James Lang
Founder & collective member, Together by Design
James is a researcher by background, but wears several hats: strategist, product manager, community designer, and coach. He was UX Research Director at YouTube/Google, Product Manager at eBay, and Head of Research at cxpartners.
James is a member of Together By Design, a volunteer action research collective with a mission: help people around the world to create and nurture healthy communities, using the tools of experience design. He’s also working on a project to crowdsource future directions for UX research (www.hopeful-futures.org), and consults as a fractional UX Director for startups.
Rosenverse talks by James:
" This moment is an explore moment. Focus on breadth skills and learning new adjacent capabilities rather than just depth in one area. "
Hopeful Futures for UX Research
January 30, 2026
" We often introduce friction deliberately in community building to make it safe and meaningful. "
If you can design an app, you can design a community
May 22, 2025
