Jim England

Jim England

Designer in Kingston, NY, He / him

About

I am a self-taught product designer with ten years of experience. I love solving problems and achieving business outcomes through great design and user experience.

Work Experience

2016 — Now
Freelance Product Designer at Jim England

Help early-stage startups identify critical user journeys, design the first version of their product, and define experiments to iterate towards product-market fit. Clients include Privacy.com, Capitalize, and Little Moments.

2020 — 2021
NYC

Collaborated with early-stage founders to help shape and define their MVP products.

2018 — 2019
NYC

Designed internal systems and tools to help bring treatments to patients faster and more effectively.

2017 — 2018
NYC

Designed customer onboarding experiences to help customers select the right insurance policies for their family and made them feel confident in their selections.

2015 — 2016
Director of Product at Bezar
NYC

Designer and PM to help connect people who designed special things with people who desired special things.

2013 — 2014
Product Designer at Quirky
NYC

Helped make invention accessible through an online collaborative ideation platform.

2009 — 2012
Co-Founder at PublikDemand & Keepstream

Co-founded two social media startups.

Projects

2021

Re-designed the IRA comparison experience for Capitalize.

Side Projects

2020
Primary.NYC

For the 2020 New York City Democratic Primary, I designed a simple website to help individuals vote via absentee ballot and research candidates for their given district.

The website received over 5,000 unique visitors and was featured in marketing promotions for multiple candidates.

Education

2012 — 2012
Mountain View, CA

Selected for the Summer 2012 batch of the 500 Startups accelerator program.

2010 — 2010

Selected for 2010 batch of Capital Factory's accelerator program.

2005 — 2009
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Contact

Twitter