Jess Lowry is a human-centered designer, researcher, educator, barre instructor, and mentor who has spent more than a decade coaching people through professional growth and change. She has worked as a consultant across multiple industries since 2006, helping individuals and organizations understand complex systems, navigate uncertainty, and design more intentional ways forward.

Jess developed the Life Design Workbook after leading weeklong retreats in Austin and Dripping Springs beginning in 2017. Her approach combines practical design methods with mindfulness and humanist principles, helping people step back from work pressures, examine what is changing, and explore possibilities grounded in their actual lives—not an idealized version of the job market.

She studied humanism at the University of Toronto and Design Thinking for Continuous Organizational Renewal at Penn State. She has taught UX Design at General Assembly and written peer-reviewed research about how organizational change and opaque systems affect workers.

Jess also hosts and produces Deprecated Human, an action-research podcast documenting how layoffs, automation, long-term unemployment, and changes in how work is organized are affecting people across industries and professions. Through these conversations, she brings direct knowledge of what workers are experiencing—and helps people recognize that the disruption they face is not simply a personal failure to adapt.

Jessica Lowry will transform complexity into practical solutions

Jessica Lowry

Services

Life Design Clarity Session