# Kauhi Hookano

> Designer @Backbone • Formerly Uber

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kauhi

Designer • Backbone Labs • Trying to make good things for good people

## Work Experience
### Design Lead • App @ Backbone
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, CA

### Designer • App and Product @ Backbone
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA

### Senior Product Designer I @ Uber Freight
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA

### Product Designer II @ Uber Freight
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA

### Product Designer I @ Uber Freight
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA

### Product Design Intern @ Uber Freight
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA

### SCAD Collaborative Learning Center - Sponsored Course @ Ford Motor Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Savannah, Georgia Area
SCAD collaborated with Ford Motor Company to research and develop multiple digital assistant use cases concepts for driven and driverless vehicles including owned, shared, commercial vehicles, and mobility services.

### Student @ Savannah College of Art and Design
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Savannah, Georgia

### SCAD Sponsored Course • Uber Elevate @ Uber
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Savannah, Georgia Area
SCAD collaborated with Uber to assist in the research and development of concepts for a common cabin interior user experience and reimagine the ‘SkyPort’ and it’s role at the intersection of vehicles, people, architecture, and airspace across a variety of vehicle types that will ultimately inform the development of hundreds of thousands of electric VTOL aircraft on the Uber Elevate network globally.

### Designer - SCAD Collaborative Learning Center Sponsored Studio @ Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Savannah, Georgia Area
SCAD collaborated with Lowe's Customer Experience Design to research and develop concepts creating DIY-skill learning events for customers that engage the store employees and leverage use of Lowe's stores and parking lots.

### Sales Associate @ Hurley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Costa Mesa, California
At Hurley, I helped check customers out (typically applying an employee or promotional discount), restock shelves, process incoming garments, and help customers find the garments they're looking for. This location was at Hurley's corporate HQ in Costa Mesa, CA.

### Art Department Intern @ Morning Sun Shirt Company
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | 12300 Monarch St. Garden Grove, CA
I used programs like Photoshop and Illustrator to separate colors from designs and output films in order to use them in the screen printing process. I also had a limited experience with the DTG (Direct to Garment) printer. Toward the end of my internship, the creative director also had me creating new designs to pitch to Hurley International.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Service Design
Savannah College of Art and Design
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### General Education in General Education
Newport Harbor High School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wowie
- Portfolio: https://wowie.webflow.io
- Portfolio: https://instagram.com/kauhiwowie/
- Behance: https://behance.net/Ohsneezeme

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Source: https://flows.cv/kauhi
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kauhi/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-30