About

I design digital products that help drive social change

Photograph of Tom Wicks in an orange tee shirt

I’m Tom, a senior product designer with over a decade’s worth experience delivering successful digital products with social impact. My work to date includes co-founding a design studio, helping scale a startup to millions of users, and making complex government services simple. I practice user-centred design based on research, learning and prototyping to create responsible technology that improves people’s lives. 

2023

The Body Coach

Product design for the award winning fitness app helping people become fitter, healthier and happier.

2020 - 2022

Snook

Interaction design work for Snook - a world leading ethical design agency.

2021

Home Office

Leading the interaction design on a public facing service to help communities build resilience to radicalisation.

2021

Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government

Led the interaction design for The Community Engagement Playbook; a practical online resource for Local Authorities.

2020

Stride

Led the design for the minimum viable product of Stride; The competitive running app.

2020

Postman Tap

Art direction and user experience design for a self-published mobile game.

2018

Bobab

Identity and product design for the website where Africa’s science community gathers.

2018

Run An Empire

User experience design for the game that turns running into adventures.

2016

Planet Earth Institute

Led the design of the PEI exchange; an online social networking tool.

2017

Hello Lamp Post

Graphic design for the playful platform that lets passers-by chat to street objects.

2016

Pan Studio

In-house designer for an award-winning interaction design studio.

2013 - 2016

Goldsmiths, University of London

BA Design First-Class Honours.

2010

Miln

Co-founded a design and development studio based in Huddersfield.