# James Johnson > Engineering Lead at Flashpoint Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jamesjohnson I am an award winning design technologist specializing in the web and mobile. My strengths include UX, visual design, and front end development. I utilize these skills to build effective design teams which deliver cutting edge work that fulfills its business goals on time and on budget. ## Work Experience ### Engineering Lead @ Flashpoint Jan 2023 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer I @ Flashpoint Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Software Engineer II @ Flashpoint Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States ### UX Director, UX Developer Assessments @ Aon Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area Creating and implementing a Design System for Aon's employee assessment technology. ### Design Technologist @ jamesjohnson.net Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area - Collaborated with startups including Thimble and Context Productions on various technical projects - Developed responsive marketing pages and advertising content using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - Provided technical consulting on UI/UX best practices and implementation strategies ### Creative Director @ Context Productions Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Creative lead for all books and marketing efforts. ### Web Developer @ Thimble/Verifly Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY Design and front-end web development for the Verifly marketing team. While at Verifly I converted their marketing site from static HTML to their CMS and designed several marketing newsletters and landing pages. ### Creative Director @ Emerald Expositions Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | New York, NY Provided hands-on leadership and direction for a team of seven designers and developers executing day-to-day design needs for 50 annual trade shows (31 of the top 250 TSNN ranked trade shows) and ten B2B publications. Transformed existing website designs integrating features that delivered more innovative, clean, and attention-getting experiences. Cultivated relationships with vendors developing mobile apps, exhibitor data services, and photography. • Pioneered company app program resulting in development of the first magazine app; expertise leveraged in management of complete portfolio of apps developed for tradeshows, and magazines. • Built brand portfolio from 30 to >100 apps and websites within five years earning position as the largest tradeshow operator in the US with 6.5 million sq ft of exhibit space, 500,000 attendees, and $137.5M in annual revenue. • Selected over 30 other challengers in an internal competition to design company branding including logo, typography, palette, style guide and website to be featured during IPO on the NYSE. ### Design Director @ Nielsen Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY Key contributor in partnership with Executive Creative Director, producing highly functional website design innovations for >35 brands including Billboard, Editor and Publisher, Photo District News, and The Hollywood Reporter. Collaborated with multi-functional departments incorporating large quantities of consumer data into applicable websites to provide tools for consumers to research, data visualizations, search tools, and infographics. • Identified the need to consolidate system tools to streamline stories and assets to the web for IT, editorial, and management; Participated in selection of digital asset management (DAM), content management system (CMS), and publishing suite for all publications that delivered increased productivity. • Nominated for President’s Award in 2012. ### Design Director @ HarperCollins Publishers Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | New York, NY Led a team of two in-house web designers in driving improvements to the interface and concept ideas for harpercollins.com and numerous book websites. Facilitated solid working relationships with design agencies and freelancers hired to contribute on various projects. • Overhauled consumer newsletter program which more than tripled the open rate. • Boosted user engagement through design and implementation of the “Look Inside the Book” web app. ### Art Director @ Time Magazine Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 | New York, NY Teamed with the Managing Editor and Art Directors to conceptualize interactive and informative content to disseminate weekly news stories. Integrated interesting graphics and photo essays in each issue. Selected, hired, and managed freelancers and illustrators for special projects. ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jamjoh - Website: http://www.jamesjohnson.net - Website: https://github.com/jamesjohnson280 - Website: https://medium.com/james-johnson --- Source: https://flows.cv/jamesjohnson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jamesjohnson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05