# Jess Myra

> Design Lead and Manager at Google AI

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jessmyra

I’m an interaction design lead and manager demystifying nascent user experiences with early-stage product and technology teams. I’ve spent over 10 years leading design at the intersection of digital, physical, and intangible experiences for companies like Google, Nike, Twitter, Samsung, IDEO, and EA Sports.

I’ve cultivated a culture of UX best practices and processes for product design thinking that can take a team from an initial idea to shipping products on the market. I’ve managed the work of small to medium-size creative teams (10+), and guided rigorous launches across time zones, to scale products with a ‘global first’ mindset.

## Work Experience
### Design Lead & Manager @ Google
Jan 2016 – Present | San Francisco
Currently: Leading the work of cross-functional teams at Google Research focused on people-centric futures for emerging technologies and AI.

Before: Cultivated a culture of UX best practices and processes for product design thinking at ATAP as mobile UX lead on Jacquard and contributed to future applications for Soli radar. Managed the work of a small distributed creative team, guided rigorous launches, and hired amidst a global pandemic.

Before that: Managed people. Led consumer UX efforts for two early-stage product experiences focused on global 'next billion' audiences: Google Station Wi-Fi, and Datally (a new app to manage connectivity). Launched and scaled 'ground up' product experiences in 9 countries across platforms including: iOS, And, Web.

### Lead Product Designer @ Twitter
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francicso
Led work for small UX team. Established experiences for two new business areas that connected people to content they need on the Twitter platform: ‘1 billion’ logged out users, and Customer Service across DMs and Profiles.

Redesigned two high-value but under-utilized global consumer experiences 'ground up' across mobile iOS, Android, web, and smart watch platforms for Search and Trends (which saw engagement increase by an order of magnitude).

### Senior Experience Designer & Manager @ R/GA
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | New York, New York
Managed people. Coordinated with clients and internal teams to deliver work on time and budget for Nike Digital Sport and Commerce across smart watches, mobile apps, and web.

### Interaction Design Intern @ IDEO
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Contributed as a core and support designer for the future of: Electronic medical health records, small business division for top-tier credit card, journals for national biology association, and distracted driving for auto OEM.

### Editor @ Wozzop
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Weekly internal magazine for the Umeå Institute of Design.

### Interaction Designer @ Minatec Innovation Centre (CEA-Leti)
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Led research, strategy, and design for a home technologies innovation project to provide users
with an automation kit consisting of a tablet application connected to various I/Os.

### Designer @ Atiigo Media
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Worked across four territorial languages (including syllabics and roman orthography) from creative conception through to production of visual identities and campaigns for various government departments.

### Visual Designer @ HB Studios
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Created 2D art for 2010 FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup 2011, and a proprietary video game across PlayStation, Nintendo Wii / DS. Applied interactive qualities in Flash. Collaborated with producers and software engineers to implement and test art on local SDKs.

### Freelance Designer @ Dispatch Creative
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010

### Visual Package Designer @ The Orb Factory
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Designed end-to-end products and packaging for children, from creative to file preparation for overseas manufacture and printing. Managed merchandise and model photo shoots, including post-production.

### Creative Intern/Freelance Designer @ Cossette
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Partnered with creative and account management teams to design and develop visual
identities, design collateral, and advertising campaigns for provincial and national associations.

### Letterpress Technician @ Dawson Printshop
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008

### Acting In-House Designer @ The Hamachi Group
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008


## Education
### MFA in Interaction Design
Umeå University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

### BDes in Interdisciplinary Design
NSCAD University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008

### BSc in Major Undeclared
Dalhousie University
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessmyra

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Last updated: 2026-04-07