Jess Klein
Designer at gatherwise
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJess Klein is a founding designer and product-focused design leader with 14 years of experience shaping user experiences across mission-driven organizations and startups. Based in New York, she has led design teams at Change.org and the Wikimedia Foundation and now directs design and product at Gatherwise, blending user-centered craft with strategic impact. Her background in game and learning design (Sesame Street English, Institute of Play) informs a playful, systems-minded approach to product problems and education-focused UX. An active contributor to open projects, she has refined front-end copy and UI for Mozilla’s widely recognized Open Badges Backpack, showing attention to microcopy and user clarity. With an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons and a history in cultural institutions, she brings a rare mix of narrative sensibility, teaching experience, and practical product design leadership.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Art History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Art History at Mount Holyoke CollegeMFA Design and Technology, MFA Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New School
Github Skills (8)
html10
user-interface10
ui-design10
interface-design10
user-experience9
exp9
web-development8
css5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/openbadges-backpack
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Mozilla Open Badges Backpack
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jess primarily focused on making copy and UI/UX adjustments to the Mozilla Open Badges Backpack interface. Their contributions included modifying button labels, updating messages, and revising copy to align with user feedback and design specifications. These changes involved editing HTML templates and adjusting the wording of user-facing elements to improve clarity and user experience. The modifications suggest a focus on refining the application's user interface and the language used within it.
open-badgesmozilla-openmozillabadgesbackpack
iamjessklein/privicons
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 month
privacysecurityiconicon-seticons
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