About Me

A brief overview of life so far

I'm Tom Prior, a visual designer specialising in interface design for the web. I grew up in east London, and enjoyed roles at creative agencies in London and Kent before moving to Brighton in 2009. I'm currently earning my crust as lead designer at Makemedia, a digital agency situated in the heart of the City's North Laine.

I'm also the creative half of the team behind Klektd, a simple social bookmarking tool. I write about cars and motorsport at CarPunk, and the web (and beyond) at The Best is Yet To Come. You can take a look at some of the recent projects I've been involved in through my portfolio.

The play me

Away from the pixel-wrangling I have an unhealthy obsession with motoring and car culture (think Evo or Octane, not Max Power), support Dagenham and Redbridge football club and spend my spare weekends as an occasional golfist.

Luckily my love for design extends beyond office hours, and I count design, art and typography as some of my main interests.

Career timeline

December 1985
Etch-a-Sketch acquired. Embark on a career in design (age 2 and 3/4)
June 2005
Graduate with 2:1 in BSc Multimedia Tech & Design (University of Kent)
July 2005
First full-time design gig: Junior designer at All-Perception
March 2007
Move to Bell Systems, and become lead designer in November 2008
June 2009 - now
Move to Brighton to join Makemedia, where I am currently lead designer

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