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Shokai Carter Sinclair (he/him)
647.876.2475 | Toronto, ON, Canada | shokai@airloom.space | LinkedIn
Authorized to work in Canada under an Open Work Permit (sponsorship not required).
Resume
Experience
UX Strategist/Designer (consulting), Airloom Design, 6/2016–present (Toronto, ON, Canada)
UX Lead, Crush & Lovely, 6/2022–5/2023 (New York, NY, USA)
Director of Product Design, CrowdSolve, 3/2022–8/2022 (Denver, CO, USA)
Marketing and Communications Director, Shotgun Players, 6/2017–11/2019 (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Director of Marketing and Communications, Jewish Federation of the East Bay, 11/2014–5/2016 (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Earlier employment history is available on request.
Education
General Assembly
UX design intensive, 2020
San Francisco Art Institute
BA in urban studies, 2010
Training
Pathways to Equity
Design justice fellowship, 2021
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite • Airtable • ClickUp • Figma • Google Analytics • InVision • Miro • OptimalSort • SEMrush • Slack • Trello • Typeform • WordPress • Zoom
Skills
affinity mapping • animation • art direction • branding and identity • card sorting • competitive analysis • content marketing • copywriting • CSS • customer journey mapping • editing • group facilitation • heuristic evaluations • HTML • ideation methodologies • marketing strategy • presenting/pitching • usability research • user flows • survey design • video production • visual design • wireframing/prototyping
Bio
Shokai Carter Sinclair
I’m a UX designer with digital marketing expertise that supercharges my ability to design products that are both user-friendly and give them a competitive edge in the market.
I’m passionate about setting a high standard for accessibility, sustainability, and trauma-informed design. Too often tacked on as a costly afterthought just prior to launch (or not at all), I prefer to keep them top of mind throughout the Agile process.
For me, this mainly means ensuring my designs work well with WCAG guidelines, working closely with software engineers to ensure my designs can be translated into lightweight code with a low carbon footprint, and structuring user research sessions with care for the needs of participants and other researchers.
When I’m not in the midst of a design sprint, you can find me painting or drawing at my easel, working in the garden, or preparing yummy meals for my discerning kiddo.