# Darrin Jones

> Principal User Experience Design Architect

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/darrin

I am a talented senior-level user-experience designer with 20+ years of experience creating user-centered designs for desktop, mobile and web-based applications. I have an extensive background collaborating with product development, designers and engineers to create usable and engaging designs. My expertise includes conducting ethnographic research, writing software evaluations, designing interactions, design systems management, usability testing of prototypes, and the design of visual interfaces.

## Work Experience
### Principal User Experience Architect @ Axway
Jan 2022 – Present | Phoenix, Arizona, United States
As member of a product team, formulate the end-to-end user experience strategy for the Axway Platform and collaborate with the leadership team to help articulate Axway's vision for digital business products and services and facilitate understanding of customer and user expectations among stakeholders.

### Senior User Experience Designer @ SS&C Advent
Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
As a member of the Advent UX design team, I provide research, user interface and interaction design to the following product teams: Advent Portfolio Exchange platform, Advent Corporate Actions, and Advent Rules Manager, in addition to consulting with other Advent Software applications. I contribute to the maintenance of company-wide UX standards through management of the Advent UX Handbook, UX onboarding materials and creation of a new Design System.

### Sr. Usability Engineer @ Navis
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | Oakland
As a member of the Framework Engineering team and the sole designer at Navis, my job duties encompassed all facets of interaction design, including user experience, usability, research, visual user interface, ux strategy, front-end development and implementation of design processes.

UX Improvements
•	Pioneered a UX culture within the company, establishing user-centered design practices as the first stage of software development
•	Instilled user-experience design into existing shipping terminal planning and management applications resulting in greater usability and increased client satisfaction
•	Researched and designed for the merger of separate shipping terminal planning and management applications into a unified product that ensured stability while also allowing for users to better manage and perform their work assignments 
•	Lead UX design of new desktop and mobile applications that provide increased situational awareness and efficiency, which resulted in clients showing fewer conflicts and faster vessel load times
•	Redesign of graphical user interfaces to an up-to-date, visually appealing design

### User Interaction Designer @ Adicio Inc.
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
As a member of the UX design team at Adicio, I collaborated with product management to redesign interactions for CareerCast.com job listing website.

### Senior Interaction Architect @ Mobeze Inc.
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
Led UX and IA design for pioneering female-centric online dating website, HerWay.com. 
Reported directly to CEO and supervised one graphic artist.

	UX Improvements
•	Led UX/UI design on ground-breaking website that re-examined role of gender with how users engage in online dating
•	Established use of user-centered design practices within the product design process
•	Researched and implemented UX/UI improvements of existing online dating site

### User Interface Designer @ LPL Financial
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Led UX design of on-boarding dashboard for executive clients and implemented UX changes to proprietary Financial Planning enterprise software.

### Interactive Designer @ Various Agencies
Jan 2002 – Jan 2007
Created UX and UI for a variety of online e-commerce and non-profit clients including Qualcomm, Verizon, Calloway Golf, Gateway, Moss-Warner Communications, Stryker Communications, the National Association of Music Manufacturers (NAMM), and Proflowers.com.

### Senior Artist @ SEGway Center for Science Education (Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley)
Jan 2001 – Jan 2001 | Berkeley, CA
Created UX and UI for educational outreach program website, as well as designing logos and informative instructional print materials for use in lessons and science projects.

### Senior Designer @ ITworld.com (IDG Publishing)
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 | San Francisco, CA
Sole UX/UI designer for tech journalism websites JavaWorld.com, ITWorld.com, and UnixInsider.com, leading redesign initiative as well as creating editorial graphics and banners.

### User Interface Designer @ HealthCentral.com
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | Emeryville, CA
Created engaging UX and UI for health news and information website. Also, produced eye-catching graphics for B2C e-commerce website ePills.com, providing healthcare products.


## Education
### Product Management
Product School

### Certificate in Mobile UX/UI Design Intensive
San Francisco State University

### Graduate Certificate in HCI
Iowa State University

### Class in Usability Testing Documentation
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Fine Art
San Francisco State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/darrinwjones
- Portfolio: http://www.advent.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13