Jesse Van Hiller

Rhythm. Narrative. Strategy.

Pattern, story, and direction.

I am Jesse Van Hiller, a Bay Area drummer, writer, and product strategist. Across live music, essays and fiction, and digital product work, I help ideas find their timing, shape, and use.

Gigs Writing Product work

Performances and releases.

Gigs, recordings, videos, audio, and projects.

Gigs Discography Videos

Gigs

TBD Soon

More dates coming

Contact me if you need a drummer.

Discography

Videos

Thoughts.

Selected writings and featured articles.

book

The Underachiever: A Romantic Ridiculosity

Written as a three-part series of novellas, the Underachiever is a fictionalized digital memoir. One part email confessional, one part fictional autobiography and two parts nonsensical quandary, The Underachiever mixes the romantic comedy into a romantic ridiculosity.

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medium

@jessevanhiller on Medium

Read my writing about life, science, product, music, and more on Medium.

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Productivity

Turning ambiguity into useful direction.

Product strategy is another kind of composition: listening for what matters, finding the structure, and giving teams a way to move with purpose.

  • Product strategy
  • Discovery and framing
  • Roadmaps with judgment
  • Digital experience

Drumming taught me timing. Writing taught me voice. Product work taught me how ideas become useful when they meet real people.

Structure, momentum, experience.
Jesse Van Hiller

Across music, writing, and product strategy, I keep coming back to the same craft: shaping raw material into experiences people can feel, follow, and use.