Bob Sparks
UI/UX Designer
Rochester, United KingdomExperienced UI Artist/Senior Creative with strong, demonstrated foundations spanning both digital and traditional mediums, leading to a multi-disciplined skill set applicable to a wide range of projects, briefs and campaigns.
Currently working as an Experience Designer at EA Codemasters.
Co-Founder of Arcane By Design; a recently launched start-up Home-Decor, Gifts & Accessories company, specialising in hand-crafted, bespoke products and laser cutting services.
Currently working as an Experience Designer at EA Codemasters.
Co-Founder of Arcane By Design; a recently launched start-up Home-Decor, Gifts & Accessories company, specialising in hand-crafted, bespoke products and laser cutting services.
Work Experience
Atomhawk Design Ltd
Senior UI/UX Artist
July 2023
- Present
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
EA Codemasters
Experience Designer 1
Within the dedicated F1 Franchise team, my responsibilities include iterating and expanding an annual release framework, creating high-quality art assets, defining UI visual styles whilst adhering to F1 brand guidelines, fleshing out animation sequences, and collaborating with Coders & Designers to lead lo-fi/hi-fi design features through to implementation using our proprietary in-house tools and industry-standard software.
September 2021
- July 2023
United Kingdom
Dovetail Games
Assistant UI Designer
As a shared resource across Development Teams at Dovetail, my responsibilities throughout each project lifecycle included creating UX wireframes for optimal functionality, delivering interactive menu flow proposals, prototyping new gameplay features, defining UI visual styles, maintaining art direction across internal departments, brand and asset management, supporting character artists with conceptual designs/renders, and in-game asset creation/implementation into Unreal Engine 4.
March 2021
- September 2021
United Kingdom
Arcane By Design
Co-Founder
As Co-founder of Arcane By Design, my key roles were establishing the brand, developing marketing strategies, creating social media content/advertisements, and building the website.
October 2016
- Present
London, United Kingdom
Dovetail Games
Graphic Designer
As part of the Publishing Department at Dovetail, the Creative Services team supports each of
the 3 major franchises across a variety of consoles, platforms and social channels.
My role required delivering promotional key art/in-game assets, developing visual identities
for live and upcoming titles, retaining brand guidelines, producing release assets across
both print and digital, establishing sale/seasonal art directions and contributing to the UI/UX
department. Further responsibilities included managing schedules and design workflows,
coordinating digital asset libraries, collaborating with external agencies and implementing ideas
and solutions for social media content and marketing campaigns.
Titles Releases:
Great British Railway Journeys
Train Sim World 2020
Train Simulator 2020
DLC/Update/Add-on Releases:
TSW 2020 - CN Oakville Subdivision Route Add-On
TSW 2020 - Rhien-Ruhr Osten Route Add-On
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FSW: Pro Tour - Big Fish Lure Pack
FSW: Pro Tour - Lough Kerr & Talon Fishery
FSW: Pro Tour - Tackle Box Equipment Pack
FSW: Pro Tour - Laguna Iquitos
FSW: Pro Tour - Full Moon Update
the 3 major franchises across a variety of consoles, platforms and social channels.
My role required delivering promotional key art/in-game assets, developing visual identities
for live and upcoming titles, retaining brand guidelines, producing release assets across
both print and digital, establishing sale/seasonal art directions and contributing to the UI/UX
department. Further responsibilities included managing schedules and design workflows,
coordinating digital asset libraries, collaborating with external agencies and implementing ideas
and solutions for social media content and marketing campaigns.
Titles Releases:
Great British Railway Journeys
Train Sim World 2020
Train Simulator 2020
DLC/Update/Add-on Releases:
TSW 2020 - CN Oakville Subdivision Route Add-On
TSW 2020 - Rhien-Ruhr Osten Route Add-On
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FSW: Pro Tour - Big Fish Lure Pack
FSW: Pro Tour - Lough Kerr & Talon Fishery
FSW: Pro Tour - Tackle Box Equipment Pack
FSW: Pro Tour - Laguna Iquitos
FSW: Pro Tour - Full Moon Update
August 2019
- March 2020
United Kingdom
N-FUZE Design Ltd
Creative Designer
Liaising directly with our clientele to envision and develop creative assets for national and global deployment. As part of the creative team at N-Fuze, we provided account management, brand development, print & web design, retailer art-working, social media content, 3D modelling & visualisation, photo retouching, and POS conception.
Clients include; Procter & Gamble, Spectrum Brands, Johnson & Johnson, Kelloggs, Accolade Wines and Duracell.
Clients include; Procter & Gamble, Spectrum Brands, Johnson & Johnson, Kelloggs, Accolade Wines and Duracell.
July 2017
- July 2019
Maidstone, United Kingdom
Deramores
Graphic Designer
Producing visual content for print & web distribution within the marketing department, I delivered a range of promotional assets. This covered magazine publications, POS displays, designing/coding email campaigns, social media content, developing/updating homepages, PPC & affiliate marketing content, as well as ad-hoc photography, video and post-production.
July 2015
- May 2016
United Kingdom
Bob Sparks
Freelance Graphic Designer
Working with various types of clientele, from corporate/independent businesses, to musicians and photographers, I dealt with a range of commission based projects including; web design, branding, logo design, promotional content and packaging design.
Clients include; Queenborough Harbour, Capstone Financial Management, Revela, Edit Digital and Bristol Estate Management Ltd.
Clients include; Queenborough Harbour, Capstone Financial Management, Revela, Edit Digital and Bristol Estate Management Ltd.
July 2012
- Present
United Kingdom
Animate & Create
Graphic Designer
Working closely with both Creative Director & Festival Coordinator of Canterbury Anifest 2012, I translated event details into visual content for print & web distribution. This ranged from programme design to signage, as well as roller banners, lanyards, questionnaires, award certificates, posters/flyers and newsletters.
July 2012
- November 2012
Whitstable, United Kingdom
Education
University For The Creative Arts (UCA) - Rochester
Ba (Hons) C.G Arts & Animation
September 2009
- June 2012
London, United Kingdom
University For The Creative Arts (UCA) - Rochester
BTEC Foundation Diploma, Fine Art
Grade: Overall Merit
September 2008
- June 2009
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
Character Design,
Digital Painting,
Fine Art,
Illustration,
Illustrator,
Maya,
Branding,
Drawing,
Graphic Design,
Image Editting,
Painting,
Photoshop,