Founder & Collective Member

About the Speaker

James is a researcher by background, but wears several hats: strategist, product manager,  community designer & coach. He was UX Research Director at YouTube/Google, Product Manager at eBay, and Head of Research at cxpartners.  

James is founder of Together By Design, a volunteer action research collective with a mission: help people around the world to create & nurture healthy communities, using the tools of experience design. He’s also working on a project to crowdsource future directions for UX research  www.hopeful-futures.org, and consults as Fractional UX Director for startups.

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Designing communities
James Lang, Madeleine Paige
Together By Design
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Hopeful futures for UX research
James Lang
Together By Design | Hopeful Futures

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