About me

Product focused UX/UI professional with 5 years’ experience delivering user friendly, accessible and engaging digital products.


I recently expanded into product management, taking ownership of roadmaps, stakeholder communication, and project delivery while remaining hands on in design.


Skilled at applying design thinking, user research, and technical insight to solve complex problems and create impactful solutions across multiple platforms and devices.

Services

End-to-end product design

User Interface design

User Experience design

Product Management

Photography

Branding, visual identity design

Experience

March 2025 – Present

Pavers Shoes

Product Manager (Maternity Cover)

Defined 6-month product roadmap for e-commerce sites, delivered CRO program achieving 5% conversion uplift, and led white label consolidation project resulting in 20% revenue increase. Managing product backlog, conducting user research, and collaborating across departments including CRM, PPC, and Finance teams.

April 2024 – Present

Pavers Shoes

UX/UI Developer

Built React-based design system and component library in Storybook, championed WCAG accessibility compliance, and delivered digital rebrand in two weeks. Redesigned unified design systems for multiple brands and partnered with developers to implement user-friendly Sanity CMS.

September 2020 – April 2024

Pavers Shoes

UX/UI Designer

Created wireframes, prototypes and user flows incorporating user personas and journey mapping. Designed page section library for Jones Bootmaker site enabling faster content creation, and designed and executed A/B and multivariate tests for CRO initiatives.

July 2020 – September 2022

COEO

UX Designer

Managed brand identity through full rebrand of websites and materials, designed UX/UI for payment portal relaunch achieving 19% bounce rate reduction and 22% faster conversion. Oversaw design of 12 internal tools and organized "Shaping the Future of Collections" industry event.

September 2017 – June 2020

Leeds Beckett University

BA in Graphic Art & Design

Explored UX/UI design, photography, videography, and graphic design. Developed skills in creative process, research methodology, giving and receiving feedback, defending design decisions with evidence, and rapid iteration techniques.

Tools

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Figma

UI Design

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Slack

Communication

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Hotjar

Session recordings & heatmapping

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Google Analytics

Perfromance insights

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ABTasty

CRO & A/B testing

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Adobe Suite

Image manipulation & branding

© 2025 James Molyneux-Birch

© 2025 James Molyneux-Birch

© 2025 James Molyneux-Birch