About Me

Hello. I'm Jess and I’m a British transplant living in Los Angeles, specializing in UX Design and User Research with music in mind.

I have had proven success working on projects in large, fast paced organizations in the UK and USA from ADP to Native Instruments.

I enjoy breaking down complex processes in order to help technology integrate more seamlessly into our everyday lives. I work to balance business needs with user needs and ultimately want to help shape useful, usable products and services that make a difference in the world we live in.

I am co-organizer of the We’ll Talk: UX peer mentorship series hosted twice a month in Pasadena. Hope you can stop by sometime!

Some other things that you should probably know about me

I ask a lot of questions.
I seek out the detail.
I invest time in user research and testing, enabling me to see experiences from many different perspectives and change quickly.
I study website analytics deeply to help back up design decisions.
I place heavy emphasis on the Accessibility aspect of experiences from Captions to Contrast.
My creative ideas have their foundation in practicality. It might look pretty but will it work too?
I am a big fan of mixed reality experiences and think it's providing a huge playground for UX as we know it.
My educational experience has a foundation in holistic Service Design thinking.
I lead design facilitation workshops and find these a great way to get my teams energized and develop a deeper understanding.
I love a good juicy whiteboard, Sharpie and a Post-it note...I don’t mind doing this virtually though!

MY PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography is a hobby of mine. Some of my photos are below.

More can be found on my Photography Blog, Got A Head Full Of Lightening

All photographs on this website are my own work.