About
UX/UI design through
the lens of education.
I'm Jack, but most people call me JP. I'm a UX/UI designer and digital marketing specialist on Vancouver Island, currently designing institutional and web experiences for Queen Margaret's School.
Background
From classrooms to interfaces.
I grew up in Shawnigan Lake, BC, where small-town values and time outdoors shaped how I work and what I make. Hockey, lacrosse, biking, skiing, and long stretches playing video games with my brother. In high school I joined the Lacrosse Academy at Claremont Secondary in Victoria, which sharpened the discipline and adaptability I still lean on now.
My professional path started at Vancouver Island University, where I earned an Educational Assistant and Community Support Certificate. That led to a mix of on-call, temporary, and permanent roles in schools across the Island. The on-call work was the most demanding and the most rewarding: a new team, a new student, a new room every day. It built interpersonal and problem-solving skills that show up in every design decision I make.
Driven by a creative pull I couldn't ignore, I went back to school for an Interactive Media Developer Certificate at Camosun College. Balancing work and study, I discovered UX/UI design: a field that let me design and build, and reach more people than I could one classroom at a time.
After completing the IMD program in 2023, I joined TASIS Portugal as a UX/UI Designer and Web Specialist Intern. It was my first institutional design role and a fast introduction to working inside a global school community. Since August 2024 I've continued with TASIS remotely as a consultant from Victoria, BC, alongside my work at Queen Margaret's School as a digital marketing specialist and designer.
On the side, I'm exploring education-focused product ideas, particularly around learning support for students with learning disabilities.
Philosophy
How I think about design.
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Clarity over cleverness.
The page or product has a job to do. I'd rather design a confident, obvious experience than a clever one that needs explaining.
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Accessibility is the floor.
Focus states, contrast, hierarchy, and type aren't features. They're the baseline a professional digital product owes its users.
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Constraints make better work.
WordPress themes, plugin commitments, governance rules, PHP versions: these aren't the enemy. They're the conditions the design has to live inside.
Strengths
A few things people hire me for.
- UX/UI design for content-heavy sites and internal tools
- WordPress implementation work that holds up over time
- Information architecture for stakeholders with competing needs
- Accessible-by-default HTML, CSS, and design tokens
- Content design that turns long copy into useful structure
- Quiet, defensible visual systems for institutional contexts
- Print and digital production fluency across Adobe CC
- Designing with people who don't usually get designed for
- Digital marketing campaigns that stay on-brand across channels
What I'm looking for
Where I want to take this.
I'm building toward a career in UX/UI, product, and education technology. I'm especially interested in:
- Design work that improves outcomes for students, especially those with learning disabilities.
- Education-sector product teams in K–12, independent schools, or EdTech tackling a meaningful problem.
- Roles where design and implementation aren't separate jobs.
- Teams that take accessibility, content, and stakeholder collaboration seriously.