# Genesia Ting > Senior Product Designer & Researcher in Public Interest Tech [formerly: Los Angeles Times, Census Bureau, Mapbox] Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/genesia Hello! I'm Genesia – a senior product designer with extensive experience innovating within largely “bureaucratic” spaces, with a laser focus in public interest tech. My design ethos is loosely woven from my experiences co-designing with brave 911 emergency dispatchers, tenacious newsroom journalists, resilient incarcerated individuals, and dedicated public servants. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Recidiviz Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, CA Recidiviz is building an open-source, technical infrastructure to help safely, sustainably, and equitably shrink the criminal justice system. ### Senior Product Designer @ EchoUser Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA EchoUser is a full-service user experience (UX) research & design agency. Select clientele: Apple, VMWare, Verizon (Trigger XR), A client in the 911 emergency operations space ### Product Designer @ EchoUser Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, CA ### Live Music Photographer @ The Los Angeles Beat Jan 2014 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, CA • Photograph and provide local media coverage at various large-scale live entertainment events and shows such as the BET Awards, Adidas #747WarehouseSt, Music Tastes Good Festival, PaakHouse, and Air+Style Festival. • Run pre-event coverage and post-event articles detailing local activities. ### Creative Technology, Design, and Product @ Los Angeles Times Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | El Segundo, CA Product and Innovation Lab ### Designer @ International Rescue Committee Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Remote, New York, NY Airbel Impact Lab ### Product Designer @ Coding it Forward Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Remote, Cambridge, MA ### Co-Founder, Design Lead @ Pivot to Civic Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY Pivot to Civic is a biweekly newsletter for entry-level civic tech jobs. Merged with Coding it Forward Dec 2018 ### Designer @ International Rescue Committee Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Remote, Oakland, CA Facilitation Educator's Guide ### Designer @ Mapbox Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Remote, San Francisco, CA Brand Marketing + Sales, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit ### Product Designer @ U.S. Census Bureau Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Washington, D.C. Census Open Innovation Labs, The Opportunity Project ### Product Design Fellow @ U.S. Census Bureau Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Washington, D.C. ### CoLab @ IDEO Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA Collaborative Cities 2019 Cohort ### Director of Design @ SacHacks Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sacramento, CA • Directly oversaw a team of three designers and worked cross-functionally with development, logistics, marketing, finance, hacker experience, and sponsors. • Led product management for all design aspects and materials, which directly impacted 300+ hackers and amassed over 25,000+ impressions online. • Successfully redesigned the SacHacks website to elevate trustworthiness and readability for a variety of stakeholders. • Hosted an engaging design thinking workshop which garnered 50+ collaborative hackers to learn a solutions-based approach to creatively brainstorm, ideate, and rapid prototype new ideas. • Established three new design categories and operated as a judge to rank and award hacker demo projects their respective prizes. ### Civic Digital Fellow @ Coding it Forward Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, MA • Accepted into the student-led organization partnering students in tech with federal agencies to create social change. • Selected from a competitive applicant pool of 850+ with an acceptance rate of 4.2%. • Engaged in the D.C. civic tech community through site visits, mentorship, and professional development with organizations like USDS, 18F, PIF, The Lab @ OPM, Mapbox, and more. ### Graphic and Layout Designer @ The California Aggie Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 • Create graphics for news reports and op-eds published weekly on web and in print with an outreach of 8,000+ readers. • Design layouts based on weekly content and media with a quick turn-around. ### Graphic Designer @ ASUCD Creative Media Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 • Communicate with corporate clients, student organizations, and individuals to create custom designs, identities, and deliverables in ASUCD Creative Media. • Notable Work: UX redesign of Unitrans website ### Design Intern @ Live Nation Entertainment Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Hollywood, CA • Balanced 7 design projects, catalogued tens of thousands of files on Webdam and online servers, and implemented 32 changes across 11 venues under the Creative Services department. • Notable Work: Marquee design at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas ### Design and Marketing Assistant @ UC Davis College of Engineering, C-STEM Center Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 • Developed and maintained the web, social media, and print content for the outreach programs to communities and corporate sponsors. • Spearheaded the graphic identities and branding of C-STEM Day with an outreach to 130+ K-8 teams for regional and statewide championships. ### Graphic Designer @ FIRST Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 • Created promotional materials for our FRC Robotics 687 NerdHerd team booths. • Advanced and competed at Regional in Las Vegas and the World Championship in St. Louis. ### Solar Cup Design Lead @ Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 • Designed and executed a solar-powered boat in a competitive manner with car batteries, solar panels, and plywood to race in 200 m sprints for the West Basin Municipal Water District. • Branded the team's identity and graphic apparel. • Drove the finished boat as the official skipper. • Awarded first place for the technical report of the boat's mechanical and electrical systems. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honors + Dean's List in Design University of California, Davis ### Study Abroad National Taiwan University ### Associate in Arts (AA) with Honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, Arts and Humanities El Camino College ### YSP concurrent enrollment with California Academy of Mathematics & Science (magnet high school) California State University-Dominguez Hills ### Summer Institutes UCLA ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/genesiating - Portfolio: https://genesiating.com - Portfolio: https://genesiatingphotography.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/genesia JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/genesia/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25