Jill T. Oberski

Design

I am passionate about creating museum displays, infographics, and other
visual media that can engage a wide variety of audiences.

Hence, a brief portfolio:

Infographics

These two infographics were created for the 2019 and 2020 meetings of the Entomological Society of America.

Why do museum collections matter? (2020) earned first place in its class for the President’s Prize student competition; Discovery and Diversity: The importance of systematic entomology in today’s world (2019) earned second place.

Illustration

American Gothic but make it entomologists. The two people are wearing head lamps, carrying a net and an aspirator, and standing in front of Briggs Hall at UC Davis.
A generalized bug with the letters "UCD" as the head, thorax, and abdomen, respectively.
45th annual Roach Races, complete with a racetrack and a checkered finish line. Picnic day 2019.
A logo for the systematics and evolutionary biology section of the Entomological Society of America. A tree bearing leaves and the letters "ESA" turns into a strand of DNA. A ladybug and butterfly chrysalis hang from the tree, while an ant and a winged aphid crawl along the DNA helix.
Mosquitoes have a picnic on a hairy arm, complete with a small picnic blanket, basket, volleyball net, and a giant wristwatch to give the scale of the event.
A worker ant carries a larva (lovingly, as indicated by a heart). Text reads "my big sister loves me".
A logo for the UCD dept of ent/nem. Letters "UCD ENT" are bordered by nematodes, and comprised of a millipede, beetle grub, blue orchard bee, circadian rhythm, honey feeding ants, and a click beetle with large pectinate antennae.
A skyline of the Czech city of Cesky Krumlov, with tree roots branching from underneath. Text reads "Cesky Krumlov workshop on population and speciation genomics, 19 January - 1 February 2025".

Historically, several of these designs were T-shirts and stickers.
You can check if they are available here: https://ucdavisentgrad.square.site/

Video

I got my start with video production in 2007, when I co-produced a documentary about the Berlin Wall for the National History Day competition, and I honed my skills through school projects over the years.

At Macalester College, I worked for several years as a student manager in the Digital Resource Center, where I trained faculty and students to use multimedia software and produce videos, podcasts, 3D models, and more.

Since then, I have developed science content for public outreach, award-winning video contest entries, and promotional reels for nonprofit organizations. I haven’t done any short-format videos (e.g., for TikTok), but I do enjoy putting together longer projects on the rare occasion that I have the time.

2013: “Reasons Why German is Wonderful” – Winner of the Vista Higher Learning video contest about language learning
2021: “All About Ants with the Ward Lab” – produced for the virtual, pandemic-friendly iteration of UC Davis Picnic Day
2019: “GOALS: Our Story in a Nutshell” – produced for the nonprofit Girls’ Outdoor Adventure in Leadership in Science (GOALS) at UC Davis