Who am I?
My name is Rami James. I'm a deeply experienced product designer focused on creating unique and interesting interfaces. I prefer to implement modern front-ends in Vue and Nuxt, but have used a wide range of technologies like Drupal, Wordpress, and Ruby on Rails in the past. You can find me on Github and LinkedIn.
My Process
Great design isn't born from a single spark of inspiration. Instead, I believe that it's built through rapid cycles of making, measuring, and refining. I work in tight iterations, putting real ideas in front of real people as early as possible, because the fastest way to learn what works is to ship something and watch what happens.
Every design decision should be grounded in evidence. I partner closely with stakeholders to define the metrics that matter, so that we can let data guide us toward the right choices together. Design intuition opens the door but a shared understanding of the numbers tells us whether to walk through it.
I pay close attention to where the industry is headed, but I'm not interested in chasing trends for their own sake. Good design borrows selectively and adapts intentionally. My core goal is to do work that feels contemporary without being derivative. For me, design should be rooted in clear thinking, not in whatever aesthetic happens to be popular this quarter.
Resume
Rami James Design
2005 - Present
Contractor
- Worked with multiple teams to produce beautiful, usable, and accessible interfaces for web and mobile
- Provided key insights to small teams as they develop their product strategy, vision, user experiences, and designs
- Helped fine-tune product processes in companies as they experience growing pains
- Implemented front-end interfaces in a variety of modern frameworks
Ultra
2020 - 2023
Head of Product for Developer Relations
- Grew the developer pool from zero to dozens of active developers
- Established Ultra’s documentation platform product website. Built its roadmap, wrote docs, and produced video tutorials
- Successfully ran a Developer Hackathon with a $30K prize pool
- Produced a successful tech-focused podcast with thousands of listeners
Technical Project Manager
- Scaled (3 to 10 developers) and lead the technical team that launched Ultra’s gaming-focused networks
- Used an agile approach to solve production issues across multiple teams
- Produced roadmaps, product plans, and technical requirements using JIRA and Product Board
Scatter
2018 - 2020
Co-founder and Head of Product
- Provided a clear vision for our startup while defining the product strategy and driving innovation
- Launched multiple versions of the popular Scatter wallet and scaled to 250K DAU
- Produced wireframes, prototypes, designs, marketing materials, websites, and documentation hubs for the community
- Directly interfaced with both developers and retail users to understand their needs
Qmarkets
2015 - 2019
Senior User Experience Designer and Developer
- Overhauled the user experience of an established enterprise product. Modernized the user experience to support mobile devices while making it easier to access, input, and manage key data and workflows
- Lead the update to the user experience and visual design of the core products of Qmarkets
- Worked closely with the R&D group where I facilitated the implementation of enterprise software used by tens of thousands of people across many large enterprises such as Lufthansa and Ford. Work was primarily in Drupal/PHP/CSS