Creative Strategist. Global Storyteller. PIVOT MASTER.
Jessica is a creative strategist and designer with a decades-long career spanning branding, web & graphic design, retail product & packaging design, and WCAG compliance strategy across various industries, verticals, and scales. Specializing in brand development and creative repositioning, she has helped small businesses, start-ups, retail powerhouses, and major tech companies hone their brand voice, style, messaging, and strategy.
As a seasoned writer and emerging speaker, Jessica explores the realities of long-term solo travel, midlife reinvention, and designing a life built on personal values and goals, rather than societal expectations. She has written professionally for several travel publications with monthly readership in the millions, while her personal writing leans deeply introspective, bluntly honest, and slightly unhinged by design. Her work is grounded in lived experience and refuses to chase trends and algorithmic validation.
BonVoyage Besties - Episode 49: The Power of Solo Travel - Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Jessica Hagmaier
In this episode of Bon Voyage Besties, hosts Rachel and Rosa chat with creative strategist Jessica Hagmaier about the life-changing power of solo travel. They dive into overcoming fears, the growth found outside comfort zones, and why cultural experiences matter more than material things. It’s an honest look at the highs and lows of adventuring alone.
