Jon Hicks is leaving Opera, and you can hire him!

February 17, 2010 · by Haavard

Jon Hicks just announced that he's leaving Opera (mirror).

As you probably know, he has been doing his thing here at Opera for a while, and I must say it has been great to work with him. He started out by making Opera Mini and Opera Mobile look beautiful and modern, and he will now ensure that Opera 10.50 looks its best when hitting the market as a final version later this year.

He seems to have enjoyed his time here, so hopefully we can hire him for various projects in the future.

And don't forget that from May, you can hire him for your design needs as well:

So if you’re looking for a icon/interface/logo/website designer or even character illustrator (the Mailchimp mascot has become the new ‘animal on fire round a globe’ request!) from May onwards, then please drop me an email.

Send him an e-mail if you are interested.

Readers' comments 26

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zoqueteWednesday, February 17, 2010 4:23:08 PM
'< John, plese don't go to Firefox, Chrome and no way to Microsoft, please! :'(
PengeWednesday, February 17, 2010 4:24:06 PM
Who will be the new designer of Opera?
endless loveWednesday, February 17, 2010 4:44:22 PM
Anton DiazWednesday, February 17, 2010 5:04:27 PM
:*-(
ouzowtfWednesday, February 17, 2010 5:08:09 PM
Bye Jon, good luck in the future and let some good stuff at Opera till April
Jan StandalWednesday, February 17, 2010 6:05:05 PM
Actually he is only ending his full time employment and plan to work on projects for Opera in the future.
Sami SerolaWednesday, February 17, 2010 6:40:49 PM
Thanks to Jon for nice Opera Mini GUI
HaavardWednesday, February 17, 2010 6:53:29 PM
Originally posted by Penge4:

Who will be the new designer of Opera?
We have other designers. Jon is working as a lead designer.

And it looks like we haven't seen the last of him
zoqueteWednesday, February 17, 2010 8:44:50 PM
was he too expensive?

I am afraid of mixing styles / test of more persons.
ouzowtfWednesday, February 17, 2010 9:50:26 PM
Originally posted by zoquete:

was he too expensive?

read the blog for the reasons.
Daniel HendrycksWednesday, February 17, 2010 9:57:08 PM
Originally posted by Haavard:

We have other designers. Jon worked as a lead designer.

I certainly hope the new lead designer it a great one. Because Hicks did a great job.
Jon HicksWednesday, February 17, 2010 10:58:59 PM
Thanks folks - I'm not going off to work on any other browsers don't worry!
Daniel HendrycksWednesday, February 17, 2010 11:00:16 PM
Originally posted by Jon Hicks:

I'm not going off to work on any other browsers, don't worry!

Good!
d4rkn1ghtWednesday, February 17, 2010 11:26:27 PM
Originally posted by hicksdesign:

Thanks folks - I'm not going off to work on any other browsers don't worry!

Yay!
Edmund BlackadderWednesday, February 17, 2010 11:32:32 PM
I must second what others have said in that Mr. Hicks certainly did a splendid job on Opera.

I obviously have no idea how the design tasks have been distributed internally at Opera, but since the announcement of Hicks Norwegian employment, Opera has gotten a serious improvement in looks.

I must say I'm extremely happy about the direction Opera is going in and 10.5 looks to be closing in on perfect. Keep it up and good luck with all your endeavours.
Kyle BakerWednesday, February 17, 2010 11:46:59 PM
Great work Jon! It's been fun watching your (and your team's I suppose) improvements unfold through the desktop team snapshots!
zoqueteThursday, February 18, 2010 12:35:53 AM
Originally posted by hicksdesign:

Thanks folks - I'm not going off to work on any other browsers don't worry!

Thanks Jon Hicks Glad to hear this!
tomassplatchThursday, February 18, 2010 7:43:46 AM
Thank you, Jon Hicks, for making Opera the most beautiful browser out there. And Mini+Mobile are a pleasure to look at and to use. Great job!
KamaleshThursday, February 18, 2010 10:44:48 PM
Congrats to you, Jon and your team, for the wonderful improvements to the Opera UI that you realized...!

People have to live in their browsers, and you've made this more enjoyable with Opera...

Best wishes & boa sorte!
Charles SchlossThursday, February 18, 2010 11:13:34 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Clap.gif - Thanks Jon
EricJHFriday, February 19, 2010 3:11:54 AM
Thanks for all the transforming work you did with Opera browser. I recently fired up 9.64 and I must say the difference is in one's face.

Glad to see Opera has new plans with you for the future as well .....
EricJHFriday, February 19, 2010 3:11:54 AM
Thanks for all the transforming work you did with Opera browser. I recently fired up 9.64 and I must say the difference is in one's face.

Glad to see Opera has new plans with you for the future as well .....
Non-TroppoFriday, February 19, 2010 7:05:49 PM
Jon, you did an amazing job while at Opera - in barrels to you!
YongShunSunday, February 28, 2010 7:31:03 AM
So Jon Hicks was hired for the Opera 10/10.5 skin jobs?

But anyway, to be honest, he did a darn good job for the design of Opera Browsers(Desktop/Mobile/Mini)
HaavardSunday, February 28, 2010 11:39:33 AM
Jon was hired to do design in general. He started out with the mobile interface, and then moved on to working on the desktop browser. He has probably done more, but those are the big projects I know he's been working on.
Justin SteppFriday, March 5, 2010 4:25:33 AM
Originally posted by hicksdesign:

Thanks folks - I'm not going off to work on any other browsers don't worry!

REAL GOOD!