I’m René Johan Jessen. I connect design, e-commerce and automation.
I’m René Johan Jessen. With a background in graphic design, I now work across web development, e-commerce, product data and automation. I connect the visual experience with the systems behind it.
Explore my projects and professional experience. For businesses looking for a creative and technical partner, and teams seeking a colleague who understands the wider digital business.
I like it when a good idea works in practice. When design makes a solution easier to use, and technology creates more room for the work that matters.

A collaboration with a clear direction.
We begin by understanding the need and defining the task. Along the way, I make the solution tangible so there is something to see, test and discuss.
Experience
From graphic craft to digital systems. The roles that shaped my approach.
August 2022 – PresentKabooki / JBSE-commerce & Marketplace Operations
Herning Municipality, Denmark
Hands-on responsibility for e-commerce operations, marketplace infrastructure, and AI-assisted B2B platform development — combining Amazon, product data, automation, integrations, and custom software to make complex commercial workflows scalable.
- Managed Amazon Vendor and Seller operations with a strong focus on listing stability, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Structured and maintained large-scale product catalog data using Plytix PIM.
- Built and maintained automations in Make.com across Plytix, Shoporama, spreadsheets, and marketplace-related systems.
- Designed and built AI-assisted B2B tools, including a private preorder platform for collection planning, size-level forecasting, customer ordering, administration, and export.
- Worked with APIs across commerce, analytics, and product data systems to improve data flow and operational reliability.
- Supported reporting flows with GA4, Google Sheets, and Looker Studio.
- Contributed to scalable SEO and content workflows based on structured data and AI.
2019 – NowPasionelIndependent Digital Consultant
Herning, Denmark
An independent phase spanning websites, digital execution, and business-facing problem-solving, strengthening a practical end-to-end understanding of how digital work is built, maintained, and improved.
- Worked across websites, design, content, and technical execution in direct collaboration with business needs.
- Built broad operational understanding of how digital assets, storefronts, and workflows need to connect in practice.
- Strengthened the bridge between design decisions, implementation quality, and maintainable delivery.
November 2019 – May 2021Stjernekort.dkFounder / Designer / Developer
Denmark
A personalised star map poster business that deepened practical experience with product presentation, digital flows, and direct-to-consumer execution.
- Built a niche e-commerce concept around personalized products and digital ordering flows.
- Strengthened practical understanding of product setup, customer-facing execution, and commerce operations.
May 2017 – November 2020MitGavevalg.dkMarketing Specialist
Kolding area, Denmark
Part of a broader progression in the same business context, connecting digital platform thinking, campaign execution, catalog work, and the bridge between physical and digital customer experience.
- Worked across digital platform needs, catalog execution, and customer-facing digital touchpoints.
- Contributed to the operational link between commercial messaging, assortment presentation, and digital delivery.
March 2012 – November 2020Metz A/SSenior Graphic Designer
Kolding, Denmark
A long formative period where responsibilities expanded beyond design into e-commerce development, webshop administration, product presentation, digital execution, and broader commercial work.
- Worked with product presentation, web-related execution, and e-commerce support alongside design responsibilities.
- Built broad commercial understanding by operating close to both physical products and digital customer touchpoints.
2012A-TEX PromotionGraphic Designer
Denmark
A focused graphic design role within promotion and product-related execution, adding experience with commercial production and brand application.
- Worked with visual execution in a commercial promotion context.
- Strengthened experience with production-ready design and practical delivery.
2011Jacob Jensen DesignGraphic Design Intern
Denmark
A design internship in a highly disciplined design environment, forming an early reference point for precision, visual consistency, and structured execution.
- Worked in a design-led environment with high standards for clarity and consistency.
- Gained early experience with structured visual systems and brand-oriented production.
2011Skills DenmarkDM Finalist in Media Graphics
Denmark
A competition milestone from the media graphics apprenticeship period, reflecting early craft level, production discipline, and design execution.
- Reached the finals in media graphics during the apprenticeship period.
- Documented early professional craft and execution standards.
2008 – 2011NP TRYKMedia Graphic Apprentice
Denmark
A media graphics apprenticeship that built the foundation for structured production, visual execution, layout discipline, and practical design craft.
- Built core craft skills across media graphics, layout, and production-ready design.
- Developed a disciplined approach to execution, detail, and delivery.
- NP TRYK is now known as Sortberg+Hansen.