🌍 Jennifer Picado – Travel Creative & Digital Experience Architect

🚀 Merging Travel, Tech & Storytelling into Seamless Experiences

📍 Chalmette, Louisiana | 📞 504-510-1878 | ✉️ explore@jenventures.global
🔗 LinkedIn | 🌐 JenVentures.Global

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✦ Summary

I cultivate immersive digital ecosystems where cutting-edge web development, interactive prototyping, and storytelling-driven design converge to transform user experiences. My expertise bridges the gap between intuitive digital interfaces and sensory-friendly, wanderlust-fueled travel solutions, ensuring efficiency, engagement, and effortless exploration.

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✦ Professional Experience

🛠 Skills & Expertise

• 💬 Remote team collaboration (Slack) & project management
• 🤖 AI-driven travel concierge solutions (Private GPT)
• 🎨 UX/UI design (Resident Services Portal)
• 👕 Apparel Prototyping (Alive Shoes)
• 🌏 Cross-cultural adaptability
• 💻 Front-end development (Jekyll, HTML/CSS, JavaScript)
• ⚡ ADHD-powered methodologies (hyperfocus)

DigitalSpellCraft – Travel Creative  (April 2015 – Present)

• Revolutionizing travel planning through immersive digital storytelling and AI-powered itinerary curation.
• Beta testing for apple travel apps, refining UI/UX interactions to craft stress-free experiences for travelers.
• Created a smart travel GPT, enhancing user retention by 50% through conversational UI and real-time insights.
• Developed AI-driven UX prototypes that improved efficiency in multiple industries, including EdTech and law enforcement.

365 Connect – UI/UX Web Designer & Help Desk (July 2007 – April 2015)

• Collaborated on a full UX/UI overhaul of a property management platform, boosting user engagement and accessibility.
• Provided executive administrative support, documentation, and team facilitation.
• Implemented streamlined workflows, improving operational efficiency and website turnaround times. Assisted in evaluating and making decisions on software purchases to enhance platform capabilities.

Intradel – Executive Administrative Assistant & Help Desk (January 2003 – July 2007)

• Managed editorial calendars, optimizing SEO-driven storytelling.
• Supported executive teams with technology preparation.
• Enhanced office operations through process improvements and digital documentation systems.
• Maintained The Web Mall until sale and transition to Shop.com

🎓 Education & Certifications

• Responsible Vendor
• ServSafe Food Handler
• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Networking
  Herzing College (August 2002 – December 2006)

🌍 Languages & Cultural Experience

• Needs Refreshers: [French, Italian, Spanish]
• Currently learning: [Modern Greek/ASL]
• Lived/traveled/worked in: [New Orleans, LA/Southeast US]

✨ Interests & Personal Mission

• Traveling to dog-friendly destinations around the world, especially those with great fishing spots for remote work-life balance purposes
• Learning languages through cultural immersion
• Advocating for sensory-friendly work environments