Jess Myra

Design Lead & Manager at Google AI

A Canadian designer in San Francisco. Previous work across digital and tangible interactions include Twitter, Samsung, Honda, EA Sports, and other top auto, medical, and financial providers that shall remain nameless. Holds one Master’s of Interaction Design from Umeå, Sweden. 

PREVIOUSLY

Lead Product Designer
Twitter, San Francisco

Senior Experience Designer & Manager
R/GA, New York

Interaction Design Intern
IDEO, Boston

Design Lead
CEA-Leti, France

Lead Designer
Atiigo Media, The Arctic

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PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

Practicing Accessibility Design & Research
Google, Boston, Feb 2020
Speaker (site-wide)

Let's talk about design reviews
Lyft HQ, San Francisco, Jan 2020
Speaker for ~30 ppl

Developing in the Dark
DevFest, Tokyo, Dec 2019
Speaker for ~200 ppl

Google UX at RISD
UX Recruiting, Rhode Island, Nov 2019
Speaker for ~120 students

Leveraging global accessibility
Box Talks @Google I/O, Shoreline, May 2019
Speaker for the crowd

UX training for new hires
Google livestream, Feb-Mar 2019
Co-teacher for ~300 students

Accessibility training for new hires
Google livestream, Feb-Mar 2019
Co-teacher for ~215 students

A11y + NBU
Google, Sunnyvale, Dec 2018
Hands-on facilitator for ~30 ppl

Future-proofing product development
DevFest, Austria, Nov 2018
Speaker for ~300 ppl

AMA - GWE Summit
Google, Sunnyvale, Jul 2018
Speaker for attendees

APAC Sprint leader training
Google, Singapore, Feb 2018
Co-facilitator for ~40 ppl

Redefining scale to build for billions
Strelka Institute, Russia, Sep 2017
Speaker for ~1000 ppl

Resetting intuition to create for billions
Strelka Institute, Russia, Sep 2017
Workshop facilitator for 10 ppl

NBU UX University Workshop
Google, Sunnyvale, May 2017
Speaker for attendees

Coding in Scratch for Kids
NeighborNest at Twitter, San Francisco, Sep 2015
Workshop co-facilitator for 11 kids

Creating Creation
AIGA at Twitter, San Francisco, Oct 2014
Workshop facilitator for 8 of 48+ ppl

Digital Legacy Everlasting
SXSW, USA, Mar 2014
Shortlisted

The Future of Our Digital Selves
TEDx, Reykjavík, Jul 2013.
Speaker for ~300 ppl

Memorality: The Future of Our Digital Selves
UID Design Talks, Sweden, May 2013
Speaker for 300+ ppl

The Future of Our Digital Selves
SIDeR Conference, Denmark, Apr 2013
Presenter for research paper

Smart Home User Interface
Experimenta, France, Oct 2011
Featured product

Assistive Mobile Devices
SIDeR Conference, Denmark, Apr 2011
Presenter for research paper

Empathy Suit Project
The Mechanics of Aging, PBS USA, Dec 2009
National tv broadcast

Branding Research Campaign
Applied Arts Magazine Canada, 2008, Vol 23 #5
National distribution

Empathy Suit
Tools for Life Conference, Canada, Oct 2007
Co-presenter

Temporary Emergency Shelter
The Noon Show, Global TV Canada, Apr 2006
Regional tv broadcast

TOOLSET

Language Skills
Native English
Basic French
Basic Japanese
Beginner Swedish

Software & Hardware Skills
Figma
Sketch
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Flash
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premier Pro
HTML/CSS
Arduino
Phidgets
Processing

Education

Master's of Interaction Design
Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden

Bachelor of Design
NSCAD University, Canada

Bachelor of Science (incomplete)
Dalhousie University, Canada