SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

SR PRODUCT DESIGNER

SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

WEBSITE

www.jamielforbes.com

PHONE

317- 460-0647

EMAIL

jamielforbes@gmail.com

LINKEDIN

www.linkedin.com/in/jamielforbes

Education

With remote jobs, we’ve had the opportunity to move and explore a bit. These are all the cities I’ve lived in. Currently looking for our next home.

MASTERS CANDIDATE

MASTERS

Master of Human Computer Interaction and Design

University of California, Irvine

Sep 2025

BACHELORS

Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology

Bachelor of Arts, English

Indiana University, Bloomington

August 2008

ReLAVENT EXPERIENCE

UX Designer

May 2022 - Present

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital - ALSAC | Remote

Project: Event Central — Lead Designer (Lead UX and Strategy)

Redesigned a mission-critical internal platform supporting ~$2B in annual operations. Owned the end-to-end design of complex workflows, building trust, clarity, and efficiency into every step.

  • Led research with 25+ users across 8 personas, mapping fragmented workflows into a unified, human-centered service model.

  • Cut annual event creation time from ~40 hours to <30 minutes by reimagining workflows, reducing fields, and enabling single-click event duplication and multi-event creation.

  • Centralized a scattered toolset (30–40+ bookmarks, repeated data entry) into one intuitive platform—reducing cognitive load and eliminating systemic inconsistencies.

  • Eliminated major data inaccuracies by establishing a single source of truth and auto-populating downstream tasks and forms.

  • Integrated transparent request tracking through Jira, giving event leads real-time visibility into ownership, progress, and next steps.

  • Presented product architecture and 40+ wireframes to cross-functional and executive stakeholders, aligning the org around a realistic multi-release roadmap.

Project: Online Donation Form Automation

  • Reduced form creation from 5–7 business days to instantaneous, removing 5 people and 9 emails from the workflow.

  • Enabled event leads to self-serve customized donation forms—projected to generate $200M+ in incremental revenue.

Project: Bequest Central – High-Risk Vendor Rescue

  • Discovered a misaligned $500K vendor implementation that threatened legal operations supporting nearly 50% of St. Jude’s revenue.

  • Conducted rapid research and redesigned core flows, automation, and legal correspondence tooling in three weeks, enabling ALSAC to safely sever vendor ties and rebuild the right solution.

PRODUCT DESIGNER

Feb 2018 - May 2022

Jamie L Forbes Design Studio | Remote

  • Led user research and usability audits for nonprofits and mission-driven orgs, uncovering barriers to engagement, accessibility issues, and improvement opportunities.

  • Built six end-to-end websites, including a 72-page platform for AIA Triangle with subscriptions, job boards, and 12 microsites delivered in four months.

  • Developed scalable design systems and UI frameworks to maintain clarity, consistency, and long-term maintainability across diverse digital ecosystems.

  • Facilitated stakeholder workshops, mapped journeys, and translated organizational goals into clear, user-centered strategies.

CoMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Mar 2014 - Jan 2018

Small Business Technology and Development Center (SBTDC) | Raleigh, NC

  • Designed and launched a disaster-response site following Hurricane Matthew, enabling small businesses to quickly access critical recovery resources.

  • Collaborated with analysts and researchers to translate complex data into accessible visuals and reports for executives and policymakers.

  • Standardized visual identity across 12 regional offices, increasing brand cohesion and user trust.

VISUAL DESIGNER

Dec 2012 - Feb 2014

SfL+a Architects | Raleigh, NC

  • Designed a public-facing site and marketing assets explaining net-zero school design and public–private partnerships.

  • Produced visual materials that supported successful funding proposals and clarified complex technical concepts.

SKILLS

COLLABORATION

Cross-functional team collaboration

Stakeholder Alignment

Design Reviews/Critiques

Design Advocacy

Presenting to Executives

Agile/Scrum

UX & Product design

End-to-end Design

Mockups & Prototyping

Interaction Design

Data Visualization

Design Systems

Accessible Design

Research Synthesis

TOOLS / SOFTWARE

Figma

Axure

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Teams

Google Workspace

Jira

Component Libraries

LEADERSHIP & Strategy

UX Mentorship

Enterprise UX

Tooling & Internal Platforms

AI-Assisted Workflows

Business-Driven Design

Scalable Systems