Jacob Medure / Jacob's Blue

Jacob Medure / Jacob's Blue

Product Design + Music in Ventura, CA, He/Him

About

Senior Product Designer working remotely out of Ventura, CA.

Songwriter + Producer working in LA on nights and weekends.

Attempting to connect with and uplift others through the things I make. Crafting with intention, integrity and purpose.

Interested in the intersection of design/music, tools that enable makers, and product strategy through the lens of fundamentally making better (well crafted, cared for, more user centric) products.

Projects

2023

In order to fill a world with care we create w/ care.

Awards

2024
Zip Innovation Award from Zip, Prod-Eng-Design

I'm proud of this peer voted award I received from my co-workers "For the Zipster who comes up with the most creative solutions to problems."

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Ventura, CA (Remote)

At Zip I...

  • prioritize our users and create systems to get our teams closer to their feedback.

  • contribute novel initiatives and ideas to our product roadmap backed by verified user need, pain, problems.

  • lead feature work from idea to implementation.
    earn buy-in from stakeholders at every level.

  • mentor and lead other designers.

  • inspire my team through storytelling, unearthing new opportunities, UI choices & my process.

  • inspire wider teams through creating + leading public forum, storytelling, taking initiative, caring for both the people that make our products and the people we make our products for.

  • ask considerate questions without fear, respect my co-workers & deliver proactive communication with kindness and candor.

  • influence business strategy, product roadmap, org structure, product-design-engineering relationship & process.

  • communicate the value of design to the rest of our org and earn faith in our team.

  • contribute to our multi-product design system I helped build

(Promoted 23' EOY)

2018 — Now
Remote

Creating bespoke web-apps of varying shape and function leveraging React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, MDX and AWS.

2021 — 2021
UX Designer III at Charter Communications
Denver, CO

Supported an internal agency within Charter focused primarily on delivering net-new 0-1 internal tools.

2019 — 2021

Education

2016 — 2020
Jamaica, NY

Minor in Business. Focus in Web Design and Development

Contact

Website
Spotify
Instagram