Summary
Chieri Sugawara is a senior UI/UX designer with eight years of experience who currently leads end-to-end product design for web3 clients at IndieDAO. She combines rapid, agile delivery with a research-driven approach, leveraging design systems, pattern libraries, and UX writing to create accessible, developer-friendly interfaces. Comfortable running lightning design jams and client co-creation workshops, she excels at turning ambiguous opportunities into clear product directions under tight timelines. She also mentors junior designers and establishes cross-team design practices to maintain consistent service quality. With a liberal arts background and multilingual studies, she brings a human-centered perspective to technical products that balances behavioral insight with practical execution.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Liberal Arts with concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree, Liberal Arts with concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Soka University of America
Spanish, Spanish at Universidad San Francisco de Quito
UX/UI Design Apprenticeship, Design and Visual Communications, General, UX/UI Design Apprenticeship, Design and Visual Communications, General at Bloc
Spanish, Japanese, English