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Hire JimJim England
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 9, 2016
Jim is a senior product designer with experience at startups large and small. He has been the product design founder and worked as a designer at two startups (one acquired), and has freelanced for a number of clients including Handy and Bombfell.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Director of Product
2015 - 2016
Bezar
- Led product development initiatives at Bezar, working with developers to implement features from inception to release.
- Designed flows and experiences for multiple personas including customers, vendors, and site administrators.
- Established product development consensus with the executive team and internal stakeholders through consistent sprint planning processes.
- Defined quantitative success metrics and integrated metrics into the feature prioritization process.
- Collected qualitative feedback through surveys and customer development interviews.
Technologies: Sketch, Pivotal Tracker
Lead Product Designer
2013 - 2014
Quirky
- Led small teams of developers, designers, and community managers on invention-related projects.
- Designed wireframes and visual layouts and collected feedback from community members and internal stakeholders on those designs, using both qualitative and quantitative data to inform product decisions.
- Implemented the front-end designs of these products in production using HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
- Involved in the hiring process for designers and engineers, working to establish the hiring practices for product designers.
- Presented new feature announcements to the community.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Pivotal Tracker
Contract Designer
2012 - 2013
Bombfell
- Led a redesign of the Bombfell eCommerce shopping experience.
- Established typography guidelines, color usage patterns, and other visual elements for the brand.
- Reworked the onboarding experience for new customers, increasing conversion by 25%.
- Injected the playfulness of the Bombfell brand by incorporating pop culture references throughout the onboarding experience.
- Completed project on time and within budget.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop
Education
2012 - 2012
Accelerator Program Certificate Degree in Startups
500 Startups Accelerator Program - Mountain View, CA (USA)
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Information Systems
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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