User experience designer and strategist. Currently asking questions and filling sketchbooks at Daylight Design in San Francisco
How I work
I have 10+ years of design and consulting experience. I can wear many hats within the human-centered design world, but most often I’m focused on UX for digital product design and team+product+stakeholder management. I love working with good people on projects that strive to make the world a friendlier and healthier place.
I’ve worked with clients ranging from public agencies to startups to Fortune Global 500 companies and have led projects in a range of sectors and industries including financial services, energy, education, healthcare, and automotive.
Project snapshots
Most of my recent design work is not publicly shareable but here are a few snapshots to give a sense of what I’ve been up to. For a more in-depth look, contact me at rachel.sakai at gmail.com
Designing to communicate the value and workings of an energy system.
Client: A startup in the home energy space
Role: team lead, strategy, UX design
User experience and user interface design for a home energy app with a goal of helping consumers understand the relationships between their household consumption, energy from solar and battery, and energy from the grid.
Designing for population-level behavior change research.
Client: TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health at the University of Chicago
Role: co-lead, research and strategy, UX design, UI design
User experience and user interface design for a multi-location public health platform designed to enable researchers to administer & analyze behavior-change interventions.