Jess L McPeak

Wildfire safety education design for the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council

Designing across the council's wildfire-preparedness board game, its education materials, and its 2025 Impact Report.

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Prototyping Resilience: serious games for wildfire preparedness @ UC Davis Department of Design

Games that get whole communities to rehearse a wildfire evacuation while the stakes are still low, from a UC Davis design research project I helped facilitate.

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Brand identity and concert design for the Davis Chamber Players

Ongoing freelance for a chamber-music nonprofit: from a bass-clef logo to the posters, programs, and ads for each concert season since 2023.

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Designing with Developers & Winning at Hackathons

On four hackathon teams I led the concept, UX, and pitch while developers built the product, and three of the four won awards.

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YARN: multimodal storytelling experience for elderly people

A physical card deck and companion app that help older adults share their life stories with family, in whatever way feels most comfortable to them.

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