On Lounge since Oct 2026
James Young
Member #436FounderL1Designer and Builder, Independent
Senior/Principal Product Designer, B2B + B2C · Fintech & Healthcare · AI in the process & the product · Design Systems ·
Achievements
Plugged In ×3Connected sources: GitHub, Hugging Face, LinkedIn, X, website.How: Connected 3 sources (GitHub, LinkedIn, X or a website) in Settings
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Founding MemberOne of the first 500 members.How: Joined Lounge in the founding cohort
Founding Member
About
James Young is an independent product designer in Boston who runs J.Y. Design, offering product strategy and design for B2B and B2C teams, most recently in regulated finance and healthcare. He has spent decades in design as an in-house designer, leader, consultant and agency principal, and has built coded design systems for distributed teams. James also publishes open projects, including world.md, a vendor-neutral format for describing a creative world to generative AI.
Experience
Senior/Principal Product Designer, B2B + B2C · Fintech & Healthcare · AI in the process & the product · Design Systems · Prototyping in Real Code · Open to New Roles
Independent Design Consultant · Freelance
Principal UX Designer · Lab49
Vice President, User Experience Design · Paysign, Inc.
Director of Strategy & Innovation · SS&C Health
Director of User Experience Design · SS&C Health
Director of User Experience · SS&C Technologies
Creative Director · Guidea
