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Shannon Jager

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Design Director at OpenAI
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Shannon Jager is the Design Director at OpenAI, where she has led major initiatives including the companys first comprehensive rebrand. Her background includes senior design and creative director roles at prestigious firms such as Pentagram, The New York Times, and BUCK. She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts.

Shannon is deeply engaged in the design community, speaking at international conferences like POV Budapest to share her teams insights on balancing human craft with artificial intelligence. She has a background in publishing, having studied at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and previously serving as an editor and art director.

She is the founder, editor, and art director of Double Dot, a biannual print magazine exploring the cultural relationship between sister cities.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Design Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Human-Centered AI Design
Her work at OpenAI focuses on making complex AI technology approachable and human, shaping the brand identity to feel more organic and intuitive for a global audience.
Brand Identity Systems
She led OpenAI's first major rebrand, developing a cohesive system with a new typeface and visual language to unify the company's various products and communications.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Design Director
OpenAI
6-2020 - 4-2024
Creative Director
BUCK
1-2020 - 5-2020
Contributing Senior Designer
T: The New York Times Style Magazine
3-2016 - 2-2020
Senior Graphic Designer
Pentagram
11-2013 - 9-2015
Creative Director
Quill & Quire Magazine
In the press

Media appearances

OpenAI's rebrand tries to tap the emotional side of AI. Featured in Fast Company
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Behind the Scenes of OpenAI's Brand Identity Refresh. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Masters of Design
School of Visual Arts
Publishing
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
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