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Design Leader • Creative Strategist • Atlanta, GA

Designing experiences
that feel like coming home.

8+ years crafting human-centered products, design systems, and brand identities for companies like Expedia Group, GTRI, and MAXEX. Now building The Finer Things ART SALON™ — where art therapy meets experiential design.

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Imaginative design leader with a therapeutic lens.

I believe the best design makes people feel safe enough to act. My art therapy background means every interface, brand, and space I create starts with empathy — then layers in craft, systems thinking, and strategic clarity.

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Product & UX Design

End-to-end product design from research through prototyping. Expedia, MAXEX, and GTRI trusted me to lead design strategy for enterprise platforms serving millions.

02

Design Systems

I build component libraries and design standards that scale. At GTRI, my system became the foundation for an entire division's application suite.

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Brand & Creative Direction

From AR/VR games for Live Nation and Genesis at MoZeus to print and digital campaigns at Hexagon — I craft identities that move people.

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Art Therapy & Wellness

Certified Art Therapy Supervisor. I bring trauma-informed, neurodivergent-friendly design principles to everything — from digital products to physical spaces.

A decade of designing
what matters.

From government cybersecurity to global travel — building products that respect the humans who use them.

2024 — Present

Founder & Principal Designer

The Finer Things ART SALON™

End-to-end experiential brand design for art cafés, creative wellness spaces, and hospitality brands. Combining UX rigor with an art therapy lens to create spaces that feel safe, luxurious, and meaningful.

Jun 2022 — Nov 2023

Lead User Experience Designer

Expedia Group

Led design strategy within Experience Platform Design org for TravelAds partner advertising products, enhancing brand storytelling and campaign impact. Conducted deep user insight research to improve product engagement.

May 2021 — Mar 2022

Senior Product Designer

MAXEX

Led design strategy and experimentation for the next-generation enterprise platform. Established a new design system ensuring consistent visual identity and enhanced user experience across the platform.

Jul 2019 — Apr 2021

Lead Product Designer & Research Scientist I

GTRI — CIPHER  ·  Top Secret Clearance

Led design thinking initiatives and built a comprehensive design system accessible to product managers, engineers, and designers. Created design standards adopted across the division's entire application suite.

Dec 2018 — May 2019

Senior Creative Designer

MoZeus Worldwide

Designed custom AR/VR interactive games for brand and agency programs — live event and retail activations for clients including Live Nation and Genesis.

Dec 2016 — Nov 2018

Shared Designer

Hexagon AB

Conceptualized and executed modern print and digital experiences — websites, microsites, landing pages, software apps, and signage — reinforcing product branding across a global portfolio.

Aug 2014 — Nov 2016

Specialist / Designer

Starr Companies

Conducted research and stakeholder interviews to design a modern internal underwriting portal, collaborating closely with engineering teams to enhance usability and functionality.

Adobe Creative Suite Creative Strategy Art Direction User experience Graphic Design Product Design Interactive Event Design Figma HTML/CSS Accessibility User Research Design Systems Data Visualization Marketing AI/ML Integration Prototyping Agile Wireframing Brand Strategy

What colleagues and leaders say.

Words from people who've worked alongside me in the trenches.

Jordan had to become a teacher to all of us. She worked hard to educate us in concepts such as User Personas so we could start thinking about how actual people interact with software. Her design standards ensured continuity across our entire suite of applications. I knew I could trust Jordan — and that was a tremendous asset.

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Jonathan Perez
Senior Associate, Dark Wolf Solutions (fmr. GTRI PM)

She is passionate about user experience and is proficient with tools such as Figma. Jordan's interactive prototype was a valuable tool for validating workflow assumptions with users and conveying the value proposition of the platform with stakeholders and leadership.

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Karl Matthews
Vice President — Product, MAXEX

Jordan possesses a unique talent for delving into intricate details while maintaining a holistic perspective. Her exceptional ability to analyze complex challenges and find innovative solutions that are both visually appealing and functionally efficient sets her apart. Working with Jordan is an absolute joy.

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Aurélie Blaise
Colleague, Expedia Group

Where art therapy meets
experiential design.

Building a new category — the therapeutic art salon — combining structured classical technique instruction, creative wellness, and community in a premium, accessible format.

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Renaissance Techniques, Democratized

Teaching classical art methods with warmth and permission — structured daily practice that builds genuine skill, not just creative confidence. Filling a gap no competitor addresses.

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Therapeutic Foundation

Art theraputic practitioner certification powers every program. Science-backed wellness benefits — cortisol reduction, neuroplasticity, mindfulness — frame art practice as essential self-care.

Hybrid Physical + Digital

Premium guided journals with QR-linked video demonstrations. Tangible product satisfaction meets digital teaching clarity — the best of Art Life Practice and Studio Arie combined.

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Community-Centered Growth

Mobile art theraputic sessions, corporate wellness programs, school partnerships, and community workshops — building toward a permanent space through proven demand and impact.

Principles that guide every pixel and every space.

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Human-centered over human-dazzled

Good design solves real problems. I'm not interested in pretty for its own sake — I want experiences that guide people clearly, reduce cognitive load, and make them feel safe enough to act.

II

Calm as a design material

My creative wellness coaching background taught me that environments profoundly shape how people feel and behave. Calm, inclusive design isn't aesthetic preference — it's functional.

III

Systems over decoration

One reusable component is worth more than ten beautiful one-offs. I build design systems so teams move faster without losing brand cohesion. Sustainability over spectacle.

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Equity through accessibility

Designing for neurodivergent and marginalized communities isn't niche — it's good design for everyone. I start with the most vulnerable user and work outward.

Let's make
something beautiful.

Available for freelance creative strategist, art, design, brand identity, product, UI/UX, experience & event, and creative wellness projects. Currently based in Atlanta, GA. Open to relocate.