James Barber

Design lead for several high-profile consumer product development projects, from early stage start-ups to internationally recognised brands. I have over 15 years of experience, working freelance and in-house, taking strategy through to development and ensuring that engineers can deliver a product to specification.

Professional Skills Include:
Industrial Design, Product Design, UI and App Design, Human-centred research, Product Foresight, Prototyping, Graphic and Visual Communication Design, Product Roadmap, Portfolio Strategy, Trend Research, Color specification and CMF and Packaging.

Independent design consultant working for a broad range of clients from early start-ups to internationally recognised brands. previous work responsibilities included:

Industrial design and new product development
UI and UX design for new digital and physical devices
Packaging (graphic and structural) and Brand Identity
Product engineering for proof of concepts and prototypes
Model making - Appearance model specification and prototypes
Trend and competitive landscape analysis
CMF specification and colour monitoring

Previous Freelance and Employment roles:

Senior Product Designer - Mayborn Group Limited · Full-time
Feb 2022 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Design Consultant Bond Touch · Freelance
Sep 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Industrial Design Lead Carbon Mobile · Freelance
Sep 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Industrial Design Lead - Fairphone · Full-time
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Senior Design Consultant - Huawei Technologies - Freelance
Mar 2013 - Mar 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Other previous roles include Philips Design, Nokia Design and Vodafone

BA (Honours) Product Design - Central Saint Martins London
BA (Honours) (Ind) Visual Communication - University of Leeds