Jessica Peña
About Jessica Peña
Jessica Peña serves as the Associate Experience Design Manager at Arity, where she has worked since 2020. With a background in product design and user experience, she mentors designers and leads initiatives to enhance user engagement across multiple products.
Current Role as Associate Experience Design Manager
Jessica Peña currently holds the position of Associate Experience Design Manager at Arity, where she has been employed since 2020. In this role, she leads design initiatives for a mobile application that serves over 16,000 active users. Jessica collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to influence strategy and vision across multiple products. Her work involves facilitating design workshops to frame problems and establish research objectives, which enhances the product team's understanding of user needs.
Previous Experience at Arity
Before her current role, Jessica Peña worked at Arity as a Senior Product Designer from 2019 to 2020. During her tenure, she contributed to the design process and provided mentorship to multiple designers, focusing on their career growth and improving the design team's processes and practices. Her experience at Arity has shaped her approach to design leadership and team collaboration.
Educational Background
Jessica Peña studied at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from 2013 to 2015. She also completed an Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Accounting at Harper College from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, she participated in a CIEE Study Abroad program, achieving Summer Language & Culture. Jessica completed an intensive immersive design program at DESIGNATION, which allowed her to apply her psychological skills to design.
Design Experience Prior to Arity
Prior to her current position at Arity, Jessica Peña gained significant design experience in various roles. She worked as a Product Designer at Allstate from 2016 to 2019 and served as a User Experience Designer at DESIGNATION Labs from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, she completed a User Experience Design internship at Perkins+Will in 2016. These roles contributed to her expertise in user experience and product design.
Mentorship and Leadership in Design
Jessica Peña is actively involved in providing design mentorship to multiple designers. She focuses on career growth and improving design processes within her team. Her leadership extends to influencing design strategy and vision across products, demonstrating her commitment to fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment in the design field.