hi there!
I'm Junko Elliott, a design leader and UX designer based in Seattle, Washington. I was most recently the UX Manager at Zulily where I led a talented team of designers in our work for customer-facing and enterprise sites, tools and mobile apps. In my six years there, I was able to build a UX team and practice within Zulily, helping to evangelize the merits of UX and bring greater visibility to the work and positive impact of the team. Zulily taught me the importance of partnering across organizational lines to achieve common goals, and I consider myself very fortunate to have worked with so many bright, creative and hard-working people while there.
In my 20-some years of experience I've worked at companies large and small, as a contractor then FTE at Microsoft for over ten years, to employee #1 at a tiny design startup, and consulting at a large digital agency just prior to joining Zulily. I've also enjoyed mentoring and helping teach at the School of Visual Concepts, both to give back to up-and-coming UXers and to keep my own UX knowledge sharp. (Those students are smart and ask really good questions!)
Outside of work, you'll find me hanging out with my husband and our cats Linus and Lucy, or spending solo time baking, painting or attempting to run-walk around Greenlake.
Team Lunch at Din Tai Fung. More Xiao Long Bao please!
Me and my Grand Budapest Hotel cohorts for Halloween. I had so much fun making my Agatha costume and Mendel's boxes (except the one in front--that's all Aaron!)
A little team outing to Pike Place Market.
Me (far right) and the UX team as mythical creatures for Halloween 2018. We were "kinda" into Halloween at Zulily.
Our first team outing to Peter Miller Books in its original location in Belltown.
Hey, we may be UXers, but we like to get creative too!
Big reveal of Zulily jersey sponsorship for Sounders FC!
Team visit to Ada's bookstore on Capitol Hill.
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