Om Jha
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Om Jha

UX Designer in Atlanta, He/Him

Actively looking for UX or Frontend roles!

2 days ago

About

I’m an experience designer passionate about building for a playful future, using

  • Figma, Photoshop, After Effects, C4D, Spline
  • Rust, Swift, C++, TypeScript
  • React, Next.js, Svelte
  • Electric and Acoustic Guitar :D

Contact

LinkedIn
Twitter

Projects

2023

Data Science Around The World

2023

Generating the Future, Right Here in the 404

2023

Crafting the world's largest XR Hackathon

2022
Pylontechnics - CS 3750

Navigation, discovery, and schedules in a single interaction, for any MARTA station

Work Experience

2019 — Now
Bethesda, MD
  • Crafted brand identity for a news publication targeting Indian Diaspora
  • Designed, developed and hosted initial website that scaled to thousands of users
  • Worked with international development team to update brand, expand to multiple languages, and enhance marketing efforts
  • Launched marketing initiatives and web UX that led to conversions of thousands of subscribers
2020 — Now
Bethesda, MD
  • Inventor of Virtual Newsroom System Patent describing innovative system that redefines relationship between Journalists and Media Houses
  • Crafted a unique brand identity for dynamic news platform targeted towards traditional media brands and a new generation of reporters, attracting hundreds of journalist sign-ups
  • Worked with international development team across time and language barriers to design and build out the core auction application of our business
2023 — Now
Atlanta, GA
  • Built out a brand new design team to elevate Startup Exchange's goals at a moment of nationwide expansion
  • Carefully managed and produced brand identities for four large-scale events under intense time crunch, and produced assets presented directly to sponsors, built brand for the world's largest XR Hackathon.
  • Led a team that developed multiple websites and in person experiences that prioritize usability, accessibility, and responsibility, attracting dozens of successful startups and collaborating with major accelerators like Y-Combinator, BuildSpace, and Create-X
2021 — 2022
Atlanta, GA
  • Spent hundreds of hours practicing observation, interview, and other user research skills at Woodruff Park in Downtown Atlanta
  • Followed a rigorous user research process to understand the stakeholders and communities in Woodruff Park
  • Presented and communicated community needs and potential solutions that emphasized local-first and marginalized groups directly to the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District @ City of Atlanta
2022 — 2022
Arlington, VA
  • Worked closely across teams to build out a new design system experience across legacy and brand new components
  • Built powerful new visualization modes to generate insights about supply chain impacts during a time of rapid global changes to production, directly enhancing customer experience across multiple Fortune 500 clients
  • Worked and integrated projects across Figma, Next.js/React, and legacy systems
2018 — 2018
Laurel, MD
  • Designed and built new pages to allow non-technical staff to quickly understand key data from internal contracts system
  • Employed a focus on accessibility and ease of use

Education

2020 — Now
Atlanta, GA
  • Media + People Threads (HCI)
  • Major GPA: 3.46