James Hollis – Product Designer

Product Designer specialising in visual design, systems thinking, cross team collaboration, and solving design problems with a user-centric approach.

Product Designer – StoneShot

(B2B Email & event management products for financial services)

Oct 2023 - Present

Led projects end-to-end, from discovery, through to ideation, testing and validation; all with a focus on user-centred design and improving the overall user experience.

Optimised and extended the product design system within Figma and collaborated with dev teams to build a code-based version. This improved output accuracy and helped to reduce costly rework late in the development cycle.

Conducted thorough research during projects; which helped to build strong contextual understanding. This helped ensure we were solving the right problems for our users.

Communicated design functionality through interactive prototypes and clear documentation, improving team alignment and accelerating the delivery of new features.

(B2B Marketing technologies agency)

May 2023 - Sep 2023

Worked closely with customers in research workshops for an AR mobile app project. This helped to uncover key issues during discovery, and build strong alignment on the design direction.
Created and presented rapid prototype designs to stakeholders. This helped to quickly identify feasibility constraints, and speed up alignment on final solutions.

Nov 2022 - May 2023

I completed a Google Coursera UX design certification to develop my understanding of user thinking and UX process.

(B2B Pharmaceutical supply chain logistics start-up)

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

Designed and built the corporate website, which helped to communicate the businesses services, and generate new customer leads.
Led the development of branding guidelines which reflected the company's tone and values. This led to a more unified brand presence and helped to build trust early with new prospects.