	Ruth de Jesus is an interactivedesigner, developer, and illustratorknown for her
			quirky interests
			love of true crime
			boundless curiousity
			quirky interests
			love of true crime
			boundless curiousity
		

and
			towering stature.
			everything chocolate.
			obsession with puppies.
			towering stature.
			everything chocolate.
			obsession with puppies.
		

am a San Francisco based interactive designer with a Fine Arts background.like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain and coding websites that have the feel of champagne.. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Web Design and New Media from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design.

Solving problems and creating new visual languages is my passion. I believe that the function of design is not just about beauty, it's about meaning. I believe that a great design in’t just enjoyable and pleasing to the eye, it brings instant understanding and purpose as well. I’m an advocate of elegant design that is intuitive and promotes enjoyable user experience. My designs are creative, well-structured, and deliberate in execution.

Currently, I create websites for small and large companies and design for Bay Area institutions, such as the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. I also help businesses grow by building their online presence and increasing efficiency through custom web applications. If you have any projects which incorporate any or all of these skills, please contact me via email or @ruth_dejesus!

Testimonials

Burke Culligan

COO | Head of Product | Education.com

Burke Culligan

COO | Head of Product | Education.com

She brings a strong combination of creativity and technical capabilities to every project.

Ruth is a very creative designer. She often would take our design explorations beyond the obvious and look to add a human and emotional touch to the users' experience. Her hand crafted illustrations are elegant and whimsical and we used many in our user communications. She brings a strong combination of creativity and technical capabilities to every project.

Burke Culligan

COO | Head of Product | Education.com

Mackinley (Mack) Levine

Software Engineer | Apple

Mackinley (Mack) Levine

Software Engineer | Apple

Ruth is a superb designer and outstanding team player.

During my time at Education.com, I considered her one of the biggest assets the company had due to her dedication to her work, eye for detail, and communication skills. She has an uncanny ability to keep her eye on the big picture--UX factors, SEO, and engineering considerations all inform her design decisions. It was a privilege whenever one of my design request tickets would end up assigned to Ruth.

Mackinley (Mack) Levine

Software Engineer | Apple

Derek Peterson

Marketing Design Manager | Securities America

Derek Peterson

Marketing Design Manager | Securities America

Ruth did a fantastic job guiding me and my marketing/recruiting team to a powerful and flexible new website.

She was patient with our many levels of approval and website iterations. All the while, her design aesthetic and the logic of Ruth's recommendations were impeccable. I would absolutely work with her in the future if the occasion arises.

Derek Peterson

Marketing Design Manager | Securities America

David Zugnoni

Media Manager | B2B Tech | QuinStreet

David Zugnoni

Media Manager | B2B Tech | QuinStreet

Ruth has a natural finesse as a designer and a rock solid background in development.

Ruth has a unique, valuable combination of skills: she has a natural finesse as a designer and a rock solid background in development. She contributes to projects well because she can get it going from the start or jump in during the design phase, and her dev skills make it easy for devs to turn her designs into code. She's logical, a good communicator, and trustworthy. Her drive is ridiculous. She's extremely hardworking, dedicated to a high-quality product every time, and yet easygoing on personal level.

David Zugnoni

Media Manager | B2B Tech | QuinStreet

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

It has been such a pleasure to work with Ruth.

Ruth can be counted on to do her job as needed to such a degree that, the management teams could turn to her and have confidence the job would be done not only to our high standard but also in a positive and upbeat style.

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

Ryan Li

Customer Success Manager | Cisco

Ryan Li

Customer Success Manager | Cisco

Her work was consistently seamless.

I've had the pleasure of working with Ruth for a little over a year at Webmarketing123, and every interaction with her was always pleasant. Not only did she possess a strong skill to turn ideas into actual designs, but her work was consistently seamless. She also has a strong ability to stick to timelines, if not beat them more often than not. I would love for the opportunity to work with her, again.

Ryan Li

Customer Success Manager | Cisco

Frank Sherman

Operations Manager | SBC Global®

Frank Sherman

Operations Manager | SBC Global®

I have found Ruth not only to have excellent writing skills, but great attention to detail as well.

Our techcenter is a fast-paced and high stress environment. However, Ruth has proven herself to be efficient and extremely motivated - with her eagerness to always take on new projects and roles and her ability to multi-task.

Frank Sherman

Operations Manager | SBC Global®

Virg Cristobal CFP®

Partner | Cullen Financial Advisors

Virg Cristobal CFP®

Partner | Cullen Financial Advisors

Ruth provided creative ideas that exceeded my vision of what we were looking for.

Ruth provided creative ideas that exceeded my vision of what we were looking for. As our Marketing Director, she was in charge of creating, developing, and executing our print and web marketing material. Ruth provided creative ideas that exceeded my vision of what we were looking for. Ruth was on-time with her deliverables. I highly recommend Ruth and would work with her again!

Virg Cristobal CFP®

Partner | Cullen Financial Advisors

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

Ruth has had an enormous impact on the shops and her coworkers.

Ruth has shown herself to be a solid and dependable part of the team and has contributed to the effective operation of three of our shops here in the Bay area. She is an organized and engaging individual who has had an enormous impact on the shops and her coworkers.

Joseph Busse

E-Learning and Mobile Learning Developer | TIAA-CREF

#randomInstaFromMyLife

I need more of this in my summer - flower bracelets 🌻🌻🌻

Fun times with gold leaf

Altered book

#plantlovin

#randomthingsifoundinmyhood

Santa Fe Mountains

Santa Fe at Christmas

Well placed sticker

Christmas present wishlist - item #1

Another pretty SF morning. Building up appetite for super bowl munchies

Plant walls. What what #plantlovin #plantwalls

LOCATION
San Francisco, California

EMAIL
dejeru@gmail.com

RESUMÉ

SELECTED ACCOLADES

Published designs in the Adobe Flash Catalyst Bible

Exhibited work in the University of Michigan Museum of Art

Exhibited work for a juried Women’s Exhibit in the San Francisco Rosenberg Library

Golden Key International Honour Society Scholarship Recipient

Lifetime Member – California Scholarship Federation

Presidential Academic Excellence Awardee – Awarded by President George Bush Sr.

Mathematics & Language Arts Achievement Awardee

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Ruth de Jesus

- Bio

I am a San Francisco based digital designer, front-end developer, and illustrator. I create websites for small and large companies and design for Bay Area institutions, such as the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. With my background in fine arts and advertising, my strengths are in ui/ux and app design.