Jonah smiling in sunglasses, holding a puppy in a snowy mountain landscape

Hey, I'm Jonah, a designer who thinks in stories.

I'm a multidisciplinary designer with roots in campaign and brand work for Amazon Games and Best Buy. I've told stories in a lot of formats, from documentaries about immigrants' journeys to children's books, and I still treat every project that way: start with who it's for and what they should feel, then build what gets them there.

Brand taught me to make things memorable. Product and UX taught me to make them work. Now I carry ideas from research to polished, on-brand screens, using AI to explore more ideas and test sooner while keeping real people at the center.

Outside of design, I'm most likely writing movie reviews or putting together slideshows for a pet rescue. I'm also credited in Call of Duty: Cold War, I may have done K-Pop dance covers in college, and I've won several awards and over half of them spelled my name wrong.

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Experience

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  • Commercial Silk
    UX Designer & Brand Specialist
    2026–Present
  • CSI Creative
    UX Designer & Brand Specialist
    2026–Present
  • Hormel Foods
    Visual Designer
    2025–2026
  • UXPA Minnesota
    Social Media Director (Volunteer)
    2024–Present
  • Amazon Games
    Digital Designer
    2023
  • Best Buy
    Production Artist
    2022–2023

Education

  • St. Olaf College
    Media Studies
  • The Brainco School of Advertising
    Art Direction & Copywriting
  • Prime Digital Academy
    User Experience Design

What I bring to the table

FigmaAdobe XDPhotoshopIllustratorInDesign Premiere ProAfter EffectsClaudeGeminiJIRANotionGitHub

Beyond work

Volunteer work, experiments and side projects.
Minnesota Pocket Pet Rescue monthly adoptables video

Minnesota Pocket Pet Rescue

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Monthly video slideshows of adoptable animals for a rescue that helps less common pets beyond the usual cats and dogs. I volunteer by putting each month's slideshow together.

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Media

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