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 an Android App designer for JetBrains Space ✨ and contribute to AI platform design.

Clay sculpting is a huge part of my life, and that's why you can spot my creations right 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 AI Platform. Provides text editing, summarization, chat functionality, and code review suggestions.

JetBrains Space Mobile Apps. Complete software development platform to solve everyday developers' tasks on the go. Android / iOS

JetBrains Museum of Future LMS.
Learning management system that helps youngsters to study coding and engineering.

Veeam ProPartner.
Partner Service for the direct access to tools and resources that help partners drive business growth.

Veeam ServiceNow. A portal for employees to open any administrative tickets.

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.