I build and lead multidisciplinary teams across design, research, and content strategy to drive impact across consumer, enterprise, and AI products.
Companies I've led design for
Coaching teams to think bigger, work smarter, and design with purpose. Championing a culture where design is a team sport.
Translating ambiguity into vision—connecting north stars, metrics, and mechanisms to drive meaningful outcomes.
Designing experiences where artificial intelligence augments human judgment—balancing automation with agency, and insight with trust.
Jay is one of those rare design leaders who operates effectively at both the Principal IC and Design Manager levels. His work is thoughtful, systems-oriented, and grounded in a strong understanding of user needs and business objectives. What distinguishes him is his ability to calibrate his style to the situation — stepping in with hands-on expertise when it accelerates progress, and stepping back to create space for others to lead.
Randy Kincaid
Lead UX Designer
AWS
Jay was my manager at AWS, and his mentorship was transformative for my career in designing for AI and intelligent systems. What made him exceptional was how he embodied his ‘design is a team sport’ philosophy — creating an environment where I felt empowered to ask questions, experiment, and push boundaries. He challenged me to think bigger and connect my work to broader product strategy and organizational impact.
Nicole Warner
Sr. UX Designer
AWS
Working with Jay is like working with innovation in motion. His vision is breathtaking, his balance between client and business needs is remarkable, and the culture he builds makes an already amazing job, perfect.
Jennifer Aldrich
Senior Content Designer
TikTok
Open to Principal and Director-level design leadership and advisory roles.
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