Jessica Bridger

Office for Integrated Projects

Bringing a blended perspective and intellectual rigor to complex work.

Urban intelligence · Strategic engagement · Journalistic practice

Questions Jessica can answer

Selected Focus Areas – Case Studies
01
Urban Strategy
Urban mobility meets the vertical city
Corporate Strategy Comms
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02
Strategic Narrative & Positioning
Making the complex case to the right audience
Research Strategy Presentation
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03
Advocacy & Positioning
Business links to policy
Advisory Comms Strategy
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04
Editorial & Publication
Shaping complex knowledge
Research Editorial Project Management
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05
Practice into Pedagogy
Teaching what it means to work across boundaries
Academia Design International
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06
International Programs & Dialogue
Strategic communications, program & facilitation
Advisory Policy International
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Approach
01

Integrate
practice

Urbanism, journalism, and strategic advisory consulting are not separate practices. They are components of a holistic approach at all scales from product to project, village to megacity. Jessica is sector, discipline, and approach agnostic, letting each project find its specific niche.

02

Translate
complexity

The most complex challenges resist simple narratives and therefore easy understanding. Technology, finance, urbanism, politics. Jessica enjoys transforming complicated, specialized knowledge into easily understood, thoroughly researched, and targeted content.

03

Bridge
knowledge

Jessica bridges disciplinary, academic, and general knowledge. Specialized or theoretical information is complimented by the practical, applied, and contextual. Fluency across corporate, journalistic and political language helps to resolve seeming incompatibilities.

The outcome?

Building understanding.

Integrating practice, translating complexity, bridging knowledge – these are not ends in themselves. They are the conditions for genuine understanding, of a project, a place, a market, or an idea. Jessica is comfortable managing projects and stakeholders and integrates well across organization hierarchies, from top to bottom. She delivers work that is clear, rigorous, and easily implemented, including strategic plans and research to bespoke publishing, public presentations, and teaching.

Global Reach
Worked / Researched Lived Visited City – dot size = visit frequency
Editorial

Subject Intelligence

Jessica's journalistic work is not separate from her consulting work. It is how she thinks, researches, and communicates. It is a fact-gathering, connection-making practice. Articles, books, radio.

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About
Jessica Bridger

Jessica
Bridger

Urbanist · Journalist · Consultant
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design – MLA
  • Monocle Magazine – Contributing Editor
  • National University of Singapore – Visiting Senior Fellow
  • Schindler Global Large Projects – Consultant

Jessica Bridger works with organizations on questions that don't fit neatly into a single discipline – where strategy, knowledge, and communication need to work together to produce a clear outcome.

Trained as a designer and urbanist at Harvard GSD, she brings an integrated approach to projects at the intersection of the built environment, sustainability, and innovation. She works with global corporations, startups, and international institutions on new approaches and applied knowledge initiatives.

Clients & Collaborators (a selection)

ETH Zurich · European Round Table for Industry · Monocle Magazine · National University of Singapore · Netherlands Architecture Institute · OnCities 2030 · Schindler Group · Technische Universität Berlin · Technische Universität München · UN-Habitat · United Cities and Local Governments · Winkreative

Want to get in touch?

Jessica takes on a select number of projects at any one time. If you're interested in seeing which of your questions she can answer, please reach out.

Switzerland · International · LinkedIn