Top Talent like J.J. are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

J.J. Verhine

Product Designer •
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Experienced Product Designer and Design Instructor
With a design degree from The Creative Circus, I have honed my skills as a product designer at data.ai, where I led the design and frontend development for new products and refined the design system. My freelance experience includes UX/UI work for various clients, such as KBHome, Green Feather, and Atomized. As an art director at VMLY&R, I worked on projects for Ford, Valvoline, and Coca-Cola. My background also includes serving as a senior UX designer at McRae and as a design instructor at The Creative Circus. My passion for creating innovative and user-friendly designs has been a driving force throughout my career.

Work History

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Product Designer

data.aiJan 2021 - Jan 2022 • 1 yr 1 moSole Designer within the Labs product innovation team at Data.ai (formerly App Annie). Working alongside a Product Owner and a handful of React Developers and Data Scientists, our focus was iterating quickly on new concepts for new products with new sources of revenue. As part of the Labs team, we conducted preliminary design workshops with people from across the company to validate new product ideas, then quickly began designing then prototyping as part of core research and development. I was responsible for design and some frontend dev within the React environment. The first product we shipped as part of the larger suite of tools: Contextual Audiences. Leveraged data science to target similar apps without relying on IDFA. In addition to Contextual Audiences, my time was spent refining core elements of the design system, developing and maintaining Figma components, but also researching then visually composing insights found within In-App Purchases, Device data and Game Streaming data into graphical dashboards.
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Freelance UX/UI & Code

phenomenonJan 2016 - Jan 2021 • 5 yrs 1 moYielded deep and ongoing engagements, most notably with Phenomenon contributing to the UX and UI for the KBHome account, with Green Feather building a lean design system from scratch, with At-Edge building a photographer portfolio service, with Atomized on the product design for their flagship calendar app, and with The Boys & Girls Clubs of America on a community built exclusively for teens. I also worked hand-in-glove all four years with an agency in Atlanta Imbibe on all of their front-end dev and art direction needs beginning in 2017.
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Art Director

VMLY&RJan 2014 - Jan 2016 • 2 yrs 1 moInitially joined Rockfish (now known as VMLY&R) as an Art Director to work on Ford.com, led by the good people at Team Detroit (now known as GTB). Other conceptual work included Valvoline, Sunrun, P&G, Wrigley, Mars, Publix, Walmart, Coca-Cola and MetroPCS. I had worked client services side from a freelance capacity for years so this fulltime role was a great experience focused primarily on sharpening my visual design chops using a traditional hand off to developers on the backend.
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Senior UX Designer

McRaeJan 2012 - Jan 2013 • 1 yr 1 moI joined the team at McRae in 2012 to lead both UX/UI design efforts and WordPress Development efforts. Accounts included Midtown Consulting Group, Reynolds Plantation, MetLife & ForeverHome.
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Design Instructor

The Creative CircusJan 2010 - Jan 2011 • 1 yr 1 moI was invited to return to the school as an Instructor in 2010. I taught Concepting for Flash to designers, photographers and art directors. I taught Web Design & Implementation to developers. Both were in the newly created Interactive Design Department.

Education

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The Creative Circus

Grad School, Design2003 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

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Experienced Product Designer and Design Instructor
With a design degree from The Creative Circus, I have honed my skills as a product designer at data.ai, where I led the design and frontend development for new products and refined the design system. My freelance experience includes UX/UI work for various clients, such as KBHome, Green Feather, and Atomized. As an art director at VMLY&R, I worked on projects for Ford, Valvoline, and Coca-Cola. My background also includes serving as a senior UX designer at McRae and as a design instructor at The Creative Circus. My passion for creating innovative and user-friendly designs has been a driving force throughout my career.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like J.J. are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

J.J. Verhine

Product Designer •
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

D

Product Designer

data.aiJan 2021 - Jan 2022 • 1 yr 1 moSole Designer within the Labs product innovation team at Data.ai (formerly App Annie). Working alongside a Product Owner and a handful of React Developers and Data Scientists, our focus was iterating quickly on new concepts for new products with new sources of revenue. As part of the Labs team, we conducted preliminary design workshops with people from across the company to validate new product ideas, then quickly began designing then prototyping as part of core research and development. I was responsible for design and some frontend dev within the React environment. The first product we shipped as part of the larger suite of tools: Contextual Audiences. Leveraged data science to target similar apps without relying on IDFA. In addition to Contextual Audiences, my time was spent refining core elements of the design system, developing and maintaining Figma components, but also researching then visually composing insights found within In-App Purchases, Device data and Game Streaming data into graphical dashboards.
P

Freelance UX/UI & Code

phenomenonJan 2016 - Jan 2021 • 5 yrs 1 moYielded deep and ongoing engagements, most notably with Phenomenon contributing to the UX and UI for the KBHome account, with Green Feather building a lean design system from scratch, with At-Edge building a photographer portfolio service, with Atomized on the product design for their flagship calendar app, and with The Boys & Girls Clubs of America on a community built exclusively for teens. I also worked hand-in-glove all four years with an agency in Atlanta Imbibe on all of their front-end dev and art direction needs beginning in 2017.
V

Art Director

VMLY&RJan 2014 - Jan 2016 • 2 yrs 1 moInitially joined Rockfish (now known as VMLY&R) as an Art Director to work on Ford.com, led by the good people at Team Detroit (now known as GTB). Other conceptual work included Valvoline, Sunrun, P&G, Wrigley, Mars, Publix, Walmart, Coca-Cola and MetroPCS. I had worked client services side from a freelance capacity for years so this fulltime role was a great experience focused primarily on sharpening my visual design chops using a traditional hand off to developers on the backend.
M

Senior UX Designer

McRaeJan 2012 - Jan 2013 • 1 yr 1 moI joined the team at McRae in 2012 to lead both UX/UI design efforts and WordPress Development efforts. Accounts included Midtown Consulting Group, Reynolds Plantation, MetLife & ForeverHome.
T

Design Instructor

The Creative CircusJan 2010 - Jan 2011 • 1 yr 1 moI was invited to return to the school as an Instructor in 2010. I taught Concepting for Flash to designers, photographers and art directors. I taught Web Design & Implementation to developers. Both were in the newly created Interactive Design Department.

Education

T

The Creative Circus

Grad School, Design2003 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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