More than anyone I’ve worked with, Jesse showed me what it means to be customer AND KPI-obsessed.
Jesse C. Kuntz
Product Designer
In my ten years of practicing user experience design I’ve sold my branding & design studio, redesigned a juvenile case manager system used by probation officers in cities like Houston, and helped a startup go public.
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- Skills & Expertise
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- Colleague Testimonials
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Skills & Expertise
- 1 Interaction Design
- 2 User Research & Testing
- 3 Prototyping w/ Code, APIs
- 4 Information Architecture
Professional Highlights
- Led the marketing site redesign, spurring a 38% traffic rise and 22% conversion boost – 2023
- Promoted to Senior UX Designer – 2021
- Company listed on NYSE on Sep 21 under ticker NRDY – 2021
- Authored and rolled out new and improved design system, Helios, resulting in much greater efficiency between design and engineering as well as improved usability for users – 2020
- Launched adaptive educational assessment MVP, which increased sales revenue by $9M – 2019
- Received Founders Horizon Grant (additional equity). Grant is awarded to employees that leadership has identified as someone who has a disproportionately positive impact on the company’s growth – 2019
- Increased billable hours by 22% for tutors via feature that allowed students to request ad-hoc help from their tutors - 2019
- Established user testing practices and tools within organization – 2018
- Reduced software training and support costs by 62% – 2018
Colleague Testimonials
Jesse's strategic thinking, vast product and design knowledge, and data-driven solutioning are evident in every project he undertakes. He embraces lean principles and iterative workflows, shows remarkable adaptability and commitment, and promotes a tight-knit, collaborative culture.
As a Senior Frontend Engineer I cannot understate how pivotal Jesse is in getting quality projects out without any unnecessary features. His design handoffs are clear and concise and rooted in relevant frontend libraries such as Material.
Jesse’s intuitive approach to branding and design elevates the user journey. Beyond his undeniable talent for design, he’s a proactive problem solver, and always ready to collaborates across teams, ensuring that all stakeholders’ needs are met.
Like all great designers Jesse strives for simplicity, but what I loved about working with Jesse was that he'd genuinely try to understand the complexity in order to simplify it.
Jesse has been a hero in the UX and Design space during my time with him! Working at a small agile startup he was able to cover any task in the Design wheelhouse, and what is more he could flexibly timebox his work to meet tough deadlines.
Contact Information
619-398-7595
jesseckuntz@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/jesseckuntz
Working remotely from Seattle