James Jennings

Artist | Designer | Generalist

California | British Columbia

About

Versatile designer with a strong foundation in technology and fine art. Currently a demonstration artist at Colart where I teach techniques and inspire creativity.

Experience

2024 - Present
Demonstration Artist: Winsor & Newton Ambassador @ Colart
New Jersey - Remote
Summary:
Teaching fellow artists the usage of materials, painting theory, and workflows.
Responsibilities:
Assists with product management and marketing to promote sales opportunities.
Creates engaging lesson plans and demonstrations for art techniques and painting theory.
Achievements:
Develops education programs using Winsor & Newton materials for live demonstrations, enabling clear visualization of painting techniques and increasing workshop participation.
- OBS
- Adobe Suite
- Monday.com
- SAP Concur
- Education
- Lession Planning
- Painting Theory
- Color Theory
- Notion
2024 - 2025
Digital Designer @ IndySoft
Charleston, SC - Remote
Summary:
Created scalable user experiences across web, mobile apps, emails, and landing pages.
Responsibilities:
Created compelling content for various marketing channels including newsletters, print material, and videos.
Analyzed campaign performance using analytic tools.
collaborated with cross functional teams and contribute to product strategy in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Achievements:
Led Usability Testing on 4+ digital products over a 12-month period using Figma prototypes and Optimal Workshop, identifying and resolving over UX issues to improve user satisfaction across web and mobile platforms.
- Webflow
- Figma
- HTML
- CSS
- Docker
- Adobe Suite
- Jira
- HubSpot
- MS Office
- Canva
- Miro
2023 - 2024
UI/UX Designer @ Netrist Solutions
Charleston, SC - Remote
Summary:
Works closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and other designers.
Responsibilities:
Defining and designing interactive elements, animations, and micro-interactions.
Contribute to product strategy by identifying opportunities for design-led innovation
Created high-fidelity mockups in Figma for mobile and web applications over 12 months, expediting user feedback cycles by and supporting cross-functional sprint deliverables aligned with business KPIs.
Achievements:
Developed wireframes using Figma for cross-platform project, ensuring 100% alignment with user flows and accelerating the design approval process to a weekly basis.
- Figma
- HTML
- CSS
- Angular
- Adobe Suite
- Jira
- Google Analytics
- MS Firebase
2017 - 2022
Information Systems Analyst @ Kiawah Island Community Association
Charleston, SC - Remote
Summary:
Administered I.T. services to: firewalls & security software, databases, networking tools, server message block, and server deployment/management.
Responsibilities:
Mapped processes to holistically examine business flow and identify improvement opportunities.
Used strong interpersonal skills to assist clients and train them on technology assets in a nonprofit environment.
Achievements:
Working with internal and external teams, helped secure IT infrastructure after a ransomware attack and assisted in implementing new security protocols.
- Wireshark
- VMware
- GoTo Assist
- AWS
- Spiceworks
- CrowdStrike