James Hilton is an English designer based in London. He co-founded the creative agency AKQA together with Ajaz Ahmed in 1995 and over twenty years grew it to become one the world's most successful digital agencies. In 2014 Hilton left AKQA to found the experimental design studio AtelierStrange and custom motorcycle brand Death Machines of London. He joined the design company Native as their Chief Creative Officer in December 2016. Hilton attended Southampton Solent University (then referred to as Southampton Institute of Higher Education) from 1990 to 1994.