Employment History
Product Manager - GiveSmart.com
Dec. 2016 - Present | Atlanta, GAResponsible for strategic and tactical leadership, product road maps & design, process tracking and improvement, staff development, customer advocacy, budgeting and forecasting and quality assurance. Instrumental in the successful acquisition of the business by Community Brands in 2017.
Director of Design - SoHalo, Inc.
Sept. 2011 - Sept. 2016 | Redwood City, CADirectly manage a multi-disciplinary team of designers and developers on a B2B social media marketing platform. Led the charge in executing contracts for Fortune 100 companies across offices in 4 countries with applications in 5 languages on 4 continents.
User Interface Developer - Circle of Moms
Aug. 2009 - Sept. 2011 | San Francisco, CAUX designer and font-end developer for a successful online community for moms. Designed and built a powerful social networking application that grew into 6 million users with 3 million monthly unique visitors, 9 million Child Pages created by moms, and over 10,000 communities.
Senior Front End Developer - Vivaty, Inc.
Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2009 | Redwood City, CAServed as the only user experience / interaction designer for a web-based multiplayer 3D social game, integrated with Facebook and AIM. I was instrumental in the development of features that led to Microsoft acquiring the technology which lives on to this day inside the XBox platform.
Digital Designer - The Indianapolis Star - Gannett
Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2007 | Indianapolis, INResponsible for the rapid design and development of innovative online publishing platforms and social networking sites. Identified and built award winning applications at the bleeding edge of the industry, pioneering new advertising vehicles and revenue streams.
Marketing Manager - INtake - Indy Star
Jan. 2006 - Aug. 2006 | Indianapolis, INExecuted complex marketing projects for a local lifestyles publication. Projects included interactive multimedia, special events and digital campaigns that grew online readership 10x. Specialized in increasing readership through the integration of online and print media with real-world events and guerilla marketing.
Testimonials
Douglas is the kind of 'unicorn' every company wants. He is an incredible manager, talented designer and a work horse of a developer...
He takes initiative on new ideas and has the ability to execute. He can get people excited about an idea and always leads by example.
Doug played a big role in my career...
He was supportive and there to help when needed without micro managing...
The most impressive thing about Douglas is his vast knowledge in various fields. He would play different roles (designer, developer, product,..) based on the needs of a project.
Douglas Hineline is not only an eager and responsible Design Director but also an inspiring professional. He is a great mentor and patient with his team. That's him - self motivated and intelligent team leader with a very strong work ethic.
-Danny Leong/ UX/UI Designer at Satmetrix
