About
Senior UX /UI & Front-end Designer
Hello! I’m Jimillis James, a results-driven creative mind and Product Designer with 14+ years’ experience in digital design. I've evolved beyond creation of simply beautiful design to become a usability expert creating solutions of added value for both the product and end-user. I'm experienced in all stages of the product cycle and I have in-depth knowledge of several design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe XD, Figma, InVision Studio, Zeplin and Sketch. I am also very proficient in technologies including WordPress, HTML & CSS. I thrive on tackling complex projects, working with teams who are comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback for the sake of building better products.
- Name Jimillis James
- Experience 14 Years
- Email jimillis80@gmail.com
- Phone (678) 568-9593
- Address Cobb County GA
- Full Time / Contract Available
Services
UX /UI Design
Creates tailored approaches to the user and their journey throughout our digital products and platforms. Develops wireframes, user flows, site maps, prototypes and low to high fidelity designs for presentation of design alternatives.
Web Development
Uses knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive behaviors to develop front-end code. Manages back-end developers to ensure optimal integration with CMS platform
Brand Identity
Creates brand packages for company launches, brand identity redesigns, and marketing objectives that best suited and matches the needs of each client.
Support
Manages websites and platforms ensuring digital marketing content, information and design aesthetics are well maintained and up-to-date with latest coding and design standards.
Clients
Resume
Experience
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Senior Product Designer
2021- Present Expression Networks LLC, Washington DC (Remote)
Product design for Federal government.
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Senior Product Designer
2020- 2021 Willdan, Anaheim CA (Remote)
Working with energy efficiency company to design intuitive end-to-end user experiences and interfaces for web and mobile application tools used by auditors, contractors, supply partners etc.
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Manager of Design & Innovation
2017-2020 E.W. Scripps, Atlanta GA
Created and maintained a tailored approach to the user and their journey throughout our digital products and platforms. Designed wireframes, user flows, site maps, prototypes and low to high fidelity designs for presentation of design alternatives. Designed UX end-to-end user journey for platforms and partnerships such as tvOS, iOS, Android, web and mobile applications as well as HULU, Xfininity and IMDB partnerships. Led functional reviews and validated user flows and usability through iterative testing. Analyzed results and proposed enhancements to optimize product design and efficacy.
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Product Designer & Front-End Developer
2013-2017 Bounce TV, Atlanta, GA
Led product design for the companies first mobile application launch for consumers, leading to 5-star reviews on both Android and iOS. Managed development and design teams to ensure the customers received the best user experience for Bounce's digital products. Worked with research team and stakeholders to coordinate design efforts.
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UX /UI Designer & Founder
2005-2013 King-James Designs, Gwinnett Co., GA
Owns and operates design firm dedicated to helping clients establish and maintain dominance in the market with optimized web and mobile user experiences supporting their brand values. Designed and developed digital and print media for corporate, agency, and non-profit clients.
Education
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Nanodegree - iOS Developer
2017-2018 Udacity
Using Udacity online program curriculum, developed iOS applications using Swift programming language.
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As(hons) Website Development and Design
2010-2012 Gwinnett Technical College, GA, USA
Studied and developed knowledge of website design and development fundamentals including learning programming languages such as HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript and Photoshop.
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Visual Communications
2005-2006 Westwood College, GA, USA
Developed design skill-set thoroughly learning advanced fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Created several projects such as book, CD and magazine designs.
Design Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Figma
Sketch
InVision
Coding Skills
HTML5
CSS3
Javascript
WordPress
Portfolio
- All
- UX/UI Design
- Product Design
- Mobile
Willdan: Web Application
Designed Dashboard web apllication for Viewpoint Contractor.
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Willdan: Web Application
Designed Workspace web apllication for Viewpoint Contractor.
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Willdan: Web Application
Designed Assignments web apllication for Viewpoint Contractor.
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Texas2020: Mobile App
Designed a mobile app for 2020 election to encourage voting in Texas.
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Motorcycle Website: Homepage
Designed a mockup based unpon a client approved persona.
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Motorcycle Website: Product Page
Designed a mockup based unpon a client approved persona.
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Motorcycle Website: Contact Page
Designed a mockup based unpon a client approved persona.
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Motorcycle Website: Prototype
Designed a prototype in Adobe XD for the website
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Motorcycle Website: Wireframe
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Motorcycle Website: Microinteraction
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Funiture Store Design: Hompage
Designed a mockup based unpon a client persona.
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Funiture Store Design: Category Page
Designed a mockup based for living room category based unpon a client persona.
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Funiture Store Design: Product Page
Created furniture store product page for TV stands based upon user persona.
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Funiture Store Design: Mobile App
Designed a mobile app mockup.
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Funiture Store Design: Wireframe
Designed a wireframe based up upon case study and client requirements.
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Funiture Store Design: User Persona
Created furniture store UX/UI design based upon this user persona.
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iOS Product Design - Court TV iPhone App
Worked with Product, Marketing, Sales and Engeneers to design Court TV iOS and Android Apps.
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iOS Product Design - Bounce TV iPad App
Worked with Developers to create Bounce TV App Product Design.
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iOS Product Design - iPhone Home Page
Worked with Developers to create Bounce TV App Product Design iPhone.
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Bounce TV Website Before
This was Bounce TV's website before I started working on it.
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Trumpet Awards - Product Design
Worked with developers and other designers to create Trumpet Awards Homepage design.
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Bounce TV Website After
This was Bounce TV's website after I began redesigning it.
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Trumpet Awards Website
Worked with developers and other designers to create Trumpet Awards photo page design.
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iOS Product Design - Show Page
Worked with Developers to create Bounce TV App Product Design.
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Bounce TV Website Final Resdesign
This was the final High-Fidelity resesign submitted.
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Homepage Redesign
Recreated Bounce TV Website using, HTML, CSS, PHP and WordPress
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Brown Sugar App
Worked with Engineers, Marketing and product teams on product design.
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Laff App
Worked with deleopers and marketers to advance the user experience
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Bounce TV Show Page Redesign
Recreated Bounce TV Homepage using, WordPres, HTML, CSS and PHP
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Digital marketing
This is one of several digital marketing images that I created to help boost website trafic from Facebook.
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Bounce TV user reseach for Desktop
Bounce TV was in its infancy stages of growth. The television content was well received and producing substantial results relatively quickly, however the marketing of that content online needed an overhaul. This is when I was brought on to join the team.
Identifying the audience
Shortly after being brought on, I quickly began to research the target audience by consulting with the research department and pulling the numbers. After analyzing and discovering the web information was outside of its usability, it became prevalent that adding more color throughout the website would appeal to our target audience, so we added a colorful background for pop and marketing appeal.
Prioritizing the user pain points and making adjustments
I also installed Google Analytics to observe the pages being used the most so that I could focus on what would have the most valuable impact to the user the fastest. While the most prevalent outward facing homepage certainly needed updating, what Google Analytics showed is that by far, most people were using the schedule page. They wanted to know what was coming on so that they could tune in on time to watch. After making the site presentable to its target audience, the schedule became my first priority. After gaining this knowledge I made the schedule page much more user friendly than before.
The results
After implementing these changes, we saw a 250% increase in website viewership. With the proper television content being acquired and a website in place that let the user know quickly when to find that content, this proved to be a key marketing ingredient that would move the already fast growing company to a whole new level of growth that would eventually allow us to outpace the competitors.
Then came mobile first...
After creating several successful iterations of Bounce TV website... it was time to face the music... mobile was taking over. As with a many other companies at this time, we began to notice the numbers shifting more and more towards mobile devices. This became customers go to way of viewing content. We decided for the launch of new ad supported digital episodes, that we would produce a mobile app for iOS and Android.
With assistance of a group of developers and designers it became my responsibility to lead the project by ensuring user experience met our high expectations and branding requirements as product manager.
The launch of the mobile app resulted in an average of 4.5-star reviews across the board for both Android and iOS. Creating a user focused mobile application that would be enjoyed by millions of people would become a major accomplishment for not only myself but the company as well.