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Jess Crane: Multidisciplinary creative professional. Business consulting, product development, design, music, writing. Community builder.

Jess Crane is a multidisciplinary creative professional with expertise in business consulting, concept design, product development, fashion design, technical design, textile print design, marketing, graphic design, music, and writing. She is passionate about innovation and lifelong learning, and she has spent her career exploring the intersection of different disciplines and integrating them into her work.

As a business consultant, Jess helps organizations identify growth opportunities, improve their operations, and develop effective strategies for success. She also offers a wide range of creative services, including website design, graphic design, promotional marketing plans, product design, advertisement, event planning, business organization planning charts, market research, and competitor research.

In addition to her work as a consultant, Jess is also a connector who brings creative and business communities together through online groups, networking events, and public events. She is a fashion industry professional, artist, and musician, and she has extensive experience in studio arts, product life-cycle management, and business operations.

Jess founded Jess Crane Design, LLC, which provided consultation and services to help entrepreneurs and businesses bring their ideas to life through apparel and product design. Her experiences working with small businesses and corporations give her a thorough understanding of the product development industry.

Jess has a BFA in Fashion Design from The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago and an MS in Recreation, Sports and Tourism from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has volunteered on the Board of Directors for Fashion Group International of Chicago, on the Managing Board of Directors for Apparel Industry Board Inc Chicago (AIBI), and as Nominating Chair for FGI Chicago. She is an award recipient for programming recognition from Fashion Group International.

As a musician, Jess has released three independent full-length albums and one compilation album with two different bands as a vocalist, bassist, lyricist, and songwriter. She was also a booker and band manager for twelve years. Her editorial garment, "The Bride," was featured in 44FLOOD's TOME 2 - Melancholia, and was displayed on the body at the 2013 TOME 2 gallery show opening at Last Rites Gallery in NYC.

In 2022, Jess volunteered as a Contributing Artist and Editor of the coloring book, CHIC in Chicago: 35 Years of Fashion with AIBI, which was the main fundraiser of the year for Apparel Industry Board Inc Chicago. She helped gather information from local designers, digitized sketches, drew sketches, edited copy, and helped organize the book with Ambar Campos, Executive Director of AIBI. Copies can be purchased at: https://www.aibi.com/shop