# James Hoard III > Sr. Product Design Leader & Strategist | Enterprise Software · Ecommerce · AI Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jameshoardiii Dynamic leader in Product Design, adept at developing innovative, user-centric digital experiences for websites, mobile apps, social media, and emerging technologies. Profound expertise in Human-Computer Interaction, UI/UX design, and Product Strategy, complemented by a strong foundation in design management and interaction design. Key Skills: Product Design Management Team Leadership Agile Methodologies UI/UX Design Human-Computer Interaction Stakeholder Engagement Design Thinking Mentorship Strategic Planning ## Work Experience ### Sr. UX Architect / Product Designer @ Creospan Inc. Jan 2025 – Present Mar 2025 - Present, Remote Facilitate cross-functional design workshops and partner with senior stakeholders to define and prioritize features across a strategic product roadmap spanning 18+ months, aligning UX direction with long-term business and technology objectives. Lead end-to-end user research—from generative studies through synthesis—translating findings into validated feature requirements, user stories, and user flows that ground the product roadmap in real customer needs. Design high-fidelity prototypes, UI specifications, and interaction patterns for complex enterprise interfaces, driving alignment between design intent and engineering execution. Partner with engineering and data architecture teams to define technical approaches for UI construction, ensuring designs reflect data structures, system constraints, and scalable implementation patterns. Pioneer AI-integrated design workflows across the design organization, piloting tools including Cursor, VS Code with AI extensions, and Figma Make to accelerate production and reduce cycle time. Architect AI-powered design-to-engineering handoff processes leveraging Microsoft Copilot, and build custom agents for project management and design teams to streamline user research synthesis and agile workflows. ### Mentor @ Designlab Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Provided comprehensive guidance and support to students embarking on their UX & UI learning journey, focusing on key areas such as UX research, usability testing, and prototyping. Facilitated students' progress through online UI/UX coursework, ensuring a deep understanding of the subject matter. Acted as a mentor, reviewing assignments and offering personalized feedback through 1-on-1 video sessions. ### Founding Mentor at Signal @ Signal Jan 2025 – Present • Guided early-stage and scaling founders on product design and user experience. • Shared frameworks to navigate the challenges of the founder journey. • Fostered connections across the network to enhance collaboration and impact. • Contributed to shaping Signal’s culture, emphasizing trust, generosity, and momentum. ### Interactive Creative Consultant @ JEH3 Incorporated Jan 2002 – Present | Greater Los Angeles Area Various International assignments which include Creative Direction, Art Direction, Interactive Design, UI/UX Design, Customer Experience, Online Advertising, Project Management, and Motion Graphics. Clients include Havas Helia, Digitas LBi, Energy BBDO, and Transamerica. ### Product Design @ Intelligenic Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 As Intelligenic’s first designer, I built the product design function from the ground up for an AI-powered SaaS platform, optimizing the software development lifecycle. • Created core deliverables including wireframes, interactive prototypes, onboarding emails, and workshop facilitation materials. • Launched and led the Design Partner Program, driving early UX research and feedback loops with key users. • Shaped the MVP experience through rapid prototyping, usability testing, and iterative design. • Embedded design thinking and lean UX practices across product, engineering, and executive teams. • Developed scalable UI patterns and systems to support product growth and future expansion. ### Product Design Manager @ VMware Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Guided a team of product designers and managers, nurturing a culture of collaboration and innovation. Engaged proactively with stakeholders to align design strategies with business objectives, providing targeted guidance. A key advocate for adopting lean design and research methodologies, both within and beyond the organization. Committed to mentoring team members, assisting them in defining and achieving their career goals, and significantly contributing to their professional growth and development. ### Senior Product Designer @ VMware Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Lead user experience design to help solve big and complex problems from concept to delivery in an agile environment. Crafted user-centered artifacts and end-to-end journeys to align teams contributing to the broader user experience. Designed and facilitated co-creation design workshops with the design team and cross-disciplinary partners to shape strategic, operational product and UX outcomes. ### Mentor @ Thinkful Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Mentored Thinkful UX /UX design student through entire certification program. ### Sr. Product Designer (UI/UX) @ Electro Creative Workshop Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, CA Successfully launched a variety of projects for international brands by leveraging user experience best practices, accessibility, and insights gained from data analytics to create engaging customer experiences. Deliverables included wireframes, user flows, customer journeys, prototypes, presentation decks, and technical documentation. Experience working directly with brand stakeholders, creative design, engineering, project management to help create brand-specific digital assets. Managed brands include Brita, Burt's Bee's, The Clorox Corporation, Glad, Hidden Valley Ranch, and Kingsford. ### Sr. UI/UX Designer @ Tillster Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area Responsible for assisting in the management of the UI/UX team by mentoring, training and developing creative workflows. Successfully completed UI/UX and product design work for a wide range of implementations which include: native applications, progressive web applications, websites, and kiosks. Experience working directly with engineering and product management to help create internal SASS product user experience related updates and product enhancements. Clients include Burger King Global, PizzaHut, Baskin-Robbins, and McAlister's Deli. ### UX Mentor @ Trilogy Education Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Instructor @ CRO-USA Virtual Youth Exchange Program Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Šibenik, Croatia Instructor for international youth exchange program. Developed three-week curriculum for high-school students to learn basics of brainstorming, interactive design, and foundational user interface and experience design principles. The program aims to cultivate solution-based engagement of local and global issues for the youth of the U.S. and Croatia. ### UI/UX Designer & Developer (Contract) @ Transamerica Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Los Angeles Area Worked as a conduit between Creative, UI/UX, and Development teams. Collaborated with Creative and Art directors to design, document and maintain brand products for inception to finished developed products. Products consisted of landing pages, web applications, email campaigns, and social assets. My role included Art Direction, UI/UX design and Front-end development and documention. ### Freelance Senior Motion Ad Developer @ Havas Worldwide Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Chicago ### Sr. Art Director and Motion Developer (Contract) @ Energy BBDO Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### Senior Creative Engineer (Contract) @ Digitas Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Chicago ### Freelance Interactive Art Director and Flash Developer @ DDB Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 ### Freelance Flash Developer @ Netflix Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 ### Associate Creative Director @ iCrossing Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Responsible for management of internal creative team, key client contact, work flow supervision and client presentations. ### Associate Creative Director @ Proxicom-iCrossing Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ### Interactive Art Director @ RMG:Connect Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 Freelance Interactive Art Director/Flash designer ### Interactive Art Director @ Tribal DDB Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 ### Freelance Interactive Art Director @ AvenueA-Razorfish Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 ### Interactive Art Director @ J. Walter Thompson/ RMG Connect Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 ### Directeur Artistique @ Proxicom France Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 Various International assignments included Client Relations, Globalization, Information Architecture, Multimedia Production, Project Management, Team building and Web Design. Clients included Renault and Gaz de France (EDF). ### Senior Web Designer @ Proxicom France Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 Various International assignments which included Branding, Information Architecture, Multimedia Production, Web Design & Production. Clients included Chase, Goldman Sachs, Kristina Consulting (Spain), Putnam Investments and Roche Pharmaceuticals. ### Freelance Web Designer @ Edelman Interactive Solutions Jan 1999 – Jan 1999 ## Education ### Product Management Product School ### Associate in Visual Communications Art Institute of Pittsburgh ### Columbia College Chicago ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jameshoard - Portfolio: https://jeh3.framer.website/ - Portfolio: https://jameshoard.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/jameshoardiii JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jameshoardiii/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13