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James Tenniswood
I am a hands-on lead designer, building inspiring, engaging experiences. I pride myself in combining a deep knowledge of the customer with a passion for simple, elegant experiences.
Stacklok
Staff Product Designer
2024 – Today
I am a founding designer, leading work to generate a strong product market fit with our developer security products. I have created our developer focused UX design system, and am responsible for understanding user needs, creating end to end concepts, flows and detailed UX experiences for our development team to quickly iterate from.
Algolia
Staff Product Designer
2022 – 2024
I worked as a design lead for the worlds largest API search service, helping customers leverage advanced AI tools to optimise their customers experience. I have led design initiatives for generative AI, analytics and data visualisation, designing for complex product onboarding, configuration and management experiences.
See work →Twilio
Senior UX Manager
2018 – 2022
I have previously led a multidiscipline team of UX Designers, Researchers and Content Strategists, developing a rich customer communications platform, creating incredible experiences that our customers love and value. I developed a candid and trusted team culture, designed to empower team members to be champions of great product experiences. I have hired and continuously invested in the development of my teams' skills and expertise.
See work →eBay
Lead Designer for Personalisation
2014 – 2015
I was responsible for the research, ideation, and exploration of how personalisation should be presented across the eBay experience. I led an ethnographic research and discovery effort, to understand how users were inspired, find, and buy products relating to their passions.
See work →eBay
Lead Designer for Mobile Experience
2011 – 2014
I was responsible for leading the design of various eBay mobile experiences, including extensive user research and ideation into how users search and understand a product offering. I led the development of a holistic search redesign that helped users of all experience levels successfully refine their search journey. I led a holistic redesign of the product page across all mobile platforms, that helped deliver a simpler, easier to digest product experience, delivering a 5% lift in conversion.
See work →Conde Nast
Lead Product Designer
2009 – 2011
I was lead designer for the development of all digital brands including Vogue, Wired and GQ. Responsible for the development of the information architecture, wireframes, and visual design for the brand sites, plus management of four designers.
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