ABOUT
Amanda Jensen is a multidisciplinary creative leader who fuses research, design, and narrative strategy to build playful, future-facing experiences. Based in Los Angeles and experienced across tech, film, AI, education, and social impact, she catalyzes the journey from provocative ideas to tangible prototypes and audience-first products.
Amanda’s practice centers on empathetic fieldwork, co-design, and systems thinking where she surfaces cultural patterns and converts them into interaction models, story systems, and production pipelines that are both surprising and robust.
Her research-driven storytelling has premiered at SXSW and been distributed on major platforms including Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video. Amanda is especially interested in work that blends entertainment and utility: interactive narratives, playful learning systems, and AI-powered products that invite new forms of participation.
Media Design Practices, MFA
ArtCenter College of Design
Communication Design, BA
California State University, Chico
PRESS
PODCASTS
Unsolicited UX Podcast
Empowering Users in the EdTech Space
S2 Ep8
UXR Minds Podcast
Storytelling & Your UXR Journey
S2 Ep25
WEBINARS & INTERVIEWS
Lightning Talks Series Webinar
LinkedInfluencing: Professional Brand Strategies
Inspiring Researcher Interview Feature
Non-linear Career Paths empower Divergent Thinking
GUEST LECTURE & SPEAKER
The UX Multiplier Effect: Infusing Design Thinking into Organizational DNA
Conference Talk Forthcoming
Inclusive UX Design PSYCH 350US
Design WITH not AT: The Power of Participatory Research & Co-Design
Presentation & Practice MADT 439W
Leveraging Personal Experience for Professional Branding
Brandmatters HSOC-212.01
Cocacolonization: Brands as Modern Day Colonizers of Culture
Sustainability Day Community Event
Design Activism: Craft Beer Community Resilience in a Corporate Beer Market
ADVISORY
2025
Guest Reviewer
Tyler School of Art & Architecture
Faculty Grant Judge
ArtCenter College of Design
2021 – 2019
Portfolio Judge
California State University, Chico
2017-2016
Symposium Moderator
CSU, Chico Future of Work
Guest Critic
ArtCenter College of Design
RECOGNITION
2025
ADPList Top 10 Female Mentor
Multimedia Design
2024 – 2023
ADPList Top 10% Mentor
Across all Global Mentors
LinkedIn Top Voice
UX Research
ADPList Top 1% Mentor
Product Research
Chapter Lead
Ladies that UX Los Angeles
ETS Spotlight Recognition Award
Innovation & Team Leadership
2017 – 2016
ArtCenter College of Design
Honors Distinction
MFA Thesis Scholarship
Work Breaking New Ground
2015
PPN Judges Choice Award
Publication Book Design & Binding
California State University, Chico
Cum Laude
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