# Jessica Stanell > Product Designer. Open for Part-time or Full-time contract positions. Previously at Instrument, Charles Schwab, HUGE Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jessicastanell I am passionate about creating innovative, intuitive experiences for users to enjoy. I believe an enterprising, collaborative work process is essential for the evolution of all products and services. I like to work on challenging problems and I'm available to work anywhere. Specialties: User Strategy & Reseach / IA / Content Strategy / Interaction Design (Mobile, Web, Wearables) / UI Design / Prototyping / Usability Testing & Analysis / UX Mentorship & Instructor contact me at jessica.stanell@gmail.com ## Work Experience ### Principle Product Designer @ Product Designer / User Experience / Interaction Design Lead Jan 2005 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States I’m a principal designer and advisor with experience collaborating with agencies, studios, startups and B2B/B2C companies in technology, fashion, fintech, and more. Clients include: AKQA, Anova Culinary, Balenciaga, Brooks Brothers, CBS Interactive, Charles Schwab, Createthe Group, Dolby, Doremus, Evernote, Gap, Google, HP, HUGE, Intel, Liberty Tax, McCann, Microsoft, Nature’s Way, Jordan, Nurun, Organic, R/GA, Scion, Seagate, Toms Shoes, Toyota, Traction, VISA ### Principle Designer @ Charles Schwab Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Led design phase for the new Charles Schwab Education Center Experience. Some highlights on my experience. - Worked on a cross functional team that included Product & Program Managers, Product Designers, Mobile and Web Development teams - Created conceptual design prototypes and validated design assumptions with real users. - Implemented agile design sprint processes and rapidly produced designs and redlines for iOS, Android, iPad, and responsive web. - Leveraged existing Schwab design system and contributed new components. ### Lead Experience Director @ Huge Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Over the course of two years I worked with the HUGE agency two big clients, Dolby and Google. Some highlights from my experience: - Led Experience Design practice for the Dolby.com redesign and Google Chrome business including chromeos.dev/ and chromeenterprise.google/ - Primary client facing experience designer on all projects - Managed and mentored junior experience designers - Collaborated with a cross-functional creative team including art directors, content strategists, creative technologists and product ### Lead Interaction Designer @ Evernote Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Over the course of two years I helped the Evernote Marketing team redesign and refine their web experience. Some highlights: - Redesigned Evernote.com navigation, product templates, and compare page - Worked with marketing and internal creative team to understand brand and marketing goals - Prototyped conceptual work and tested with real users - Designed responsive templates and delivered to the development team for implementation ### Instructor @ San Francisco State University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Instructor - San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program • Instruction of Information Design - Summer 2016 ### Lead Product Designer @ Anova Culinary Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA Hired as one of the sole designers in 15-person startup to work on the entire Anova Sous Vide device product ecosystem including the Anova Culinary website and mobile app. Worked in an agile design environment and rapidly launched and iterated on designs in 2-week sprint cycles, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. Increase sous vide cooking app engagement by 400% over a 2-year span Increased purchase click-through rates and website engagement with recipe content by implementing quick UX fixes ### Co-Instructor @ Whitespace | Designer Accelerator Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Co-Instructor and Lecturer at Whitespace. Teaching all things UX & Product Design. http://www.whitespacecrew.com ### Instructor @ Academy of Art University Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA Teaching an Intro to User Experience to over 25 students. ### Music Producer/Sound Designer to be.... @ Pyramind Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ### Interaction Designer @ R/GA Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area I was hired to work with the R/GA team on the redesign of HP.com, focusing on navigation and key product template pages. Some highlights: - Created Wireframes, Site Map artifacts to illustrate new design concepts and directions - Create a spec document to encompass all new functional requirements and translate designs to internal HP development teams ### User Experience Design Instructor @ Miami Ad School (M.AD School) Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Teaching User Experience Design 101 ### Senior User Experience Planner @ MRM Worldwide Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 Social Media Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, Information Architect, Interaction Designer, Usability Analyst, I do it all in our User Experience team ### Information Architect @ iCrossing Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Worked with clients in Financial, eCommerce, and Healthcare industries to create landing pages, micro-sites, websites and mobile user interfaces. Analyzed business and functional requirements documents to inform Information Architecture while also applying SEO (search engine optimization) best practices. Developed documentation in iterative process and presented these deliverables to clients on a regular basis. Experience working in a cross-disciplinary team that included strategists, search optimization experts, art directors, designers, developers and copywriters. ## Education ### B.S. in Cognitive Science, specialization in Human Computer Interaction UC San Diego ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessicastanell - Portfolio: http://stanell.co/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/jessicastanell JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jessicastanell/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13