Jessica Despard


Location

Reseda, CA
Education
    Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
    August 2015 - December 2017
    degree
    Master's
    major
    Information Design
    Purdue University
Work Experience
    Highway.ai
    Product Manager
    Holmdel, NJ, US
    November 2022 - December 2023
    company
    Highway.ai
    title
    Product Manager
    overview
    - Led research initiatives that reduced user churn by 16.7% (Mixpanel, Figma - Increased user retention by 10% via developing and executing business strategies for target - Project managed and aligned product research with evolving business objectives and sustaining - Successfully navigated through an acquisition while increasing user retention by 10% (MixPanel
    ListReports
    Product Manager
    Orange, CA, US
    August 2020 - November 2022
    PatientPop
    Junior Product Manager
    Santa Monica, CA, US
    November 2018 - April 2020
    Indiana University
    Principal Research Assistant Human Computer Interaction Department
    Indianapolis, IN, US
    June 2015 - December 2017
Skills
Appraisal of Market ValueArtificial IntelligenceBusiness PartnershipsBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategiesCascading Style Sheets (CSS)ConfluenceConsultingCoordination SkillsCreating PrototypesCustomer Demand PlanningCustomer InsightsCustomer SatisfactionData AnalysisDesign StrategiesDrawing SkillsEmployee OnboardingEmployee RetentionErgonomicsEvent ManagementFigmaGoogle SuiteHTMLHuman-Computer InteractionInformation ArchitectureInnovationInnovation ManagementInVisionJIRAJournalsKnowledge of EngineeringLogistics OperationsMailchimpMarket ResearchMentoringMetricsMixpanelPassionatePersuasivenessPresentationsProduct ManagementProject ManagementPsychologyQualitative ResearchQuantitative ResearchReceptivityResearch SkillsResearch StrategySalesforce.ComSchedulingSPSS (Software)Stakeholder ManagementStoryboardingStrategic ThinkingTeam ManagementTeam WorkingUsability TestingUser-Centered DesignUser ExperienceUser PersonaUser Research