james ennis

Designer, Entrepreneur

Milan, Italy
I deliver Empathy to design projects. I have a broad sectorial experience in product/service development in multi-cultural environments.

Work Experience

Tictoc Platforms

CEO - Co. Founder

Founding and starting a Limited Company incorporated in Ireland I carried out all due diligence and Administration. tictoc Platforms brings design thinking and agile development to the Utility sector.

We started with the household, working with big data and behavioral science we developed a platform and application prototype that was extracted from insights we gained from Consumers in Finland, France, Ireland and Italy.
November 2011 - Ireland

Positiveflow

Design | Education | Sustainability

Continual collaboration with a design and research group based in Milan, originating from backgrounds of interaction, product design and social research. From 2004 we carried out successful sustainable projects for numerous clients from Multi-Nationals to Local sustainability community groups. These ranged from popUp gardens to Corporate Social Responsible Interactive Experiences.
January 2004 - Milan, Italy

Lounge Design

Art Direction | Corporate Identity

I was responsible for all 3d design in the studio, working on Art Direction, full brand, Corporate identity and Packaging design.
September 2005 - September 2010 Milan, Italy

Studio Babled

Product Design

Hands on product design, both for luxury and mid level markets (tableware, porcelain, glass hand blown/industrial, crystal, and plastic).
April 2003 - June 2004 Italy

Domus Academy

Service Design | Design Research

I was primarily involved in the European Commission Program, on the subject of the ‘future of working’ scenarios.
May 2002 - October 2002 Milan, Italy

Education

Domus Academy

MA interaction design

January 2002 - December 2002 Milan, Italy

NCAD

BDes | Industrial design

1st class honours
September 1994 - June 1999 Dublin, Ireland

Languages

English (Native),
Italian (Conversational),

Awards

Enterprise Ireland

CORD grant - 30,000€ research grant

2011

European Economic Social Committee

1st prize | 40,000€

2009

EDF

Jury selection, socialising energy

2014

Skills

3D Studio Max, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Complex 3d Modeling, Concept Development, Design Thinking, Graphic Design, Hypershot, Keyshot, Office Tools , Packaging Design, Photo Manipulation, Rhino 3d, Sketchup, Solidworks,