James Hill

James Hill's work experience is as follows:

1. SmartRent (2022 - Present):

- Role: Senior Product Designer

2. Neudesic (2020 - 2022):

- Role: Product Designer, Senior Consultant I

- Responsibilities: Responsively designed Flutter Telehealth Application for iOS/Android and Web platforms. Innovative in-app video meeting feature built on Microsoft Azure Communication Services. 12-week UX Discovery effort using Product Vision / Strategy / Tactics framework.

3. Neudesic (2018 - 2020):

- Role: User Experience Designer, Consultant II

- Responsibilities: Quality Assurance Lead for multi-platform mobile application. Implement Agile Mobile QA strategy, sign-off on releases, train new QA team. Create and maintain project test suite, test cases, and defects in Azure DevOps in close collaboration with Delivery Management.

- Role: User Experience Designer, Consultant I

- Responsibilities: Designed all-new customer-facing mobile application to replace aging existing application. Extensive Usability Testing informed the design of the application and reduced risk for application launch. Direct collaboration with the client during weekly ideation meetings including the presentation of the latest mockups for feedback and requirement gathering for upcoming designs.

- Role: User Experience Designer, Associate Consultant

- Responsibilities: Led research and design of a map-based portal that displays real-time GPS location and equipment telemetry information for construction equipment with Telematics devices. Combined business requirements and user-centered design into a powerful, user-friendly web portal. Led direct collaboration with the client during weekly ideation meetings including the presentation of design mockups for client feedback, gathered requirements for upcoming designs, and user story creation.

4. Arizona State University (2016 - 2018):

- Role: Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Design School

- Responsibilities: Teaching Assistant for IND 316: 20th Century Design I and IND 317: 20th Century Design II. Covered European and American design from 1850 to 2000 with thematic emphases on worldview, the natural world, economics, technology, and transportation.

5. Epic FX (2016 - 2017):

- Role: Industrial Design Intern

- Responsibilities: Produced concept sketches, CAD models, and production drawings for S. E. E.

6. Lisa Sette Gallery (2010 - 2015):

- Role: Senior Gallery Preparator

- Responsibilities: Managed gallery and client art installations. Designed and fabricated custom exhibition displays, art storage solutions, and boxes and crates for art transport.

7. MIM, Musical Instrument Museum (2010 - 2012):

- Role: Exhibits Mount Maker

8. will bruder architects (2005 - 2009):

- Role: Architectural Intern and Special Projects Coordinator

- Responsibilities: Project team member for architecture projects. Produced books for RFPs, RFQs. Study and presentation models, archiving, and client services.

James Hill has a Master of Industrial Design (MID) degree in Industrial Design from Arizona State University. Before that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art and Architecture with an emphasis in Architecture and the Environment from UC Santa Barbara. In addition to their formal education, James has also obtained several certifications, including "Freelancing and Consulting in User Experience" and "Design Thinking: Understanding the Process" from LinkedIn, as well as multiple certifications in UX Design from LinkedIn. James has also completed training in "IRB – Social & Behavioral Research" from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program).