Tokyo-based digital product designer specializing in leading cross-cultural design teams.

I began my journey as a product designer in an e-commerce platform for online stores and progressed to a leadership role in the UX department at Veeam. Currently, I work as a Design Team Lead, AI & Mobile apps at JetBrains.

Clay sculpting is a huge part of my life, so you can spot my creations here on the website.

Education:
Master of Arts ・ Artist in Residency – Shigaraki 滋賀県立陶芸の森 ・ British Higher School of Art & Design

Awards:
Cannes Lions shortlist・Epica Awards 2019 Silver・Art Directors Club Russia Bonze・Art Directors Club Europe shortlist・Commarts shortlist・Awwwards Nominee・Webby Award Honoree

JetBrains Grazie. Grammar correction, AI-powered text and code suggestion tool

JetBrains Space. A software development platform for solving everyday tasks on the go Android / iOS

JetBrains Museum of Future.
An LMS that helps young people learn coding and engineering

Veeam ProPartner.
A service providing tools and resources for partners to grow

Veeam ServiceNow. An internal issue tracker

The worst UX ever. A viral website with a challenging call to action and the worst user interface ever.

For work inquiries and collaboration ideas, please use hi@soniakochina.com

This website was developed with the help of Yan Te; Maintained as an open-source project on GitHub; Generated with Contentful, Gatsby.js, Netlify; Set in Neue Haas Grotesk.