Genesia Ting

I’m a senior product designer in scenic San Francisco, CA 🌉.

Design, if applied appropriately, can be a catalyst for social good. My expertise is innovating within largely “bureaucratic” spaces with a laser focus on social impact and civic tech. Currently, I’m designing public interest tech at Recidiviz, a criminal justice reform nonprofit.

Before that, I pushed pixels at the Los Angeles Times, Census Open Innovation Labs, Mapbox, EchoUser (a small UX firm), Airbel Impact Lab, International Rescue Committee, Almost Fun SAT, Coding it Forward, Pivot to Civic, and more. Let’s talk about design, live music photography, woodworking, plants, funky basslines, and everything in-between!

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A snapshot of my experiences ↓

Select Speaking Engagements »

🏛️ Design for the Public Good – Show & Tell / Lightning Talk
The Art of Noticing
Oct 2024

🚧 CROP Organization – Guest Speaker, Fireside Chat
Design @ Recidiviz
Sept 2024

💻 BYOC Camps and Clubs – Facilitator, Organizer, and Workshop Coordinator
Aug 2024

📚 Carleton University – Guest Lecturer
Extended Reality Journalism, Media Production and Design
Oct 2023

✍🏼 The University of Texas at Austin – Guest Lecturer
Product Strategies for Journalism (Knight Foundation, Google News Initiative) Aug – Sept 2021

🍎 University of Southern California – 2x Guest Lecturer
Journalism and the Audience (USC Annenberg)
How to build effective news products Sept 2020, Aug 2021

🛠️ SacHacks – Guest Speaker, Fireside Chat, Judge, Facilitator of Design Thinking Workshop
Nov 2018, Feb 2021

🎙️ Students Who Design – Guest Speaker
Students Who Design: Genesia Ting
Sept 2018

Giving Season »

While I have your attention – if you have a few extra dollars, please join me in donating to a few of my favorite causes :) or any local orgs that are important to you! I’ve linked a few of my donation histories. My hope is that it may also encourage you to set up recurring donations. Meaningful change often happens at the local level.

GLOBAL

Watsi 🌎

Watsi allows you to directly fund life-changing healthcare for people around the world.

SAN FRANCISCO

SF Food Bank 🍏

SF-Marin Food Bank’s mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin.

UNITED STATES

DonorsChoose 📚

DonorsChoose allows you to gift teachers in need of classroom supplies.