# James Stephens > Senior Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jamesstephens ## Work Experience ### Freelance @ Product Design Consultant Jan 2023 – Present Most recent project: From scratch website for a clinical therapist • Exceeded new patient acquisition by so much that client is now turning away new patients ### Senior Product Designer @ Swing Education Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Swing matches great schools with quality substitute teachers and staff, to help administrators manage educator absences and provide students with well-staffed classrooms. ### Product Designer @ Swing Education Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Associate Product Designer @ Swing Education Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Handshake @ Product Design Consultant Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Handshake is the college career network of the future, built to transform the recruiting experience for college students, career centers and employers. Our mission is to democratize access to opportunity — to help every college student find the right job for them, no matter where they go to school, what they’re majoring in, or who they know. ### Tradecraft @ Product Design Consultant Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Tradecraft is a selective end-to-end product design apprenticeship program focused on hands-on project work for bay area startups. Select clients: Ready Surgery • Co-led team of 6 to re-design web app for risk assessment of surgical candidates 
• Conducted contextual inquiry, ethnographic research, user interviews + hifi prototyping Carta Healthcare • Worked on team of 3 designers in creating an MVP
 • Designed tool for scheduling nurses on the surgical floor of Stanford Children's Hospital • Developed product by analyzing communication and information system among nurses ### Advocate Creative @ Visual Design Consultant Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Advocate Creative is a creative agency for nonprofits & foundations. • Collab with Art Directors on creative direction + implementation for web, print, & identity • Clients include: American Diabetes Association, WildAid, LEDA, & Opportunity Enterprises ### Planned Parenthood Northern California @ Visual Design Consultant Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Planned Parenthood works to increase access to high-quality healthcare. • Design for Strategic Plans, Case Statements, Event design, Pitch Decks, Photo editing • Partner with senior staff to create design that appeals to a younger audience ### Visual Designer @ Elefint Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Elefint is a design studio dedicated to creating a more kind and connected world through thoughtful and exceptional design. • Created thoughtful and strategic work for non-profits, NGOs, B Corps, and foundations. • Design websites, branding, identity systems, data visualizations, and print material • Photography (client work + in-house) • Present original concepts to clients on a consistent basis • Balance multiple projects and assist Elefint team on internal strategy and projects • Participate in fast paced design sprints directly with clients ### Design Manager @ Sama Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area Samasource & Samaschool are SF based nonprofits that connect marginalized people to 21st century work and job training. • Led a design function across three non-profits • Traveled to Kenya to help build brand library assets • Designed identity materials, CEO decks, pitches to high net worth individuals, communications for some of the largest companies in Silicon Valley, as well as directed and implemented design for two annual galas that raised over $1.5M. • Worked with a myriad of diverse teams across the organizations, and helped maintain and evolve brand voice post–refresh. ### Design Specialist @ Sama Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Design Associate @ Sama Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Communication Design Texas Tech University Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bobbyjamesstephens --- Source: https://flows.cv/jamesstephens JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jamesstephens/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25