Jim England, Designer in New York, NY, United States
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Jim 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
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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