About
Hello! I'm Jess.
I'm interested in creating delightful, intuitive experiences that are purposeful with a lasting impact.
Born in Chicago, spent 12 years in Beijing and Shanghai, moved to the Bay Area, then college in the midwest; I’m never exactly sure where I'm really from. As a result of my not-so-Chinese but also not-exactly-American upbringing, I’m drawn towards the duality of things. I’m never fully one thing myself, which paved an innate curiosity towards multitudes of perspectives.
This is why I’ve found designing for other people so fulfilling and rewarding. Also the reason why I studied design, marketing, and HCI—to create solutions that complement varying lifestyles and needs.
More about me
Experience
Junior Product Designer @ Bootcamp.com [Current]
Product Design Intern @ hireEZ
Visual Designer @ DTEN
Creative Intern @ Wunderman Thompson
Education
Graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.F.A in Communication Design [Interaction Design Focus].
Currently reading
Yes, it might be odd to some but I do read multiple books at once, as if picking a new adventure every time I sit down :)
Awaken Your Genius [Ozan Varol]
Norwegian Wood [Haruki Murakami]
A Little History of the World [E. H. Gombrich]
Revenge of the Tipping Point [Malcolm Gladwell]
Shoe Dog [Phil Knight]
Design as Art [Bruno Munari]
Burn Book [Kara Swisher]
Interesting reads 2023 - 2024
The Stranger [Albert Camus]
The Design of Everyday Things [Don Norman]
No Rules Rules [Erin Meyer + Reed Hastings]
The Algebra of Happiness [Scott Galloway]
The Four [Scott Galloway]
Talking to my Daughter about the Economy [Yanis Varoufakis]
Burn Rate [Andy Munn]
Elon Musk [Walter Isaacson]
Atomic Habits [James Clear]
Outliers [Malcolm Gladwell]
Talking to Strangers [Malcolm Gladwell]
The Art of Loving [Erich Fromm]
4000 Weeks [Oliver Burkeman]
What It Takes [Stephen A. Schwarzman]
Memoirs of a Geisha [Arthur Golden]
Aimless Love [Billy Collins]