Johanna is a designer and team leader doing her part to make the world just a bit more purposeful and pleasing. Mostly on a screen, but sometimes not. She thinks elegant is the highest form of compliment.
Recent Work
Most of my recent projects are under confidentiality agreements, but reach out and I’d be happy to share more. Here are some clients I’ve supported over the years:
Meta (Facebook)
Salesforce
Ford Motor Company
Photobucket
Kaiser Permanente
Western Union
Gaia
JD Power
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Granular
Osmo Learning
Embrace by Little Lotus
Fitbit
Background
Lead Product Designer —> Design Manager, Photobucket (2024 - present)
Design Director, Turn (2023 - 2024)
Lead Interaction Designer, Punchcut (2020 - 2022)
Senior Product Designer —> Lead Product Designer, Gaia (2018 - 2020)
Product Designer, Toptal (2017 - 2018)
UX Designer & User Researcher, Redshift Digital (2016 - 2017)
Product Designer, Granular (2014 - 2016)
Experience
BA Psychology & Social Welfare, UC Berkeley, 2009
Advanced Design Systems in Figma, DesignLab, 2025
User Experience Design Immersive, General Assembly, 2014
Visual Design Program, General Assembly, 2015
Education
Just call me Jo. (she/her/hers)
Jo is a Bay Area native and a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Psychology department. She has been working as a designer since 2014 with experience across industries and organization types. She’s a designer because she loves to translate words into forms and because she is at her most creative when she is trying to solve a problem. She prides herself on being both a deep listener and running tight meetings. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado and enjoys trail running, dance, reading, and ceramics.
She is currently open for remote opportunities.