Having a background deeply rooted in design, Christian San Jose has firmly established himself as a trailblazer in creative leadership and tech entrepreneurship.
Christian is currently a UX consultant, working with global companies that include Make Technology Inc., NBA Asia, Metrobank, and Security Bank.
Until most recently, he served as the Co-founder and Managing Director at Make, a UX and technology subsidiary of Ace Saatchi & Saatchi. He led a user experience team composed of 25+ designers, researchers, product managers, and full-stack engineers, that leverages and deeply integrates with the 130-people operation at Ace Saatchi & Saatchi. Make handles UX research and strategy, interactive design, development and technology-focused initiatives for clients such as Cebu Pacific, Carrier, Vimeo, Livestream, Smart, Sun Cellular, and SMDC.
He previously served as the Head of Digital at MullenLowe Group, and Head of User Experience and Design at Jump Digital Asia, working on local and international end-to-end digital campaigns for clients such as Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Nike Foundation, 7-Eleven, NutriAsia, Asia Brewery, Japan Tobacco, Solaire Resort & Casino, and Metro Pacific Investments.
At 21, he bootstrapped his first digital startup, Create.ph, and worked on the official branding, website design, and development for some of the biggest clients in the world, including Usher, Kanye West, Kobe Bryant, Usain Bolt, James Harden, Dwyane Wade, and Big Sean, among others. Five years after its inception, Create was successfully fully acquired by Jump Digital Asia.
In the past, he has been an award-winning illustrator, getting the top prize in the Design By Humans $10,000 competition at the age of 19. A year later, his commissioned artwork titled “Rise Together” was included in every commercially released copy of Adobe CS5. His art and merchandise designs have been featured in CNN, CBS, MTV, Computer Arts Magazine, and Nickelodeon.