Summary
Brian Jensen is a seasoned User Experience Manager with 12 years of experience leading cross-functional design teams to deliver end-to-end, user-centric products across enterprise and immersive learning platforms. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he currently manages a 19-person UX team at Avanade, driving projects from discovery and workshops to production while stewarding custom design systems and Microsoft/Sitecore integrations. His background includes leading UI/UX for virtual learning tools at Talespin and directing product design for 3D editing software in the CPG space, giving him a rare blend of enterprise UX and immersive/3D product expertise. Brian is known for cultivating rigorous critique-driven team cultures and for translating executive strategy into scalable design roadmaps. He brings a practical eye for aligning marketing, engineering, and QA through tighter design review practices and daily execution rhythms. Outside of product work, his early hands-on experience—from sailing instruction to marketing and ticketing design—has shaped a pragmatic, user-focused approach to teaching and product adoption.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.F.A VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, B.F.A VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS at The Art Institutes
GRAPHIC DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN at Oklahoma State University