A multi-disciplinary design leader with 10+ years of experience, focussing on the outcome of great experiences to drive impact. Specializing in zero-to-one digital products crafted with best practices from research and ideation to stakeholder collaborations to developed and launched design.
"Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future."
Robert L. Peters
What story is wanting to be told? Designers are more than a pair of hands, we have messages and ideas to express and design is our outlet to convey them. Design's wholehearted purpose is connection; from ideas, to learning, to discovery, to one another. Design is for the community as much as it is for the individual.
I've worked with pre-launch startups, creative agencies, growth and enterprise stage companies. From designing-to-scale to designing-at-scale, I embrace each opportunity with empathy and curiosity.
How Others Describe Working With Me
Heather Le, Group Product Manager at Ford:
Jen and I worked together closely on the Enterprise Product team at ZipRecruiter. We had an amazing Design/Product partnership with mutual trust and respect for each other's expertise. She has a unique ability to ask the right questions to uncover customer pain points and problems to solve, while also understanding considering the potential business impacts of design decisions. I would love the opportunity to work with Jen again!
Akio Bandle, Product Lead at ZipRecruiter:
I love working with Jen - she's one of the most versatile product designers I've partnered with. It's one of those working relationships where there's so much trust and faith in each abilities that we riff off each other with full confidence that the end product will be successful. We launched an Employer app at ZipRecruiter that achieved a 4.9 average rating on iOS and 4.8 on Android. Jen's role in the app's success was critical both in her design skills, cross-functional collaboration abilities, and product vision. She's constantly striving to improve both professionally and personally, and I can't wait to see her continued growth. I can't recommend Jen enough.
Press
ZipRecruiter’s Jen Donohue Marino: Be a kind rockstar
Published by InVision’s Inside Design
Speaking
UX 101
Returning speaker at UCLA, 2021 & 2022
Portfolio Review
Returning speaker at Loyola Marymount University Design Department, 2019 & 2020
Mindful Design(ers)
ZipRecruiter Lunch & Learn Presentation on Ethical Tech, April 2019
Career Exploration Event
Presented by ZipRecruiter, la-tech.org, Bixelexchange, February 2020
Buford Taylor, $1M ARR building solo saas products. Past: Founding Eng / head of Eng @Reforge, First 10 @Eventbrite$1M ARR building solo saas products.:
Jen is hard working and meticulous about the craftsmanship of her work. When I talk about her work, I don't just mean her designs. She pours herself into finding answers that users may not even know they need yet. She is caring and professional about UX, never letting her personal beliefs interfere with what might be the right solution for the audience.
She introduced a number of things at 17hats that dramatically increased NPS and overall company performance. In addition, she single-handedly owned the iOS and Android apps, providing a fresh and simple view of a complex app.
On a personal level, she's a joy to work with. I will miss working with her and would love to have her on any team I'm on in the future.