Jenna Van Hout is a Product + Visual Designer.

I create beautiful user-centered experiences for companies doing interesting things. I offer fractional & project-based design support, helping companies to better serve their users through empathy-driven design processes. I believe that the best outcomes emerge from putting the user first.

I am also a ceramic artist, where I get to live the design process in three dimensions as I explore the junction of form and function.

Over the last 15 years, I’ve designed products, brands, websites, and most other things, too. I've worked with Fortune 500 companies, startups, non-profits, financial institutions, and everything in between.

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Experience

Owner & Principal Designer / Van Hout Design / 2018-present / Pittsburgh, PA

Product Designer / The Third Place / 2021 - present / Remote

Lead Communication Designer / Hustle / 2017-2018 / SF

Principal Designer / Blue State / 2013-2017 / SF & NYC

Senior Visual Designer / Isobar / 2011-2013 / NYC

Visual Designer / Roundarch / 2009-2011 / NYC

Education

Carnegie Mellon University / School of Design / BFA / 2009

Etc

Google UX Design Professional Certificate Program / Jan - Mar 2024

AIGA member since 2005

Squarespace Circle member since 2021

Offerings

  • Product design

  • User experience design

  • Creative direction

  • Design strategy & leadership

  • Visual branding & identity

  • Marketing design

  • Custom Squarespace builds

  • Print & publications

  • Wheel 101