Saturday, May 17, 2025
Join us for Championing the User: Creating Cultures that Advance UX Maturity. Learn to assess UX maturity, foster user-first cultures, and drive collaboration. Discover strategies to elevate UX at every level—whether through cross-functional pods that break silos or communities of practice that share knowledge. We'll explore real-world successes and failures, equipping you with actionable insights to champion UX and position it as a key driver of organizational success.
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Manager, Digital Content, University of Calgary
Jessica is a UX leader, strategist, and designer with 15+ years of experience turning complexity into clarity. After business school, she worked in international non-profits, researching how products move through global markets and shape economies. This foundation in systems thinking now fuels her UX approach, as she blends design thinking with a systems lens to create scalable, user-centered solutions. She has led UX and content design teams, elevating UX to the forefront of enterprise strategy to drive impact by fostering a strong design culture. Passionate about learning design and education, Jessica has taught interaction and content design courses at Bow Valley College and UCalgary.