Experience
Professional Experience
Cable
Staff Product Designer
Berlin, Germany (remote)
Jan 2024 to present
Moss
Lead Product Designer
Berlin, Germany
April 2022 to Dec 2023
Sharpist
Lead Product Designer
Berlin, Germany
August 2020 to March 2022
Revolut
Product Designer
Berlin, Germany
May 2020 to August 2020
BCG Digital Ventures
Senior Experience Designer
Berlin, Germany
February 2019 to April 2020
R/GA
Senior Experience Designer
Austin, TX & London, UK & Tokyo, JPN
March 2013 to November 2018
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Advertising Design
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
Fall 2010 to March 2013
Summer Intensive Program - Interaction Design
School of Visual Arts
New York City, NY
Summer 2012
Online Course
Nanodegree - Intro to Programming
Udacity
Course Completed in March 2018
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python
Volunteer & Side projects
Mentor
ADPList.org
Remote
March 2021 to Dec 2021
Volunteer Teacher
ReDI School of Digital Integration
Berlin, Germany
March 2020 to December 2020
Rainbow Austin
Chatbot for local LGBTQ+ Resources
Austin, TX
August 2018
Read the press article
R/GA Connected Snowglobe
Austin, TX
November/December 2017
Read the press article
London Chapter Organizer
CreativeMornings
London, UK
September 2015 to June 2016
Mentor
Hyper Island Startup Bootcamp
London, UK
April 2016
Article: Why the smart banking revolution has yet to happen
Campaign.co.uk
October 2015
Read the article
Assistant Director
Rebound (Film)
Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2011
See the project page
Skills & Languages
Wireframe/Prototyping
Product Features Definition
Creative Concepting
Design System
User Research
Information Architecture
Chat-bot Design
Japanese
English
German (B2)
HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Python (Intro level)
In case you are wondering where I have lived...
It's a long story.
Tokyo, Japan
–2006
Grew up in Tokyo dreaming about my world beyond dealing with overly crowded commuter trains every day.
Phoenix, AZ
2006–2007
Discovered my love with a late-night Arizona burrito at Filiberto's and sipping horchata under the 105ºF/40ºC weather.
Seattle, WA
2008–2011
Prepped a portfolio for my art schools admission at a community college while my parents were thinking that I was applying for University Washington's Business School on the other side of the Pacific.
Savannah, GA
2011–2013
I spent most of my time in front of a poorly equipped MacBook running all things Adobe or drinking PBR out of red solo cups.
New York City, NY
2012
Didn't get accepted to any Summer internship in NYC, so I signed up for an interaction design summer school and went there anyway.
Austin, TX
2013–2014
Tacos🌮, Music🎷, Bicycle🚴, Yoga🤸🏽♂️ and Cortado☕️.
"but... no, I am not a hipster."
London, UK
2014–2016
London was so expensive; I learned how to negotiate at fried chicken shops to get extra drumsticks with loose changes in my pocket.
Austin, TX
2016–2018
Admitting the fact that I might be a hipster. Moved back to 300 days of Sunshine.
Berlin, Germany
2019–
If you're looking for me, skip the techno clubs and head straight to the sunny park. I'll be there, roller skating to my favorite Broadway musical tunes.