Warner Bros Discovery
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Paramount
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Sony
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A+E
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Pokemon
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Amazon
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HBO
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Crunchyroll
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ITV
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Warner Bros Discovery 〰️ Paramount 〰️ Sony 〰️ A+E 〰️ Pokemon 〰️ Amazon 〰️ HBO 〰️ Crunchyroll 〰️ ITV 〰️
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Fabric is a media catalogue company that provides data tools for the entertainment industry. It focuses on supply chain efficiency, content discovery, and audience engagement. Products like Fabric Studio and Origin help companies manage catalogues, improve video and editorial metadata, and simplify data integrations.
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Junior UX/UI Designer (Feb–Jun)
Consolidated & improved the existing company design system for consistency and scalability
Re-designed Fabric Studio and Fabric Origin Communications templates & Newsroom Blog
Acting Head of Design (Jun-Sep, Maternity leave cover):Served as sole product designer.
Maintained existing Fabric Studio products.
Led early-stage design iteration of new SaaS product - V2.
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Figma for design & interactive prototyping
MUI (material) & Untitled Design system components
Notion for documentation
Monday.com for project management
Atlassian - Jira / Confluence for team collaboration
Lucid for visual collaboration and flowcharts
Okta for secure user authentication.
media & newsletter
📋 Task :
Enhance Client Engagement with Fabric’s Media Resources.
🎯 Objective :
Consolidate & redesign the company Blog - “Newsroom” and all Fabric Studio & Origin media email templates to fortify the visual communication of the brand across two platforms and increase client engagement through dynamic, responsive user-centered content.
✨ Process :
Collaborated closely with media and development teams across multiple regions.
Identified inconsistencies in visual alignment across Fabric Studio and Fabric Origin that risked reducing user trust and overall brand cohesion.
Iterated rapidly based on ongoing feedback and technical constraints.
Result
design & innovation
📋 Task :
Redesign and optimise the "New Record Creation" process within Fabric Studio’s Catalogue, creating an efficient and intuitive experience that accommodates multiple user flows.
🎯 Objective :
Deliver an enhanced "Create New Record" feature that simplifies complex workflows, addresses diverse user needs, and ensures seamless handoff to development for efficient implementation.
✨ Process :
Audited the original “Create New Record” flow to identify gaps and inconsistencies.
Rebuilt the experience using Fabric’s consolidated MUI component library.
Collaborated closely with the Head of Product, QA and a dedicated developer through regular design reviews.
Documented and refined 10+ flows (EIDR import, record types, edge cases, errors, toasts, modals, timeouts).
Ensured the final designs were consistent, intuitive, and dev-ready.
Results
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Full Ownership
- As a Junior Designer, solely led on the end-to-end design and delivery of the "Create New Record" feature.
- Leveraged updated UI components from Fabric’s design system to create a streamlined, accessible, and user-friendly experience.
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Comprehensive User Flow Mapping
- Designed detailed frame-by-frame user flows in Figma, anticipating edge cases, fringe scenarios, and error states.
- Delivered a robust blueprint to enhance the development process by proactively highlighting potential user challenges.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Bridged cross-functional collaboration across multinational teams, fostering clear communication & championing user needs.
- Held regular remote design reviews with developers tracking & optimising design development & refinement.
design systems
📋 Task :
Lead a comprehensive audit of Fabric’s design system, collaborating with the Head of Design to identify and address gaps in consistency, accessibility, and scalability across all products.
🎯 Objective :
Elevate Fabric’s design system to meet higher standards of uniformity, ease of maintenance, and developer usability, while creating a sustainable foundation for future design evolution.
✨ Process :
Performed a full UX/UI audit of the existing design system to identify inconsistencies and gaps.
Consolidated Fabric’s design system to improve uniformity, maintainability, and developer usability.
Created a cohesive styling and component categorisation framework to support scalable future design evolution.
Results
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Optimised Design System
- Consolidated design components, archiving outdated UI, creating logical categorisation, styles and structure.
- Elevated consistency and accessibility to improve the user experience across products.
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Developer-Friendly Enhancements
- Integrated MUI (Material UI) components & direct documentation to bridge design & development.
- Enabled developers to implement designs more efficiently, with fewer discrepancies.
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Future-Proofed Styling Framework
- Established an enhanced styling system in Figma, ensuring effortless scalability, visual consistency, and ease of updates for future projects.
- Aligned the design system with Fabric’s long-term growth goals.
planning the future- v2
📋 Task :
Lead the selection and integration of a scalable design system for a new SaaS product as acting head of design during her maternity leave
🎯 Objective :
Implement a flexible design system that enables faster iteration cycles, design consistency, and improved communication across teams.
✨ Process :
Conducted market research on existing design systems and evaluated their suitability for Fabric’s future workflows for a new SaaS product.
Implemented a system that aligned with Material UI - Untitled UI, improving collaboration and accelerating early wireframe iteration.
Introduced design tokens for the first time, selecting Untitled UI for its flexibility and comprehensive component library.
Results
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Dynamic Design Tokens
- Streamlined iteration cycles between design and development
- Significantly sped up production
- Ensured consistency in updates while maintaining design integrity.
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Agile methodology
- My decision making granted the team greater flexibility in our agile methodology
- Allowed us to focus on the bigger picture during the early phases of design and development.
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Stakeholder Engagement & Iteration
- I was able to make quick design changes & interactive wireframes in Figma
- I could showcase and easily communicate ideas to important stakeholders.
Reflections
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My time at Fabric gave me hands-on experience designing within a rapidly evolving SaaS Scale-Up environment.
Stepping into the acting head of design so early into my career during key periods of product development taught me how to balance product priorities, collaborate closely with key stakeholders and engineering, and make confident decisions without the safety net of extensive research or a mature design function.
I developed a stronger systems mindset, improved my ability to translate complex workflows into clear, scalable UI, and gained practical experience building and consolidating design systems. Above all, the role reinforced the value of clear communication, structured thinking, and the importance of advocating for consistent, user-centred design in fast-moving product teams.
But, what did my co-workers think?
“Jessica consistently went above and beyond, not just focusing on the aesthetics, but ensuring that every element of her work was purposeful and user-centric. Her knowledge of design thinking and UX practices, from initial research through to final prototypes, made her an invaluable asset to our team.
In short, Jessica is an outstanding designer who brings both creativity and precision to her work. I have no doubt that she will continue to excel in her career, and I wholeheartedly recommend her to any team that values thoughtful, user-focused design.”
— Patricia Blanco, former head of product
“Jess is not only skilled in the design process but also has a strong understanding of design principles and how they align with our brand’s vision. Her ability to take constructive feedback and quickly adapt has been instrumental in delivering high-quality work that meets our clients' needs.
In addition to her expertise in UI/UX design, Jess has demonstrated a solid grasp of overall product design. She has worked closely with our development team to build a robust design system from the ground up. Her detailed designs have provided clear guidance, allowing developers to easily follow expectations in terms of experience and interaction within the Fabric app.”
— Greitha andina, Sr.Technical product manager
“Well, what can I say about this fantastic woman… Jess was originally hired to cover my maternity leave, but became a crucial and irreplaceable member of our product team.
Working with Jess has been an absolute dream. She’s incredibly creative, unique and an all round amazing person to work with. She learnt the processes of Fabric so quickly and showed such enthusiasm and willingness to learn. She is collaborative and worked extremely well with our developers without any previous experience.
She truly knows UX/UI design processes and is so passionate about it. We worked together to try and improve our original process to include some crucial UX/UI design principles and processes. She worked heavily on our unorganised design system and improved it dramatically!"