"I hired James from the UK to come to Dubai to head up the Design Office in Emirates NBD and he proved to be one of the best hires I ever made. James brought an impactful variety of experience from multiple industries including gaming and banking, and carried with him a refreshing humility in his conduct which naturally had the teams wanting to follow him and had stakeholders loving interactions with him. 

James is a practitioning designer who I often trusted with tough assignments which he handled with the most notable of excellence including many of our digital projects in Emirates NBD covering both UI and UX. His design practitioner experience made it very easy for him to mentor and coach the design teams, often leading them to give their best selves in their performance. 

James is a great leader, a visionary intrapreneur who often participated in the ideation of business possibilities, and a talented Designer himself. I would count it an honor and a privilege if the opportunity ever presented itself for me to work with James again! He has the highest of my respect, valuation, and confidence! A top performer!"

"James has been an integral part of our UX team at Atom. He has taken the lead on many of design aspects, and has consistently created high quality output. 

He gets our brand, and knows how to take a high level brief, and convert it into tangible design assets. We have come a huge way over this period, thanks to James. "

"James is a real pleasure to work with, extremely conscientious in his approach and consistently delivers simple user journeys and smart UI solutions to potentially complex problems. He leads on user research and motivates and collaborates with his team of experience designers as well as working hand in hand with developers to achieve truly user-focussed digital products. 

James is also great at communicating these solutions clearly to senior stakeholders. I'd recommend James to any agency or client looking for a strong UX designer to lead or join their team."

"James ranks amongst the best UX people I’ve worked with. These are some of his strengths:

• Breadth of skills. James can do the full end to end design to a very high standard, from the overall user experience, information architecture through to the visual design.

• James balances creative flair with logical reasoning based on human behavioral patterns to come up with very effective designs.

• James is very collaborative in his approach and uses the wider team to help him explore various design options.

Highly recommended. "

"James has made a huge impression at Bede Gaming. His attitude and dedication to his work has been truly impressive. He has built strong relationships with key clients during his time at Bede. His work has received plaudits from across the gaming industry and has helped Bede Gaming to establish itself. He has reveled in a dynamic and fast moving environment and always demonstrated adaptability and flexibility. James would be a great asset to any company."