Hey, I'm Jamie! I currently serve as a Principal Designer at Spiceworks Ziff-Davis, working remotely. My primary focus is on leading the design for our data products, vital for everything from audience building to campaign reporting. You'll also find my work on the Spiceworks Community, where I create experiences for both IT pros and vendors, plus I contribute to our brand and product marketing efforts. I genuinely love the diverse challenges my role offers, and being engaged throughout the entire design process is key to how I ensure every solution is built around the user.

Experience

Principal Designer, Spiceworks Ziff-Davis

April 2025 – Present

As a Principal Designer, I lead UX/UI efforts and manage another designer, with a primary focus on our data products. These are crucial for empowering sales teams in pre-sales discussions, enabling delivery teams for audience building, and providing client success with robust campaign reporting. I continually research, experiment with, and refine these solutions to ensure they meet critical business needs.

My work also significantly impacts the Spiceworks Community, where I design experiences for both IT professionals and vendors. I'm deeply involved in researching, experimenting with, and refining how IT pros find products, connect with peers and vendors, and troubleshoot issues. Additionally, I contribute to the ongoing development of our design systems and support brand and product marketing for both Spiceworks and Spiceworks Ziff-Davis, always ensuring user needs remain at the center of every solution and fostering strong cross-team collaboration for project success.

 

Product Designer

Nov 2016 – April 2025

Member of the Product Design Team with a focus on the Spiceworks Community, product reviews, data products and design systems. Continually researching, experimenting and refining the way IT professionals research products, connect with peers and vendors, troubleshoot issues and have a good time along the way. Proactively working with others in the product organization to improve cross-team collaboration and project success.

 

Visual Designer, Spiceworks

Nov 2015 – Nov 2016

Designer for Spiceworks’ marketing website collaborating with other marketing designers to ensure brand consistency across projects. Worked on marketing materials for campaigns within the Spiceworks Community including banner ads and landing pages.

Due to restructuring within the company, myself and a few others on the website team were moved to the Product & Engineering organization where I became part of the Product Design Team.

 

Web Design Team Lead, Volusion

July 2012 – Oct 2015

Responsible for managing and leading a team of designers as they navigate their way through our monthly work-cycle. Help them push themselves, their clients and the software both creatively and technically. Work with clients to uncover the best approach to their online store presence. Work with other departments to keep everyone informed of new developments, services, and changes in process. Develop training opportunities for the team as well as other departments.

 

Web Designer/Senior Web Designer, Volusion

Dec 2009 – July 2012

Responsible for taking client projects from initial concept to delivery. Collaborated closely with clients to determine the look and feel of their their online store presence. Actively pushed to improve our workflow and department structure. Instigated getting time and resources allocated to pushing the limitations of the software, developing new design services, and improving internal workflows. Developed training materials for new design department hires as well as personally on boarded and trained the new hires.

 

Web Designer, 9Star Research

Oct 2008 – Sept 2009

Created client-facing sites for 9Star Research and ProtectNetwork. Then, translated sites for for Wordpress development.

 

Web Designer, Vertical360

May 2007 - Sept 2008

Worked on projects ranging from informational sites for local chiropractors to ecommerce sites for independently owned and operated Chik-fil-A stores.

Education

AAS, Interactive Media
The Art Institute of Houston
2003 – 2005

Portfolio available upon request.