
While other design and innovation teams struggled to gain traction, my team has thrived by staying grounded in business needs and delivering practical, actionable tools. We built a robust human-centered design and service design practice that helped teams build empathy, identify system-level gaps, and improve experiences across products, services, and journeys.

Built and led a shared service focused on optimizing experiences and shaping go-forward strategies. Our team became the go-to partner for high-priority initiatives—bringing together research, journey mapping, and operational insight to drive measurable change.

Played a key role in a cross-functional initiative to establish Optum’s enterprise experience vision—shifting the organization from B2B-focused to consumer-centered. Collaborated across teams to develop segmentation, conduct field research, and create personas, principles, and experience frameworks adopted company-wide.

Led the creation of an interactive journey mapping capability that transformed a static tool into an engaging, empathy-driven experience. By embedding real audio, video, and insights, we helped leaders understand the full consumer journey and drive more strategic, human-centered decisions.
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