Thunk Ltd.

Working with businesses and organisations across industries. Providing digital product design & research, leadership, strategy, mentoring, hiring design teams, increasing internal design capabilities and design sprint facilitation.
Clients include: Twitter, Reed, NHS, Fine + Rare, Sensat, Babylon Health, Premier Farnell, Forward Partners, Virti Health, FitXR and some other cool start-ups you've not heard of (yet).

Founder & Design Partner

Google

I had three projects at Google I/O in 2017, two of them as a part of Android 8.0 “Oreo” launching in fall 2017.  As a part of the Android design team in London I led various system UI efforts, including the design for data access and management on Android Oreo Go targeting the "Next Billion Users".

In my time at Google I also worked on Enterprise (Google Apps), Ads (Google AdSense), Commerce (Google Offers), Maps (Google Maps for Mobile), Social (Google+ Local), Emerging Markets, Privacy and Search Ad Formats. I have facilitated many workshops and design sprints across the world, whilst working closely with UX researchers, Product Management and Engineering teams to design and deliver world class products and features.

Senior User Experience Designer / UX Lead

Skype

I worked on a couple of projects at Skype focusing on e-commerce and payment interfaces on both the Skype website and within the Skype client for Microsoft Windows.  I produced various ideas in the form of sketches, wireframes and high fidelity visual designs to simplify the purchase of hardware and Skype credit.  During my time here I also began designing some parts of the first Skype applications for mobile devices.

Interaction Designer

BBC Radio & Music Interactive

During my short time at the BBC I worked on a number of projects for Radio 1, 2 and Five Live.  I lead the interaction and visual design of the Five Live website during the 2006 World Cup campaign.  I ran a number of user studies on features and products for Radio 2, suggested and implemented improvements.  As well as supporting, I constantly pushed the boundaries of BBC processes and design standards to deliver innovative solutions.

Interactive Designer

Yahoo! Europe

As a part of the Ad Technology team I took responsibility for the user experience of rich-media advertising, both on UK, European homepages and throughout the Yahoo websites. This included advising on and upholding usability requirements with clients and the implementation of campaigns using various technologies. I delivered creative solutions, advice and consultancy to both internal and external clients, producing concept designs and prototypes for potential campaigns.

Designer & Front End Developer (Ad Tech)

DMG Radio

During my time in Australia I led the digital media for Nova 96.9fm in Sydney.  Again introducing User-centered Design practices to redesign the site for both user and business needs, also handling most of the technical implementation.  Essentially an extension to the work I'd done at Virgin in the UK.

Design Lead & Product Manager

Virgin Radio International Limited

Led the major re-design of the company's website, introducing user research and testing sessions to create a design that answered user and business needs, standing for almost 4 years.   Worked with external advertisers to create ground breaking cross-media campaigns.

Digital Media Design Lead

Ginger Media Group

I had far too much fun working for Chris Evan's Ginger Media Group on broadcast media websites, redesigning Virgin Radio's site entirely whilst trying to hang around the TFI Friday bar celeb' spotting as much as possible.

Oldroyd Publishing Group Ltd

A graphic design education, taught by old masters. :)

Print and Web Designer

A seasoned digital technology leader, designer, and strategist. I’m an expert in UX design, product & service design and user research.

Blending creative innovation with the power of insight to exceed results is what I do best.

Described as a product design strategy “game-changer”, “visionary”, “ideas guy” and “bloody nice chap”, I've reached 100s of millions of people with my work, worldwide. At Google I led design for and released 3 ground breaking products and features at Google I/O. During my decade at Google I worked on Google Maps, Search, Android and more. Other tech and media brands I've worked with include Skype, BBC, NHS, Yahoo, Virgin, Reed and some fantastic start-ups you haven’t heard of (yet).

I work alongside a range of roles from developers, product managers to managing directors and CEOs. But most importantly, customers and users — the result? Outcomes that increases customer loyalty and meets commercial objectives consistently.

In addition to ‘hands-on design’, workshop and design sprint facilitation I am a consultant to C-Level executives on product design strategies. Working with brands already remarkable in their field who want to push for increased growth. 

★	25 years’ experience in digital technology design, including 10 years at Google

★	I speak designer, customer, developer, executive, sales, user research, team building, product development life cycle, project management and product manager. 

★	It feels like a lifetime ago, but I also hold a 1st Class BA in Interactive Multimedia. 

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► About Thunk –  Thunk transforms businesses with digital product design.

We're a bunch of vastly experienced designers and researchers whose focus is the design-led transformation of products and businesses. We deliver true value every day, and form meaningful partnerships with the businesses and organisations we work with. 

We do two things really well:

★ Design world class digital products and services.
Alongside your teams, we create, improve and reimagine the future, using our design-led processes to exceed desired outcomes.

★ Increase the design maturity of businesses and their teams.
With our decades of experience in improving design maturity within organisations, we take teams and companies to the next level.

We've worked with: 
Twitter | Reed | NHS | Farnell | Sensat | FINE+RARE | + Many More

Book a free consultation here https://calendly.com/thunkltd/intro-to-thunk

Rick Farrell

WhatsApp

Lead design for WhatsApp’s core consumer experiences including Messaging, Groups, Communities, Calling, Sharing and Design Systems across all mobile, desktop and device platforms.

Director of Product Design, Consumer

Facebook

• Grew and led a 40+ person design organization responsible for a wide range of products across Facebook Communities, including Groups (member and admin experiences), Verticals, Events, Profile and more
• Drove the long-term vision and strategy for Groups, which resulted in a multi-year roadmap for the Facebook Communities organization. Worked across teams and with cross-functional leadership to realize this vision over the years, including best-in-class admin tools leveraging automation, community verticals and launching core surfaces for Groups and Events.
• Led the Facebook Design organization’s Emerging Talent program in partnership with Recruiting, resulting in 50+ interns and new graduates hired across the company over the past 4 years.

Director of Product Design, Communities

OfferUp

• Grew and led the design and content strategy teams at OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace in the US
• Implemented company-wide processes to up-level product and brand design including principles, design system, design tools and templates, quality goals, sprints and reviews.
• Drove multiple product launches including search, discovery, monetization, safety and oversaw visual and brand refresh

Director of Design

• Led the design team responsible for Google’s core Search advertising products including text ads, rich formats, verticals and maps monetization
• Oversaw design and research for successful product launches in the financial vertical including car insurance, credit cards and mortgages search
• Implement user-centered best practices across the product team including design principles, user journeys, sprints, UX patterns and UX bug bashes
• Partner with PM, engineering and research on product strategy to address customer needs, business goals and market trends

UX Manager

Microsoft

• Led the design team responsible for the visual look and feel of the Windows OS, platform, controls and applications that shipped in Windows 8 and 8.1
• Manage and develop the Windows UX patterns styleguide used across Microsoft by teams building Windows applications
• Co-organized a team-wide technical training and prototyping initiative
• Designed touch-optimized controls and samples for Surface 2.0 SDK

Senior Design Lead, Windows

• Led the redesign of Visual Studio 2010 including core features such as windowing, navigation, commanding and visual design
• Led the user experience envisioning for Microsoft Test Manager. Partnered with research to develop personas and create end-to-end scenarios to inform v1 product planning
• Designed Team UX features that shipped in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008

User Experience Designer II, Developer Division

Led the visual and interaction design for 3 releases of Metamedia, an online archive and learning application used in MIT classes.

Graduate Research Assistant

Electronic Arts/Maxis

Designed Web features including The Sims 2™ in-game Web content browser, The Sims 2™ community Web site, and a Flash game for the SimCity Website, the SimCity™ Waterski Challenge

Web Design Intern

I am a design leader and practitioner with 15+ years of experience shipping innovative software, app and web experiences. I have a proven track record of setting customer-focused vision and growing collaborative UX teams to successfully deliver on that vision.

Specialties: Design vision and strategy, design and research management, creative direction, interaction design, visual design, illustration, prototyping, motion design

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