# Christopher Elawa

> Product Design @ Meta Social Impact

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/christopherelawa

I am a product designer hailing from Jos, Nigeria and Vancouver, Canada. Having grown up bouncing between these two vastly different cultures, I have developed a practice anchored at the intersection of culture, technology and design. I believe a solid understanding of context and culture is indispensable to meaningful product design.

I am currently working as a Product Designer at Facebook in Menlo Park, California. Prior to Facebook, I had the opportunity to work with brands such as Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Nvidia at AKQA San Francisco.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Building and growing products that empower people to raise billions of dollars for causes important to them.

### Design Charrette Mentor & Group Lead @ Simon Fraser University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Seattle
Guided 2nd year design students on walking and sketching tour of urbanism and architecture in Seattle. Mentored smaller teams developing a design driven, contextually relevant architectural proposal during 3 day sprint.

### Teaching Assistant @ Simon Fraser University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Vancouver, Canada Area
Teaching Assistant for 2nd Year Spatial Design course.

### Product Design Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park

### UX & Strategy Apprentice @ AKQA
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
In my position at AKQA San Francisco I was involved in creative concepting, user experience, product design and execution work for a portfolio of world class brands such as Nike and Nvidia as well as internal projects.

### Lead Designer @ Sky Nation Systems Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Vancouver, Canada Area
In this position I was responsible for the operation of Skynation's small design team. Our team worked closely with the technical team to produce experiential design driven products and solutions for a range clients. In addition we were responsible for visual design and identity projects.

### Junior Photo Editor & Designer @ Greenstar Plant Product INC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Langley, BC
Summer position in the design department working closley with marketing on the production of an extensive product catalogue.

### Lead Designer & Media Director @ LLIV Festival
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Vancouver, BC
Designer of all print and web promotional materials including event branding. Videographer for promotional videos as well as coordinator for photography and videography on event days.

### Bicycle Salesperson @ Bicycle Sports Pacific
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Langley, BC
Sales of bicycles, clothing and accessories. Involved constant customer interaction and up to date product knowledge.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Interactive Arts and Technology – Design
Simon Fraser University

### High School
Hillcrest International School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chriselawa
- Portfolio: http://chriselawa.com/index.html

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Last updated: 2026-03-30