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San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

・Update a design system at Apple with a small team of designers and engineers・Build design system components for use by designers across dozens of products・Document components for internal product design and engineering stakeholders

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

User experience (UX) design for a personal assistant service for working moms and accompanying mobile app.・Built the company’s first member app prototype in Figma, bringing static designs to life and providing the first interactive end-to-end view of the member experience. ・Led prototyping and visual design for an iterative, comprehensive usability study that laid the foundation for several new features and improvements. ・Designed and delivered navigation improvements for the company’s member-facing mobile app. ・Designed, maintained, and created technical documentation for scalable, responsive mobile and web design system components for iOS and android. ・Created an accessible dark mode color palette and defined required structural changes to the existing company-wide color palette. ・Defined foundational industrial design strategy for the company’s hardware program with high level explorations across various industries.

・Defined concept, brand, and strategy, conducted ideation sketching, and built both physical and digital rapid prototypes for connected appliances at Panasonic's Silicon Valley innovation studio. ・Worked directly with hardware and software engineers to prototype and test new proposals for home appliances and services. ・Founding member of the core team that developed the Connected Homeware project presented by Panasonic at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020.

・Created brand assets, catalogs, brochures, product packaging, and promotional photography for various clients including Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms and Yannoko Tea Co.

Kadoma-Shi, Osaka, Jp

・Created a blender design concept for the kitchen appliance design team.・Gained firsthand knowledge of the manufacturing process by working in an appliance factory.

Tokyo, Jp

・Created a home office desk concept for a leading Japanese office furniture company.

Master’S Degree, Design Strategy (Design Business Focus)

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Industrial Design

Study Abroad, Product Design

Critical Language Scholarship Program, Japanese Language