Hi There!
I’m Jessica. I was born in Seoul, Korea, raised right across the George Washington Bridge in Northern NJ, and have been living in New York for over a decade. Like many in my era, I was heavily influenced by hiphop in the 90’s and lived on the periphery of street or documentary style photography, skateboarding and graffiti. I studied Journalism before I found design and have enjoyed every moment of its evolution since.
I currently in Brooklyn, NY with my loving husband and adorable (suspected) former bodega cat, Ibi.
Overview of My Experience
💻 I am a design lead, manager, and sometimes educator with 15 years experience across industries and disciplines. I am also a design systems person and advocate.
Recent Projects Include: Building/designing/writing a UIUX Curriculum, concept design for a next-gen learning platform, lead in creating two design systems, and directing design and strategy for B2B and B2C experiences.
I find my joy in strategy, 🧐️ vision 🕶️ and planning for implementation 🛠️ of projects. I aim to be a lead who knows how to do and learn as much as I can direct. I work with an open-mind to welcome ideas from anyone, practice empathy for all and enjoy collaborating to create meaningful work. I also ❤️️ creating processes for efficient workflow and building bridges across teams.
I love building community and helping others and seeing how I can do that in the spaces I work. If this sounds interesting to you please reach out for a coffee or a call!
sowonmoon@gmail.com
My management style is someone who advocates for cross-team collaboration, can balance user and business goals to meet deadlines ⏱️, and has a people-first leadership approach.
✨️ I currently serve on the AIGA NY Board of Directors as a Co-Lead for the programming team, have worked with Asian Creative Foundation in community building, spoke at Girls Who Code, and a 4-summer veteran of the wonderful ITP Camp.
Non-Industry Related: I am a hyphen 🇰🇷 🇺🇸, I have a new found love for duck 🦆🎳 bowling, and have a strong aversion to raw onions. Most of my memories are through smell 👃🏻, and the latest show I am watching is What We Do in the Shadows on Hulu.