Jesse Arnold
Senior Designer at Nava
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Arnold is a senior designer with 11 years of experience shaping service and systems design for civic and enterprise products, now focused on state and federal impact at Nava. Previously as Design Director at Exygy he scaled design operations, established delivery standards across design, engineering, and product, and led governance for enterprise design systems and accessibility. He co-founded Mister Machine, building human-centered prototypes and front-end pattern libraries that helped organizations adopt responsive, mobile-first strategies. Jesse pairs formal art training (MFA, UC San Diego) with hands-on making—having worked as an art fabricator, industrial designer, and woodworker—which informs his practical, craft-driven approach to design. He’s experienced in improving estimation accuracy and team onboarding through tooling and documented processes, and has piloted responsible Generative AI playbooks and client workshops. Based in Oakland, he blends creative curiosity with operational rigor to deliver scalable, accessible products that serve public-sector needs.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBA Fine Art, BA Fine Art at University of Florida
Github Skills (18)
component-based10
san10
single-page-application9
pattern9
open-source9
clarity9
portal9
knockoutjs8
accessibility8
uswds8
categories7
patternfly7
web-framework7
creative-commons6
agent5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
exygy-design/exygy-patterns-test
May 2016 - Aug 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 3 months
Exygy/sf-cornerstone-fabricator
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 17 branches in 4 months
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