Experience

Executive Design Strategist and Advisor with 25 years of experience aligning end-to-end user experience, human factors, and service design with enterprise operational scale and market growth.

Specializing in translating physical-world variables and complex data systems into high-performance digital ecosystems — building lean, high-velocity research and product design teams that treat design as a predictable business outcome.

"Jacin does an exemplary job of relationship building with cross-functional leadership. He's recognized for his deep strategic thinking and skillful craft, and praised for it by peers and directs."

SVP, Product, Bluefly

"Jacin's leadership on the hardware research was critical — he has a unique ability to see around corners."

Director, Marketing Communications, Wing

Executive Advisor / Design Strategist · Theorem

2026—Present

Advise enterprise organizations, product teams, and consulting agencies on scaling design maturity, building lean research functions, and aligning UX architecture with core business growth and risk management.

Global Head of UX · Wing (an Alphabet company)

2021—2026
  • Led global end-to-end product design, UX research, and human factors functions across physical and digital ecosystems.
  • Orchestrated service design frameworks for autonomous drone delivery logistics, R&D packaging, and safety-critical infrastructure.
  • Scaled delivery capabilities across international QSR, retail, and healthcare networks by translating complex operational field testing and competitive research into needle-moving product capabilities.
  • Managed product UX footprint spanning Marketplace, GTM/Partnerships, B2B/Logistics tooling, UTM/UAS aviation software, and hardware interfaces.
  • Grew the UX team from 2 to 10 and built a design strategy framework for FAA compliance that unlocked BVLOS operations and operational scale.
  • Insights drove significant cost savings by redefining ground and partner operations infrastructure ahead of scale efforts.
  • R&D efforts defined the industrial design packaging direction, improving payload for partners and consumers by ~86%.

Director, Product Design · Etsy

2020—2021
  • Directed senior product design teams tasked with redefining core discovery capabilities for a high-scale global marketplace.
  • Leveraged complex information architecture, ontologies, and knowledge graphs to optimize Search and Personalization/Recommendation engines.
  • Moved search from unstructured to structured data through data modeling and ontology initiatives, improving search-funnel conversion by ~30% and lifting core GMS by ~3%.

Visual Design Director · Advance

2017—2020

National digital media & publishing group

  • Led national research and design initiatives driving subscriber experience and revenue generation platforms across a major digital media portfolio (including NJ.com, AL.com, Masslive.com, and Oregonlive.com).
  • Standardized multi-brand design systems to streamline product delivery and increase multi-platform audience monetization.
  • Concepted and launched a subscriber paywall across 12 markets, growing paid digital subscribers from zero to 250,000 and registered users past 9 million — approximately $136M in revenue.

Partner / Chief Experience Officer (CXO) · SERV Design & Technology

2016—2024

Design & technology consultancy, co-founded

  • Co-founded and scaled a specialized design and technology consultancy focusing on business development, strategic research, and end-to-end product design.
  • Pitched, secured, and delivered strategic design and outcome-focused user experiences for premier global brands including Facebook/Instagram, Nike, Home Depot, and Viacom.
  • Grew MRR ~24% with partners through pitch work, collaborations, and a shift to a value-based pricing model focused on quality and delivery rate.

Design Lead · Amazon

2014—2016
  • Led strategic product design and conversion optimization initiatives across high-visibility flash sale marketplace and recommendations experience, including MyHabit, Amazon Private Label (Soft Lines), Amazon.com and PrimeNow.
  • Directed design architecture for major enterprise accounts and ad integrations (AMG), including Nestle, Neutrogena, CFDA, Access Hollywood, Honda, and Orbitz.
  • Improved fashion discovery, brand storytelling, and the customer journey across Amazon Fashion, driving year-over-year growth in page views and unique visitors — MyHabit alone generated 934.8M page views, 18.8M unique visitors, and 88.5M visits at a 2.24% visit conversion rate.

Enterprise Commerce & Creative Leadership · 2007—2016

Bluefly

Creative Director — directed a 20+ cross-functional team across Bluefly, Belle & Clive, and Private Label footprints.

2013—2014
Jones Apparel Group

Digital Design Director — oversaw responsive mobile and P.O.S. strategy for RachelRoy.com, NineWest.com, JNY.com, BrianAtwood.com.

2012—2013
La Jolla Group

Commerce Creative Director — directed digital brand and multi-channel commerce strategy for O'Neill, Rusty, Metal Mulisha, 7 For All Mankind.

2007—2011

Currently advising enterprise teams on design strategy and scale through Theorem.

theoreminsights.com

Education

The Wharton School, UPenn

CXO Executive Program, 2023

Regent University

M.A. Communications, 2002

Norfolk State University

BFA Design, 2000

Focus Areas

  • Digital Transformation
  • P&L-Aware Design Leadership
  • Operational Scale & Workflow
  • Enterprise Service Design
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Executive Design Facilitation
  • Concept-to-Market Validation
  • UX Governance & Methodology

Interests & Values

Surfing, Skateboarding, Running, Cycling, Vintage Motorcycles, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Short-Term Missions, Drawing, Journalism.

High-accountability leadership, mentorship and team development, goal-oriented execution, and creative collaboration.