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Jacie Littell
// Product & UX Designer

Product designer focused on craft & ease-of-use

My mission is preserving usability while the ground shifts, particularly how people relate to content, information, and each other.

Curiosity engine

An AI reading tool designed to feel like a rabbit hole, not a search result.

A solo concept built to understand what UX looks like when the content is generative. The goal was to create output that makes the user want to keep reading, and interactions that never pull them out of it.

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Curiosity engine

An AI reading tool designed to feel like a rabbit hole, not a search result

A solo concept built to understand what UX looks like when the content is generative. The goal was to create output that makes the user want to keep reading, and interactions that never pull them out of it.

RDS Game

Getting players to act without being told: a tutorial redesign

A professional project focused on why players watched the tutorial instead of doing it. The goal was to move, speak, and point: the three things the best mini-games were doing that ours wasn't.

Professional work
Secrets of Soltryss

Getting players to act without being told: a tutorial redesign

A professional project focused on why players watched the tutorial instead of doing it. The goal was to move, speak, and point: the three things the best mini-games were doing that ours wasn't.

History channel redesign

A History Channel redesign focused on improving content discovery.

A self-directed case study based on real user reviews. Viewers liked the content. They just couldn't tell what it was, what it cost, or how to find it.

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Curiosity engine

A History Channel redesign focused on improving content discovery

A self-directed case study based on real user reviews. Viewers liked the content. They just couldn't tell what it was, what it cost, or how to find it.

About me

My background is in speculative design, which trained me to think about implications before they become problems. That lens feels especially relevant now, as software becomes more personalized.

Before design I worked in hospitality and healthcare, which keeps me honest about how much a confusing moment cost. That shaped how I think about design. I care about how users interact with generative interfaces and what happens to workflows when AI changes the tools.
EDUCATION
Speculative design

Bachelors Degree - UCSD

UI/UX design

Certification - Career Foundry