Jesse Taggert Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

Philadelphia, PA, US

Leading and supporting federal and state projects to make an impact.

Selectively working with mission driven organizations to apply research, learning, and design strategy to complex problem spaces.

San Francisco, CA, US

Teaching Design, People, and Society as part of the Masters in Design-Interaction Design program.

San Francisco, CA, US

When I joined Truss (a self-funded startup in high growth), design and research were contracted out and product management was non existent. When I left the organization 3.5 years later:* I had built a research and design practice close to 20 people, including 4 managers who reported to me. * “Discovery and Framing” was one of our strongest business.

Sacramento, CA, US

I joined the state of CA on a huge initiative to overhaul the country’s largest child welfare case management system. It was a complex legacy software project with diverse IT departments, politicians, unions, and hundreds of social workers trying to bring human-centered and agile practices into government. I lead vision, product and design strategy.

Washington, D.C., US

* Managed a team of design and product strategists to position government agencies to succeed at building nimble, user centered digital services. * Part of movement to bring human centered and agile approaches to digital services.* Worked directly with executives, procurement and program managers at many federal agencies such as: Department of Labor.

San Francisco, California, US

* Conducted user research, ux design, interaction design and creative direction for B2C, B2B, and enterprise products.* Directed a distributed team of product designers building out a Platform as a Service (PAAS)* Assisted in interviewing and hiring for design team.* Scoped projects and assisted with sales with enterprise clients.

• Led content strategy, visual and user experience design. Managed stakeholders, budgets, vendor relations and production.Clients included:
• Public Library of Science
• International Museum of Women
• Tufts University
• Harvard Divinity School
• The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

San Francisco, California, US

Responsible for user research and product design in the early and competitive fundraising platform domain. Series A funded startup.

* Managed one of the first coworking spaces in the United States that started what is now an international coworking movement. Citizen Space fostered open government, open media, and technology startups. It was a community-driven workspace and event space for entrepreneurs and startups.* Responsible for the physical space, community & membership events.

• Designed and conducted installation supervision for multi-million dollar exhibits for history, science and art museums. Expert at client relationship building and project management.Clients included:
• Amherst College
• Maine Maritime Museum
• Martha’s Vineyard Museum
• Martin Guitar, Inc.
• MIT Museum

Designed print, web, and exhibition solutions for airports, museums, and B2C housewares. Conducted multiple on site press checks, installation overviews, and photography shoots.

Exhibited and sold art and artifacts from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas. Responsible for research, client relations, organizing and running silent auctions and museum relations.

Mfa, Graphic Design

Ba, Art History

Education record