James Cook🇬🇧
User Experience Design Manager at Springer Nature
About James Cook
User Experience Design Manager at Springer Nature
🏆 ADPList Top 100 Global Mentors 2025 & 2024 🏆 ADPList Wrapped 2024: Top 10 Mentors Asia
I'm a design leader with 20+ years’ experience delivering software systems, defining design practices, and developing people. I help organisations build great in-house teams and digital services.
Free design mentoring — if you're starting your career, say hello.
🌈 LGBT+ ally.
Expertise
Sessions with James Cook
- Mentoring (30 min): General mentorship
- Portfolio Feedback (30 min): General portfolio and/or resumé advice — focused on easy, actionable improvements you can make right away
- Map Your Career Skills (45 min): We'll map your current skillset and level of experience, and identify where and how you want to develop your technical and people skills.
- Portfolio & CV Review (45 min): Detailed look at your resumé and portfolio, and actionable feedback to improve scanability & readability, attention-grabbing, and best reflecting your unique selling points as a designer.
- Supercharge Your Design Career (60 min): General mentoring on any topics you wish, but with a focus to fast-tracking your growth as a designer so you can advance in your career.
What mentees say
“I had an incredible session with James this morning! His amazing communication and extensive subject knowledge truly helped me gain a broader perspective on my goals. James is not only motivating but also excels in problem-solving, addressing my questions with patience and honesty. I highly recommend booking a session with him, as my overall”
“I had an outstanding session with James. His amazing communication skills and problem-solving abilities created a supportive environment where I felt encouraged to explore new ideas. With his deep subject knowledge and motivational approach, I gained invaluable insights that have truly shifted my perspective. I highly recommend booking a session with James for anyone seeking”
“James doesn’t waste time—he delivers clear, actionable advice that gets straight to the heart of what matters. In our sessions, he pushed me to sharpen my pitch, asking tough, incisive questions that challenged my assumptions and forced me to think more critically. His direct communication style keeps the conversation focused and high-value.”