Director of User Experience & Design at Flickr
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Director of User Experience & Design at Flickr
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- Senior Manager, User Experience & Design at eBay
- Manager, User Experience and Design at eBay
- Senior User Interface Designer at eBay, Inc
- User Interface Designer at eBay, Inc
- Lead UI Designer / Producer at Homestead Technologies
- Vice President, Creative Development at OnShare, LLC
- Interface and Graphic Designer at Jump Networks
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- Cornell University
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Philip King’s Summary
I specialize in user experience team leadership and user interface design for web applications and desktop software. I focus on creating delightful customer experience that finds balance with business requirements, with the aim of crafting an experience that exceeds expectations from both the business and our customers.
I currently manage a cross-functional user experience team at Flickr, the best and largest photo enthusiast community in the world. As a member of the product leadership team, I help craft our product direction and user experience priorities.
Previously I managed a user experience team and lead the product design strategy for eBay's diverse consumer and professional sellers. I lead a major redesign of eBay's applications for professional sellers, beginning with in-depth customer research and continuing through design, testing, and launch. I have an active interest in creating and designing engaging consumer oriented applications, especially focused on building online communities around photos and other digital media.
Philip King’s Specialties:
User Experience Design, Team Leadership, Interface Design, Product Management, UED, UI, Interaction Design
Philip King’s Experience
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Director of User Experience & Design
Flickr
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Senior Manager, User Experience & Design
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)
My user experience team is responsible for user experience design on eBay's Seller Experience - an array of web and desktop tools used by casual and professional sellers. I manage a team of 9 user experience professionals, including interaction designers, visual designers, and content strategists. I work closely with product management and our business partners to propose new features for our products, ensuring that my team is effectively engaged in the most important work in our area. My goal as a manager is to provide my team has the tools, knowledge, and support to excel in their work by encouraging a collaborative and fun working environment.
As a User Experience manager I also work as the primary liaison between the larger eBay UED organization and the business groups that I support. I keep the UED management team informed regarding the strategies in my areas, and help shape the overall direction of Design at eBay. -
Manager, User Experience and Design
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
July 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Manage a team of 6 user interface designers responsible for eBay's Seller Experience, Trust & Safety, and Customer Support business units. Partner directly with product management and business leadership in each business unit to create product roadmaps and ensure that our user experience team is effectively engaged in critical product strategies. Act as the liaison between the broader eBay user experience team and the various business units in my area.
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Senior User Interface Designer
eBay, Inc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)
Lead creation of product strategy for eBay's advanced selling tools based on in-depth user research, business needs, and opportunities to create a rich and satisfying user experience. Following the product strategy I lead the redesign of eBay's successful TurboLister application, making significant improvements in user interface to support increased efficiency, flexibility, and satisfaction. User experience goals and design were vetted with the executive staff on a regular basis, and success has been measured closely in the months following release. After working closely with product development to ensure the launch of a high quality product, our success criteria have been exceeded for adoption, efficiency, and satisfaction. eBay's advanced seller tools are used by millions of people around the globe in 18+ languages, accounting for 25% of global listing activity on the site; well over 1 billion listings / year.
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User Interface Designer
eBay, Inc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
June 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 4 months)
User Experience lead and UI Designer on various projects, focussed on supporting eBay's selling functionality.
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Lead UI Designer / Producer
Homestead Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 2000 — June 2004 (3 years 11 months)
Homestead, Inc builds products that help people build personal and small business websites.
In 2003-04 I helped create the PhotoSite product line, which includes desktop and web functionality to help people manage and share their digital photos. This product successfully launched in early 2004, and was acquired by United Online (Netzero) in late 2004.
From 2000 to late 2002 I lead the successful redesign of Homestead's marketing website as well as the online functionality that subscribers use to manage their websites. -
Vice President, Creative Development
OnShare, LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — May 2000 (1 year )
OnShare.com created a powerful Peer-to-Peer file sharing system allowing users to securely share files from their personal computer with anyone on the Internet. I designed the software and the web site, which worked in tandem to build a large file sharing community. OnShare provided various community based features for sharing files, but also allowed individuals to securely share files between home and office computers.
I was the first employee and helped create the vision for OnShare. As Vice-President of Creative Design, I designed multiple versions of the OnShare web site and software. -
Interface and Graphic Designer
Jump Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 1998 — May 1999 (8 months)
Jump! was an Internet startup company that built an amazing online personal information manager. I joined jump as a User Interface Designer in the Fall of 1998 and immediately began designing improvements to the signup processes & online help system. In addition to UI design, I spent a lot of time writing cross-browser compatible, efficient HTML and JavaScript.
Jump! was acquired by Microsoft, Inc. in the Spring of 1999 and integrated into MSN as MSN Calendar, a service of Hotmail.
Philip King’s Education
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Cornell University
BS , Communications, Human Computer Interaction , 1996 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Phi Omega
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skiing, cycling, hiking, camping, photography
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Cornell University Alumni In Design
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