I help teams turn big ideas into digital products.
I’m a user experience specialist with a deep knowledge of visual design. For the past twenty years, I’ve been balancing user motivations with business goals to build research-based solutions that keep audiences delighted and clients coming back for more.
Hire me to augment your in-house or agency team with thoughtful experience design direction and hands-on execution. In-depth case studies are available by request.
- year
- client
- my role
- agency
- project
- current
- Design Lead
- Huge Inc.
- Design + strategy for a design tokenization program
- 2023
- IBM
- UX / UI & Visual design
- AV&C
- Concepting + UX design for 2023 Masters Tournament installation
- 2023
- UX / UI design
- Magnit
- Concepting + UX design for internally-facing brand portfolio
- 2022
- UX / UI design
- Magnit
- Web site concepting + UX/UI design: Local Year in Search 2022
- 2022
- UX / UI design
- Magnit
- Web site UX/UI design: Year In Search 2022 + localization
- 2022
- UX / UI design
- Magnit
- User research + UX design: web standards design system enhancements
- 2022
- 175 Park
- UX / UI design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive experience: choreography + custom app UX/UI
- 2022
- National Landing
- UX / UI design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive experience: choreography + custom app UX/UI
- 2022
- David Geffen Hall
- UX / UI design
- AV&C
- Control app for site-specific digital installation
- 2021
- The Howard Hughes Corporation
- UX / UI design
- AV&C
- Additional features & enhancements for custom iPad app delivered in 2019
- 2020 – 2021
- Sandow Media
- Design team leadership
- Vaudeville Ventures
- E-commerce website + app (work-in-progress)
- 2019 – 2020
- Addy
- Design team leadership
- Addy
- E-commerce: UX/UI enhancements
- 2019 – 2020
- Yerba Buena Island
- UX design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive experience: choreography + custom app UX/UI
- 2019
- The Howard Hughes Corporation
- UX design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive experience: choreography + custom iPad app UX/UI
- 2019
- IBM
- Data visualizaton design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive presentation: visualization + custom app UX/UI
- 2019
- 8899 Beverly
- UX design
- AV&C
- Site-specific interactive experience: choreography + custom app UX/UI
- 2018 – 2019
- EBSCO
- Design team leadership
- Vaudeville Ventures
- SaaS: omnichannel user experience, UI, and visual design
- 2018
- Equinox Group
- Design team leadership
- HUSH
- Site-specific interative experience: choreography + custom app UX/UI
- 2017
- Addy
- UX design
- Addy
- E-commerce: checkout & post-order UX
- 2017
- Pitch concept & UX strategy
- HUSH
- Pitch concepting, data viz, UX design for a site-specific interactive experience
- 2016
- Equinox Group
- Design team leadership
- HUSH
- Site-specific interative experience: strategy + custom app UX/UI
- 2016
- Pathfinder International
- Data visualizaton design
- Pathfinder International
- Web-based interactive data visualization
- 2015 – 2016
- The Boston Globe
- Data visualizaton design
- The Boston Globe
- Interactive, on-the-fly customizable data visualizations for online sports reporting
- 2015
- Uber
- Design team leadership
- HUSH
- Site specific installation: real-time data visualizations
- 2015
- PepsiCo
- UX / UI design
- FlexHire
- Global, re-skinnable, e-commerce app for deliveries to rural & underserved areas
- 2014 – 2015
- Measurabl
- UX / UI design
- Measurabl
- User experience and visual design for a start-up marketing site
- 2014
- General Assembly
- Curriculum development / subject matter expert
- General Assembly
- Syllabus, curriculum and lesson plans for GA's 1st-ever visual design course
- 2014
- American Express
- Design team leadership
- HUSH
- Site-specific interative experience: kiosk design + custom app UX/UI
- 2014
- M.A.C. Cosmetics
- Design team leadership
- HUSH
- Mobile-first contest microsite: concepting, UX, UI, visual design
- 2013 – 2014
- Benefit Cosmetics
- Concepting, art direction
- Benefit Cosmetics
- Multiple campaign microsites, social media art direction, poster designs
- 2013
- Pizza Hut
- UX / UI design
- Huge Inc.
- Homepage UX enhancements and visual design
- 2013
- Comcast
- UX / UI design
- Huge Inc.
- Website & social post design system for video-on-demand marketing
- 2013
- Frame Event
- UX / UI design
- Rice McVaney
- Start-up e-commerce website
- 2012 – 2013
- Santander U.S.
- Art direction
- Arnold Worldwide
- Marketing website for U.S. launch of a Spanish bank
- 2012
- American Eagle
- UX / UI design
- Arnold Worldwide
- Social-media powered contest microsite: concepting, UX, UI, visual design
- 2012
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Informational website for a global non-profit
- 2012
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Inforgraphics for a social media campaign and awards presentation
- 2012
- The Barbarian Group
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Google Hangout Shout-Out interactive game / hackathon
- 2011
- C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Interactive infographics microsites for a global non-profit
- 2011
- C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Website and branding for a global non-profit
- 2011
- Women’s Sports Foundation
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Website and video shorts for a global non-profit
- 2011
- Mozilla
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- “Firefox Gone Mobile”: strategy + design for a series of live events
- 2011
- Mozilla
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- “Spark Firefox Mobile”: data dashboard & dynamic visualizations
- 2010
- Sears
- Art direction + design team lead
- The Barbarian Group
- Interactive iOS ad: concepting, UX and design
- 2010
- The Barbarian Group
- Art direction + visual design
- The Barbarian Group
- Print design for The Barbarian Group's business cards
- 2010
- The Barbarian Group
- Art direction + visual design
- The Barbarian Group
- Libcinder.org: web design for creative coding library
- 2009
- The American Heart Association
- UX / UI design
- Schwadesign
- Go Red for Women 2010: localized web template for event promotion
- 2009
- The American Heart Association
- UX / UI design
- Schwadesign
- Heart Ball 2009: localized web template for event promotion
- 2009
- Blackstone Strategies
- UX / UI design
- Schwadesign
- Marketing website for a local consultancy: UX + design
- 2009
- Enlighten Up!
- UX / UI design
- Adam & Co
- Marketing website for a documentary film: UX + design + Wordpress
- 2009
- Progreso Latino
- UX / UI design
- Nine Dot
- Marketing website for a documentary film
- 2008
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Visual design
- Modernista!
- Print design for an annual report
- 2008
- Seesmic
- UX / UI design
- Seesmic
- Marketing website for a video-focused social media start-up
- 2008
- Berklee College of Music
- Flash design + development
- Adam & Co
- Flash-based marketing website for online adult-education courses
- 2008
- Marriage Equality Rhode Island
- UX / UI design, art direction
- Marriage Equality Rhode Island
- Branding, logo design, website design and development for a local advocacy group
- 2005 – 2008
- Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Graphic Design
- Full-time master’s degree student
- 2001 – 2005
- M.A.C. Cosmetics
- UX / UI design
- ELC Online
- Microsite web and email newsletters for online marketing campaigns
- 2001 – 2003
- Clinique
- UX / UI design
- ELC Online
- Microsite web and email newsletters for online marketing campaigns
- 2001 – 2002
- Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
- UX / UI design
- ELC Online
- Microsite web and email newsletters for online marketing campaigns
- 2001
- Estée Lauder Online
- UX / UI design
- Razorfish
- E-commerce web design for M.A.C. Cosmetics brand portal on Gloss.com
- 2001
- PictureTel
- UX / UI design
- Razorfish
- Marketing website design
- 2000
- Braun
- Visual design
- Razorfish
- Web design visuals for a marketing website
- 2000
- Sun Microsystems
- Visual design
- Razorfish
- Web design visuals for a marketing website
- 1999
- Reserve My Table
- Visual design
- Razorfish
- Branding & web design for a dotcom start-up
- 1999
- The Franklin Mint
- Visual design
- USWeb/CKS
- E-commerce + marketing website
Hire Me
Let’s work together. I’m currently available for contracts that kick off in October 2024.
Reach out: hey@jessierauch.com
How I Help
- Consulting + hands-on UX & UI design.
- Design team leader, mentor, collaborator.
- Client workshops, presentations, collaborations.
Activities + Deliverables
- Project discovery, process definition
- Development of design systems, design tokens
- UX audits, competitive analysis
- User research, usability testing
- UX flows, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes
- Art direction, UI design
- Figma Prototyping