter
- Acted as the interim head of UX for the Net-a-Porter group.
- Managed the UX team for NAP sister site The Outnet.
- Developed content management tools for the editorial team.
- Optimized the checkout path for The Outnet site.
- Mentored an in-house design team.
- Consulted with Asia team in China on UX strategies.
- Conducted mobile user experience testing.
- Consulted with the mobile team on the UX for mobile app development.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Sketch, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Pen and Paper

Education

Master of Philosophy degree in Moving Image Research
1996 - 1999
Royal College of Art - London, UK
Master of Arts degree in Interaction Design
1995 - 1996
Royal College of Art - London, UK

Experience

Information Architecture (IA)17 years
UX Research17 years
Digital Product Design17 years
UX Architecture17 years
Design Thinking16 years

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