# Jessie Colin

> ✨ Senior Product Designer @Planet Labs

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jessie

I design at the intersection of climate, geospatial technology, and AI, building tools that help people see, understand, and act on change.👋 Say hi if you’re excited about any of the above or just want to nerd out about maps with me.

## Work Experience
### 🛰️ Senior Product Designer @ Planet
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
I design life-centered tools that make satellite data more usable, discoverable, and impactful for people and planet.

I currently lead design across the Customer Growth, Data Availability, and AI & Monitoring initiatives, focusing on reimagining Planet’s unified platform experience and exploring how AI can unlock Earth observation at scale.

Planet Labs, a public benefit corporation, provides daily satellite data to help organizations monitor change and take action in a rapidly evolving world.

### 🛰 Product Designer @ Planet
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### ⛰ Hiking Instructor & Outdoor Educator @ NOLS
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Lead multi-week wilderness backpacking expeditions for youth and adults. Facilitate experiential learning in leadership, environmental ethics, and risk management while cultivating teamwork and self-efficacy in remote environments.

Additional experience:
🌲 Field Instructor & Environmental Educator — Cottonwood Institute (Apr 2022 – May 2023)
Led place-based environmental education programs for middle and high school students in Colorado. Integrated social-emotional learning, climate awareness, and access-centered design to foster community connection and environmental stewardship.

### 🌍 Product Designer @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States
Designed for Palantir Gaia, a platform enabling real-time decision-making through geospatial visualization and shared mapping. Championed internal design education by leading Product Design University and training 200+ non-design colleagues in design principles and process.

### ☁️ UX Researcher, Digital Research & Design @ IBM
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Conducted mixed-method UX research studies for IBM Hybrid Cloud, uncovering pain points and guiding design decisions across the customer journey. Facilitated enterprise design thinking workshops to scale user-centered practices across teams.

### ✨ Lead Design Thinking Teacher's Assistant @ Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Hanover, New Hampshire, United States


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Technology & Design
Stanford University Graduate School of Education

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Human-Centered Design and English
Dartmouth College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessie-colin-52243413a
- Website: https://www.jessiecolin.com/

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Last updated: 2026-02-23