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OM GOKHALE

UX & Visual Designer in Cambridge, MA, He/him

linkedin.com/in/omgokhale


ABOUT

Leading design at Loci. Working pro-bono on projects that benefit community,
schools, or the Earth. Trying to make technology kind.


PROJECTS

2024
AI playground at Loci

Visualizing the outputs of Vauxel, a machine learning model that recognizes and
describes 3D files. A 3D input floats on the left, and a rich text description
gets generated on the right.

Check out the live beta here.


2023
Visual coding for AI at IBM

Recipient of the 2023 Red Dot Award for Interface Design.

"Conveyor" is a no-code tool to wrangle multiple AI models (Claude, GPT) and
everyday apps (Gmail, Slack) to work together and solve life's most mundane
tasks. It was built by a small team of designers and engineers and deployed
internally at IBM.

As a UX designer, I researched and designed the prototypes below. I also got to
lead our team's presentations to the wonderfully supportive IBM GM of Design,
Katrina Alcorn and VP of UX Research, Karel Vredenburg.

Here, a user builds a workflow to automatically transcribe, summarize, and share
meeting recordings:


2022
Branding at Subject



EDUCATION

2018 — 2022
B.A. Humane Design at Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont

College's first graduate in 'Humane Design'—researching the powerful, prickly
bond between humans and technology.

Coursework in design, neuroscience, data, and ethics.

Graduated summa cum laude and spoke at commencement.




WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 — Now
Founding Designer at Loci
London, UK and Cambridge, MA

Leading design at a General Catalyst-backed startup that uses computer vision to
make the 3D digital world easier and safer to navigate.


2014 — Now
Independent Practice
Worldwide

Designer for nonprofits and startups that help people and the planet. 30+
clients across 4 continents:

 * First designer at a Viz.ai, a startup that uses AI to detect strokes and save
   lives. Built brand and decks that helped raise seed funding, get hospitals on
   board, and secure FDA clearance for clinical trials.

 * Designed posters and pitch decks to help Fair Trade USA, a global nonprofit,
   explain key projects to investors—from farmer COVID-19 aid programs, to
   progress in UN Sustainable Development Goals.

 * Worked with scientists at Netzwerk Blühende Landschaft, a German nonprofit
   that turns empty lots into pollinator-friendly meadows. Designed booklets in
   German and English to close corporate sponsorships.


2022 — 2023
User Experience Designer at IBM
Cambridge, MA

Helped design Conveyor, a tool that helps people string together AI models
without writing any code. Received the 2023 Red Dot Award in Interface Design.


2022 — 2022
User Experience Designer at Subject
Los Angeles, CA

Subject partners with public high school districts to create accessible
credit-bearing online classes, so students from any background can pursue
advanced coursework.

As designer #4, I delivered illustrations, motion, and web design for Subject's
50,000 learners.


2019 — 2019
User Experience Design Intern at Course Hero
Redwood City, CA

Course Hero helps disadvantaged students succeed by acting as an affordable,
equitable private tutor.

I led 0→1 design for an iOS experience that allows students to take a picture of
their homework to get quick help. The feature went live in 2020!


2014 — 2017
Design Thinking Student Coach at Stanford d.School
Palo Alto, CA

Helped teach 5 graduate workshops with the Nueva Design Thinking Insitute at
Stanford's Hasso Plattner School of Design (d.school) and University Innovation
Fellows program.

Covered prototyping, brainstorming, and visual design.




VOLUNTEERING

2022 — Now
Guide at Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
Cambridge, MA

Arthropod advocate. Reading picture books to the museum's youngest visitors and
their families.


2022 — 2022
Farmhand at Hestholl Icelandic Sheep Farm
Richmond, VT

Lived on a small farm in Vermont. Wrangled rams, scooped hay, and helped feed
and milk 30 sheep.


2019 — 2022
Ambassador at Middlebury College Museum of Art
Middlebury, VT

Led tours, wrote labels, and planned events to make an art museum that welcomes
everyone.




SPEAKING

2020
"Design is Connection" at Skolkovo Institute of Science & Technology
Moscow, Central Russia

Skoltech is a research university established in partnership with MIT.

I gave a seminar on visual design to 40 graduate students studying
entrepreneurship. We came up with definitions of design, created branding
principles, and analyzed a case study.


2017
"You're Already a Visual Designer" at Stanford University's Hasso Plattner
School of Design (d.school)
Palo Alto, California

From 2014 to 2017, I helped teach 5 graduate workshops with the Nueva Design
Thinking Insitute at Stanford's Hasso Plattner School of Design (d.school) and
University Innovation Fellows program.

We taught rapid prototyping and use need-finding strategies to cohorts of
University Innovation Fellows and high school educators from around the country.




SIDE PROJECTS

2015
Swap

Designed and built a contact-sharing app with a few high school classmates.
Raised capital from Sherpa Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Uber). Closed shop to get
back to class.




AWARDS

2023
Red Dot Award in User Interface Design from Red Dot

"The Red Dot Design Award is an international, annual design competition for
product design that dates back to 1954. The distinction of 'Red Dot' has become
established internationally as one of the most sought-after seals of quality for
good design."

Shared with a small team at IBM for our work on Conveyor, a tool for building AI
apps without code.


2018
Artist of the Year from National Scholastic Press Association

Editor in Chief and Art Director of a fantastic yearbook team in high school.
Ranked #4 in the country "in recognition of outstanding achievement in art in a
national competition. Honored at the National High School Journalism Convention
in Chicago on November 3rd, 2018."




CONTACT

LinkedIn
omgokhale
Email
omgokh@gmail.com