Jess Baker Assoc. IALD, IES, LC
Senior Lighting Designer
Jess wants to live in a world where lighting capabilities are fully harnessed to improve people’s lives. Through her theatre background, she has an unrelenting passion to discover innovative ways that light can enhance and support the experience of a space without overpowering it. She believes collaboration and the advancements of standards through research provide the best path to design innovation and result in the strongest and most impactful statements on society.
Jess excels at taking the inherent technical aspects of light and translating them into an expressive design tool. In addition to design, her past experience as a Light Board Programmer, Master Electrician and Assistant Lighting Designer aids her with advanced error detection skills, clever solutions, software optimization, and a keen eye for technical detail that delivers implementable designs with no sacrifice to the conceptual intent.
Morningstar, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Wrigley Field Plaza
Chicago, IL
Riverwalk Apple Store Plaza
Chicago, IL
Northern Trust Boardroom
Chicago, IL
Hyatt Global Headquarters
Chicago, IL
McDonald’s Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Wrigley Building, North Tower Belfry
Chicago, IL
Easter Seals Center for Autism Research - Family Fitness Center
Chicago, IL
Optima Center II
Chicago, IL
One University Circle
Cleveland, OH
777 North Van Buren Residential Tower Parking Garage
Milwaukee, WI
Greffin House
Clear Lake, IN
St. Mary Church, Hyde Park
Cincinnati, OH
Lighting Magazine 40 Under 40, 2020 (Global)