I am a UX Researcher and Designer

I build on my design background and academic research experience to tackle complex challenges.

Hi, I’m Sahoko Yui.

I’m a UX Researcher and Designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hi! My name is Sahoko Yui. I am a User Experience Researcher and Designer. I currently work at Code for America in San Francisco California as a Senior Qualitative Researcher.

CASE STUDIES

COMING SOON

RESUME

Resume available for download here.

Full CV available here.

EDUCATION

PhD Geography University of California Davis

MS Transportation Technology and Policy University of California Davis

Bachelors of Landscape Architecture California State University San Luis Obispo

WORK

CODE FOR AMERICA (2023 Current)- Senior Qualitative Researcher

GOOGLE VIA SCOPUS IT (2022 - 2023) - UX Researcher

PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (2020 - 2022) - Lead UX Researcher and Designer

CAREAR (2021) - UX Researcher and Designer

UC BERKELEY (2014 - 2020) - Design Lecturer, Artist in Residence

UC DAVIS (2013 - 2020) - Researcher, Design Lecturer

VAN ALEN CLIMATE COUNCIL (2018 - 2020) - Design Research Fellow

SKILLS and TOOLS

SKILLS: User research, Wireframing, High and low fidelity prototyping, Illustration, Storyboarding, Cognitive, Walkthrough, Contextual inquiry, Focus Groups/Interviews, Survey design, Survey analysis, Drawing/Sketching, Project Management. TOOLS: UserTesting, ArcGIS, Adobe CC, Figma, Balsamiq, NVivo, MAXQDA, Sketchup, AutoCAD. SOFT SKILLS: Teaching, Mentoring, Project management, Workshop facilitation.

AWARDS

XR Studio by Mozilla Firefox: Machine Learning Studio
UC Davis Feminist Research Institute
UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Outstanding Thesis Award
Landscape Architecture Foundation Council of Fellows Scholarship