02 — About

Clear before clever.

01 — The Arc

I started in graphic design: brand systems, visual identity, the discipline of making things clear before making them clever. That instinct carried me into product. A decade of UX across enterprise platforms, dealer portals, and real estate investment software followed, most recently as Senior Design Lead at Realeflow, where I designed the UX for Baxter, the platform's AI assistant.

02 — The Turn

Designing AI products made me want to build with them. So now I do. I design and ship my own products end to end with AI-assisted workflows, bringing the same process I'd bring to any client work: research first, decisions documented, judgment throughout. The tools got faster. The steps didn't change.

03 — The Person
Jesse Jusek, smiling and looking off camera, in a duotone portrait lit deep blue on one side and red on the other
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Based in Cleveland. Off the clock I'm lifting in my garage gym, hanging out with my two dogs, or playing video games with my son. And yes, this site was designed and built with AI. There's a colophon about that.