The advice ‘If you’re the smartest person in the room, find a different room’ instilled a lifelong commitment to learning and growth. Always seeking to learn and grow, I thrive in challenging environments. Recently I led design efforts for a tech startup from day one through three funding rounds, helping achieve $5M+ quarterly sales. My strengths lie in guiding designs from ideas to adopted products, focusing on user needs and teamwork across departments.
Curiosity guides me
James Porter
Product Designer
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Curiosity
EMBRACING WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
Tasks ranging from simple to complex captivate me, especially when I grasp the challenges and frustrations faced by those striving to achieve specific goals. Finding ways to bring harmony and balance to these situations is a lifelong pursuit that continually inspires my work.
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Research
GATHER INFORMATION FOR CONTEXT
No matter the project or application, one can never have too much information. By understanding the problem space, users, pain points and goals, one starts from solid foundation.
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Determination
A DRIVE TO MOVE FORWARD
Investing energy in pursuing a goal, even through challenges and setbacks, is valuable as long as the vision remains clear and lessons are learned. Each attempt contributes to personal growth, making every moment spent on this journey worthwhile.
“James has a remarkable talent for coordinating complex UX design efforts. He successfully organized and efficiently executed a 3-person one-month sprint to develop a completely new user interface. James and his fellow contributors developed 3 innovative approaches and successfully consolidated these into a single cohesive design. James led the effort to gather and interpret user interviews, solicit weekly stakeholder feedback, develop and select personas, and prototype the user interface. James and his co-contributors gave the Blank Page project exactly what we needed to take it to the next level.”
– Hobson Lane, Cofounder & CTO, tangible AI (BlankPage Project)