Addison James
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Addison James

Product Designer @ Meta AI in San Francisco, He/him

Humbled and excited to share that I joined Meta as a product designer on the GenAI team.

See you soon, San Francisco! 🌁👋

A month ago

About

I specialize in highly crafted UI, dynamic interactions and ambiguous problems.

Projects

2024

Product Design for Therma, 2024

2023

FrameHop helps you quickly hop back and forth between Frames, Components and Variants. Set Favorites, use Quick Actions and more.

2023

Designed in Figma, built in Framer

2017
Android App at LightStim
2023
Special Kudos from CSS Design Awards
2023
Honorable Mention from Awwwards

Features

2023

Take a peek into my workspace and creative process.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Product Designer at Meta
San Francisco

GenAI

2023 — 2024

Mars Markets is a startup in the finance and music space.

• Transformed a complex financial platform into a simple, elegant consumer experience.
• Crafted full mobile UI and user experience.
• Collaborated with stakeholders and regulatory to ensure product met FINRA regulations.
• Created advanced financial prototypes, including a functional numpad for calculating purchase values and updating transaction data.
• Built a comprehensive and sustainable design system.

2023 — 2024
Product Designer at Therma

Therma is a smart home digital thermostat.

• Designed full mobile product, physical UI, and overall user experience.
• Introduced ‘Smart Temp’, an AI/ML enabled thermostat mode.
• Designed features: ‘Family Friendly Metrics’, including ‘Group Insights’ and ‘Grid Forecast’ to promote energy saving.
• Planned from a high level and iterated deeply with the goal of creating a great experience in the home.

2020 — 2023
Design Lead at LightStim

LightStim is a consumer health tech company. As an IC, I led the team on iOS, web apps, and websites.

• Designed iOS features: 'Treatment Routines' and 'Guided Meditations'.
• Designed physical UI for device used in the NBA.
• Collaborated closely with developers, PMs, and stakeholders.
• Mentored and coached designers.

2017 — 2020
Senior Product Designer at LightStim

Led redesign of mobile app, grew user base from 4,000 to over 100,000 globally.

• Primary IC, leading overall strategy for both product and UI and UX.
• Worked cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, and stakeholders.
• Expanded mobile app to Android platform.
• Maintained regulatory and accessibility requirements in design from FDA, IEC, and ISO.

2017 — 2019
Product Designer & Founder at Story Splitter

Helping users elevate content creation for Instagram Stories. Used by over 250,000 users worldwide.

Initial version was designed, built and released in a 5 week sprint. Over time I introduced new features and localized for 10 regions. In 2019 Instagram added similar functionality to their native app and Story Splitter pivoted to a video splitting utility.

2012 — 2016
Designer & Developer at Corduroy Computer

Co-founder of Corduroy Computer, a design studio in DTLA's Historic Spring Arts Tower. Designing mobile apps, websites, and motion graphics for consumer products.

Clients included: Nike, Sony, AT&T, Staples, Environment America.

2009 — 2012
Motion Graphic Designer at Agencies

Worked at various agencies including: Droga5, Smuggler, and Lost Planet.

Clients included: Apple, Netflix, Activision, Puma, Toms, American Apparel.

2009 — 2009
Video Creator at Yo Gabba Gabba!

Education

Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA

BFA with Honors. Student Clio Award and Student Emmy Award.

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