Jasmine Fears

Principal Product Designer

Kailua-Kona, HI (Remote)  ·  jaz@jfears.com  ·  206.992.9846  ·  jfears.com  ·  linkedin.com/in/jfears

Summary

Principal Product Designer with 12+ years of experience across enterprise cloud, AI, and consumer products. Five-plus years at AWS building and scaling Service Catalog's UX practice, followed by founding design work at an early-stage AI startup. I connect research, systems thinking, and craft to solve ambiguous, high-stakes problems end to end.

Experience

RyomaAI — Principal Product Designer

Mar 2025–Present

Kailua-Kona, HI (Remote) — US & Japan

  • Sole designer and de facto creative director for a pre-launch, customer-safe AI financial advisory platform built for the Japanese market.
  • Built the product, brand, and investor story from zero: 20+ screens across mobile, web, kiosk, and digital signage; a complete design system; and 4 pitch decks (70+ slides) supporting 14 customer and investor presentations.
  • Designed and launched the company marketing website in under one week.

Amazon Web Services — Senior UX Designer, Service Catalog

Nov 2021–Dec 2023

Seattle, WA (Remote)

  • Held Service Catalog's most senior UX role, owning end-to-end CX for an Infrastructure-as-Code management product used by 32% of the Global 2000.
  • Led a research-driven redesign of the Getting Started Library that increased product launches by 234%, with 85% of customers successfully adopting the new workflow.
  • Directed the redesign and migration of 128 console pages to the Cloudscape design system; console CSAT rose from 63% to 73%, landing Service Catalog in the top 10 across all AWS services.
  • Designed Terraform open source and cloud support (v1 & v2); 240 unique customers adopted the feature, with 60% completing the full end-to-end workflow.
  • Completed the Cloudscape Ambassador Program and served as an ongoing cross-service UX milestone reviewer across AWS.
  • Served as a Calibrated UX Design Interviewer; mentored UX team members and facilitated critiques, audits, and Kanban rituals for the Service Catalog UX team.

Amazon Web Services — UX Designer, Service Catalog

Aug 2018–Nov 2021

Seattle, WA

  • Primary UX designer for an engineering org of 80+ people, often the sole designer on the team for extended periods.
  • Created Service Catalog's foundational customer personas through 12 in-depth interviews, establishing the research base for the product team.
  • Designed and communicated solutions through user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, applying both qualitative and quantitative data from ideation through delivery.

Smashing Ideas — UX Designer

Sep 2016–Aug 2018

Seattle, WA

  • Led UX for consumer-facing digital products across mobile, web, and connected devices, including Philips Sonicare and ReachNow (BMW's car-sharing platform).
  • Gathered requirements through client and cross-functional collaboration, facilitated workshops, and drove strategic product decisions through ideation.

Smashing Ideas — Senior Designer

Sep 2015–Sep 2016

Seattle, WA

  • Designed UI and visual design across voice UI, connected devices, mobile apps, simulation training software, and websites, including two native apps for Philips Sonicare and the ReachNow (BMW) app.
  • Developed information architecture and interaction design for websites, CMS platforms, and mobile apps.

Smashing Ideas — Designer

Apr 2012–Sep 2015

Seattle, WA

  • Designed and implemented a modular design system spanning 100+ Drupal instances and 30+ themes.
  • Partnered with the development team to evaluate and produce technical solutions.

Rusty George Creative — Graphic & Web Designer

Apr 2010–Dec 2011

Seattle, WA

  • Led branding for print and digital, concept design and production for advertising, end-to-end website development, and motion/UI design for interactive multimedia.

Leadership & Certifications

Skills

Product Design & Design Leadership Design Systems 0→1 Product Design Brand & Visual Identity UX Research & Usability Testing Cross-Cultural Communication Personas, Journey Mapping & User Flows Wireframing & Prototyping Atomic & Adaptive Design Lean UX & Agile Methodology Stakeholder & Investor Communication

Education

Shoreline Community College — AAAS, Visual Communications & Technology: Graphic Design (2000–2003)
Seattle Central College — Certificate Program, Web Design (2008–2009)
The Evergreen State College — Liberal Arts