Marijke Jorritsma
Marijke Jorritsma — Design Manager and Lead User Experience Designer. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.
Design Manager and Lead User Experience Designer
Marijke Jorritsma is passionate about pushing the boundaries of where design can go. As a Design Manager and Product Strategist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she works at the intersection of augmented reality, AI, and space exploration—helping to reimagine how robotic spacecraft are designed and operated.
Beyond her work at NASA, Marijke consults with a wide range of organizations—from Major League Baseball’s quantitative analytics teams, advising on how design can contribute to a World Series win, to film production companies exploring human-centered AI that can spot sleeper hits in stacks of scripts.
Wherever the challenge, she champions design as a critical tool for shaping the future.
Past talks
3 talks · 2 eventsReframing UX in Complex Organizations
In many organizations, UX is still viewed as a finishing touch - brought in late to improve the look and feel of a product. But in complex organizations, UX is evolving into something much more powerful: a strategic function that shapes how teams work, make decisions, and deliver lasting impact. In this talk, Marijke Jorritsma shares what it takes to embed UX meaningfully in deeply technical, complex organization. Drawing from years of experience working across disciplines, she’ll explore how UX contributes far beyond the user interface—through service design, systems thinking, and close collaboration with engineering, product, and operations. This talk is for anyone working cross-functionally who wants to: - Understand how UX can influence systems, workflows, and strategy—not just screens - Collaborate more effectively with design in technical, high-complexity contexts - Break down silos between design, engineering, and product thinking - Learn how to co-create solutions that are not only usable—but adopted, sustainable, and scalable - Reframe UX as a partner in innovation, not just execution Whether you’re building software, shaping policy, or leading programs, this session will offer practical takeaways on how to partner with UX to create more resilient, human-centered systems—together.
UX in Uncertain Times: Driving Change, Preserving Impact
How UX and design professionals can be strategic change-makers in unstable environments, ensuring user needs, ethical considerations, and human-centered values aren’t lost amid layoffs, shifting priorities, and leadership changes.
