Jess S is a cross-disciplinary designer and creative leader based in San Francisco with nine years of experience crafting brand and product design, illustration, and art direction. They have led visual refreshes and built design systems across startups and enterprise teams at companies like Elastic, Swiftype, Avant, and Higlobe, blending experimental, vibrant work with clean, grid-based product interfaces. Comfortable collaborating with designers, agencies, and stakeholders, Jess moves between hands-on illustration and steering large-scale brand programs. Their superpower—doing a lot with a little—shows in efficient, high-impact visual systems that scale across marketing and product touchpoints. Currently serving as Creative Director at Higlobe while holding a role at Elastic, they pair strategic leadership with day-to-day execution. Trained with a BFA in Graphic Design and Studio Art, Jess uniquely bridges art-driven illustration and pragmatic product design.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS, Information Technologies; Television, Radio and Film, BS, Information Technologies; Television, Radio and Film at Syracuse University
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