jesse

jesse

Product Design Architect in Denver, CO

About

I'm a design leader and multi-disciplinary with 12+ years experience designing beautiful, human-centered products. Currently, I'm a Product Design Architect at Dayforce, leading creative direction and design strategy for a multi-product portfolio. I can also be found in the wilderness, writing music, or eating salted oreo ice cream. 🤤

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Product Design Architect at Dayforce
Remote

Providing strategic and creative direction to Dayforce's Everest Design System and helped champion scaling the system across our entire product suite by defining adoption, governance, quality, intake, and partnership programs. Partnering with Dayforce's User Experience Research team to turn user insights into innovative, compelling human-centered stories that help reimagine the future of Dayforce.

2017 — 2021
Creative Director at Workday
Pleasanton, CA

Scaled the Workday Canvas Design System by evolving its visual language, gaining wider product adoption, helping launch it publicly on github and unifying with our brand/marketing teams. Worked cross functionally and led multiple vision initiatives to reimagine strategic parts of Workday's Product. Mentored and steered design teams by pair designing, providing guidance and design critique, establishing standards, and partnering closely with design leadership to help scale and grow our design team.

2017 — 2017
Senior Product Designer at Workday
Boulder, CO

Led strategic mobile initiatives for iOS and Android, including onboarding experiences, an interaction and visual redesign of the Android app, and establishing Canvas (Workday's Design System) for mobile.

2015 — 2017
Product Designer at Workday
Boulder, CO

Led UX initiatives for Workday's set of productivity, collaboration, and file management products for web and mobile.

2013 — 2015
Product Designer at Gridcraft
Boulder, CO

Partnered closely with a cross-functional team and startup founders to develop a complex and unique spreadsheet iPad application. Outcomes included a successful acquisition (to Workday) and an United States Interaction Patent.

2012 — 2013
Visual Designer at Deloitte Digital
Denver, CO

Collaborated with cross-functional mobile teams to create innovative iOS and Android phone and tablet products from inception to implementation. Clients included Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Philips Healthcare, PennDOT, and Deloitte Digital.

2010 — 2012
Designer at Toolbox Creative
Fort Collins, CO

Worked collaboratively as part of a creative team to complete print, web, mobile and branding projects from inception to production. Contributed to project management, oversight and direction of creative interns.

Projects

2019

Co-Founder, Creative Director, and Designer on Workday's design system Canvas. Publicly launched to GitHub in 2019.

Speaking

2023
Iterate Your Way to the Future at Zapier
Remote
2023
Human-centered innovation: How Ceridian works to enhance the user experience​ at Ceridian's INSIGHTS
Las Vegas
2022
Reimagining Ceridian's User Experience at Ceridian's INSIGHTS
Las Vegas, NV
2022
Everest Design System at Ceridian's Disruptor Summit
Remote
2019
My Collision Toolbox at Workday Design Week
Pleasanton, CA
2018
Mobile First at Workday Design Week
Pleasanton, CA
2012
Silver in the Web Health Mobile Awards

Every Body Walk! Mobile App

2012
Today’s Best Apps from AppAdvice.com

Every Body Walk! Mobile App

2012
App of the Week from Yahoo! News

Every Body Walk! Mobile App

2012
New and Noteworthy from Apple App Store

Every Body Walk! Mobile App

2011
Illustration Finalist from ADCD Annual Show

Bas Bleu Poster Series

Education

2007 — 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at University of Northern Colorado

Visual Arts, Graphic Design

Contact

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