New Jersey Institute of Technology - Architecture
AR/VR UX Designer at MIXR Lab, NJIT
Computer Games
Jessica
Ross
Maplewood, New Jersey
AR/VR design professional with 8 years of industry experience collaborating with a variety of professionals and project applications, resulting in a versatile approach to design and teaching. Strong understanding of art and design fundamentals from traditional to emerging media of virtual and augmented reality. 5 years of collegiate teaching experience.
VR Product Designer - Vision and Neural Engineering Lab
Project won the “Most Innovative Breakthrough” European Auggie Award at 2018 AWE EU
Designed the characters, environments, and narratives for a VR vision therapy game
Lead user requirement and testing sessions to refine user experience of apps
Concept Designer - Gaming Lab
Collaborated with programmers and academic researchers on educational games
Designed characters for a video game aimed at the young adult female market
Developed new concepting workflows within virtual reality illustration programs
AR/VR Product Designer - MIXR Lab
Developed CS educational prototype on the Oculus Quest for MIXR Lab
Generated UX artifacts to facilitate communication between researchers, and developers
Created user personas and flows based on target demographics and user case studies
Mobile Product Designer
Designed user experience flows and user interface elements for a digital product launch
Conducted user research to gain insight into best possible product design
Focused collaboration between business and engineering teams with product roadmaps
Graphic Design Instructor
Taught and developed new curriculum in graphic, print, digital and product design
Regularly hosted independent studies to foster students’ interests in new directions
Concept Designer
Designed health educational mobile game for National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
Created concepts, character designs, and illustrations optimized for mobile gaming
Concept Designer
Directed art style communications with senior leadership both visually, and verbally
Created the storyboards, character poses and mood boards for main action sequences
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Illustration/Animation
Master of Fine Arts - MFA
Graphic Design and Illustration
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