Jim Brown
Principal Designer at The Interaction Design Foundation
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJim Brown is a Principal Designer with over two decades shaping games, simulations, and interactive experiences, currently leading design and mentorship at Epic Games in Raleigh. He combines hands-on expertise across game, level, UX/UI, audio and web design with storytelling, community engagement, and evangelism for Unreal Engine. Jim also coaches UX professionals through the Interaction Design Foundation and serves on conservation boards, reflecting a rare blend of creative leadership and environmental stewardship. His background in Ecology, Behavior & Evolution informs a systems-minded approach to player experience and design iteration. Known for mentoring teams and speaking publicly about tools and craft, he quietly balances high-level strategy with detailed, hands-on design work.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Education User Experience and Interaction Design, Professional Education User Experience and Interaction Design at IxDF - The Interaction Design FoundationBachelor’s Degree Ecology Behavior Evolution, Bachelor’s Degree Ecology Behavior Evolution at UCSD, Revelle College
French, EnglishGithub contributions (1)
JimmieKJ/unrealTournament
May 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:780 commits in 1 year 11 months
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