
I am
David Jara
Senior UX | Design Systems
David is an accomplished designer with over 19 years of experience in design systems, UX design, UX motion design, architecture, advertising and animation in award winning digital products.

Experience
2014 - present
AMAZON
Senior UX Designer
David has launched over two dozen products and services at Amazon. From the first multimodal device, to advanced conversational modalities, to table top robots. David has also created design systems at scale for all multimodal devices and the Alexa App. David was granted the patent for how Alexa looks and moves on all Amazon devices.
2012-2014
Barnes & Noble | NOOK
Senior Designer
David launched some of the most successful tablets and readers in Barnes & Noble history. He created hero experiences to critical acclaim and had an influence from UX to advertising.
2009-2012
Motorola
Senior Motion Designer
David designed and prototyped UX motion for dozens of global releases. Designed a 3D interface that won Best of CES 2011. Partnered with global carriers on branded in device and in store content. Worked with Lucas Arts on the creation of unique Star Wars branded experiences for the Droid R2D2 smartphone.
2006-2009
RIHA Design Group
Lead Visualization Artist
David led a group of 3D artists to become the most profitable group in the company. David introduced new technologies and created production pipelines and pushed the art form towards high quality realistic architectural renderings. David also proposed and built a rendering farm to scale the production of the .group and keep up with the increasing demand
2004-2005
Studio Gigante
Animator
David was involved in motion capture and keyframe animation for the popular Wrestlemania 21 game for the Xbox.
2005-2006
Burback Brothers Moving Pictures Company
3D Artist
David was a 3D generalist creating animations, textures, models as well as lighting scenes and building shaders for pre-production and advertising purposes.
In 2017 I was asked if I wanted to participate and be featured in an Amazon Design PR video, as an effort to promote the work environment and talent of the Devices and Services Group at Amazon.