Yours truly, ft. my current comics project, documenting local lore for the Boston Compass ✨
hello hello 👋
I’m Jillian (they/she), a Boston-based design strategist and graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Industrial Design.
My experience spans innovation and service design across both the public and private sectors, in-house and consulting. I currently support the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs as a Service Designer at MO. Previously, I was an Senior Envisioner at EPAM Continuum, a design and innovation firm, and a Design Strategist at Gensler. Before transitioning into consulting, I worked on in-house innovation and design teams at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Johnson & Johnson, Mercedes-Benz, and Fidelity Investments.
Beyond my primary role, I help grow and connect the design community as an organizer for the Boston Service Design Network chapter and also contribute to healthcare innovation as part of the MIT Hacking Medicine team.
My skills include Design Thinking, UX/UI design, user research, storytelling, illustration, and brand design.
While design is my professional focus, my personal interests include crafting comics, hosting niche themed dinner parties, and organizing community art meetups.
🗯️ comics credentials 🗯️
Workshops
Forms & Folds: Innovative Shapes for Zines
Crucial Comix | April 2025
Experimental Sequential Art
MIT | CMS 306 | April 2025
Zines as Self Expression & Activism
Holyoke High School | March 2025
Panels
Comics at MassArt
MassArt | March 2025
Decoding Design
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo | December 2024
Awards & Recognition
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo Mini-Grant 2024, 2020
Mass Cultural Council Cultural Sector Recovery Grant, 2023
Artist in Residence, Directangle Press, 2023
Stores & Libraries
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Radiator Comics
RISD Fleet Library
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts
The Center for Cartoon Studies
Comics Fairs
RISD Unbound | 2025
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo | 2022, 2024
Boston Art Book Fair | 2022
Public Art
Rat Trap Artist
Rat City Arts Festival, 2024
Paint Box Artist
City of Boston, 2022
Electrical Box Artist
Northampton, 2021
Experience Chinatown Muralist
Pao Arts Center, 2021