Chief Creative Officer @ EllisLab
June 2011 - Present
I lead the creative team to improve customer experience with our software and website.
Location:
Nashville, TNWebsite:
ellislab.com/
James Mathias
Father of three, husband of one, Internet improver, gamer, fitness amateur, artist, writer + outlaw.
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Experience
Senior UX Designer @ Amazon
December 2010 - June 2011
I worked in the Kindle organization for a variety of Kindle and non-kindle centric teams, creating interactions and services to improve the digital reading experience.
Location:
Seattle, WAWebsite:
amazon.com/
Creative Director @ Sweepery Inc.
January 2010 - November 2010
Responsible for overall look and feel plus front end UI development of campaigns and the product reporting dashboard.
Including creation of a better way to more efficiently handle campaigns, allowing for maximum flexibility and minimum manual control.
Including creation of a better way to more efficiently handle campaigns, allowing for maximum flexibility and minimum manual control.
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Art Director, UI Sciences @ Paramore|Redd Online Marketing
March 2008 - January 2010
Responsible for setting and maintaining an internal front end development standard and process, through mentoring and peer reviews. Maintaining an up to the minute knowledge on cutting edge UI Sciences.
Design and development of high end, high impact web-sites for a wide range of clientele. flash, html, css, photoshop, illustrator, jquery, expression engine.
Design and development of high end, high impact web-sites for a wide range of clientele. flash, html, css, photoshop, illustrator, jquery, expression engine.
Location:
Nashville, TNWebsite:
paramore.is/
Owner / Artistic Outlaw @ Onelotus Creative
January 2001 - January 2010
Management of day-to-day operations, both creative and financial. Design and Development of complete web-site solutions for clients. Graphic and Brand Design and implementation. Design and Development of the main Onelotus web-site and its sub domains.
Location:
Nashville, TNWebsite:
1lotus.com/
UX Designer @ Sweepery, Inc.
June 2008 - June 2009
Design and development of the UI and UX for sweepery.com. Developer of HTML, CSS and visual elements.
Location:
San Francisco, CA
UX Designer @ Involver
August 2006 - January 2008
Design and development of the UI and UX for involver.com. Developer of HTML, CSS and visual elements.
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Director of Custom Services @ Invision Power Services
January 2001 - August 2004
Managed day-to-day operations for the custom services department. Designed and developed custom plug-ins and themes for clients. Designed and developed default look and feel for Invision Power Board 2.0, the main IPS web-site and sub-domains. Maintained the main IPS web-site and sub-domains.
Location:
Portland, ORWebsite:
invisionpower.comEducation
Diploma
Sonoma Valley High School
Sonoma Valley High School
1989 - 1992
Location:
Sonoma, CA
Nathan Smith endorsed James for Web Designer
♥ Design + JavaScript