{"id":36,"date":"2018-11-23T04:48:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T04:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2022-01-05T03:22:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:22:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid kcm\">\n<div class=\"grid__item one-whole portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding \">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"type_second\"><span class=\"s3\">Hey You &#128075;&#127997;, I&rsquo;m Jason<\/span><span class=\"s2\">. I&rsquo;m an Interaction and Product designer based in San Francisco. I&rsquo;m currently a Senior Product Designer at Earnest: a fintech company and number one leader in student loan refinancing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"type_second\"><span class=\"type_second weight_lighter\"><span class=\"s2\">My background has led me to design for underserved and underprivileged communities. Resume <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZpuG1bXgeEbtUnFD_u2rvFJh68qjpiX1\/view\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"type_second\"><span class=\"type_second weight_lighter\"><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item six-twelfths portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item seven-twelfths portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding \">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">My <strong>economics background<\/strong> informs a lot of my thinking about the financial industry and products at large. My graduate thesis project was a crowdfunding app to help previously displaced people build credit. My interest have led me to start a non-profit homeless pop-up art gallery where artist receives 100% of the proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For the past couple of years, I&rsquo;ve been exploring how to make financial consumer products accessible to communities that are underbanked or underrepresented. I often try to bring a balance between accessibility and great design to financial products that are traditionally designed with one user in mind for one use case. When I&rsquo;m not knee-deep in all things fintech chances are I&rsquo;m watching Seinfeld, trying to read one book a week and failing or on my couch anxiously awaiting the return of Succession.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item three-twelfths portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding \">\n<h5><span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\">EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash; <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Senior Product Designer<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Earnest, 2020 &ndash; current<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash; <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Senior Product Designer<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>RaiseMe, 2019 &ndash; 2020<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Product Designer<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Edquity, 2018 &ndash; 2019<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Design Intern<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Salesforce, 2018<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Product Designer<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Kinvite, 2017 &ndash; 2018<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Digital Production Associate<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>WebMD, 2014 &ndash; 2017<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Product Designer (Contract)<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Everything Did, 2017<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Product Designer (Freelance)<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Mask, 2017<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Product Designer&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>American Entrepreneurship, 2014<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Business Development intern&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Onswipe, 2012-2013<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Customer Experience Intern<\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Fidelity Investments, 2012<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item two-twelfths portable--auto lap--six-twelfths palm--one-whole top-no-padding bottom-no-padding no-list-style active \">\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\">EDUCATION<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><i>&mdash;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>School of Visual Arts, NY<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1 type_second\"><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\"><b>MFA Interaction Design, 2019<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><i><span class=\"type_second\"><span class=\"s1 type_second\">&mdash;<\/span><\/span>Rutgers University, NJ<\/i><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"s1 type_second weight_bold\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>BA Economics, 2014<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey You &#128075;&#127997;, I&rsquo;m Jason. I&rsquo;m an Interaction and Product designer based in San Francisco. I&rsquo;m currently a Senior Product Designer at Earnest: a fintech company and number one leader in student loan refinancing. &nbsp; My background has led me to design for underserved and underprivileged communities. Resume here. &nbsp; My economics background informs a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8354,"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/8354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jsonbrnch.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}