# Osai Hashimi > Design Educator I Product Designer Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/osai I love to learn, play, and make art in everything that I do. ## Work Experience ### UXD Lead Instructor @ General Assembly Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I Bahrain I Montenegro • Leading instruction in Human-Centered Design and Systems Thinking, integrating adult learning theory and applied design practice across U.S. and international campuses. • Designing and facilitated research, journey mapping, and portfolio development workshops for current students and alumni. • Served 300+ learners across the United States, Bahrain, and Montenegro, supporting students from diverse cultural, professional, and educational backgrounds. • Interviewed enterprise and nonprofit client-partners and matched students to real-world capstone projects spanning education, healthcare, social impact, and environmental sectors. Curriculum Design, Enterprise & Global Initiatives • Designed and facilitated a Customer Journey Mapping workshop for 1,000+ international professionals as part of a global partnership with Dribbble, a leading design platform and professional community for designers worldwide. • Created a pedagogical and cultural research deck for a newly launched academic department at the University of Montenegro; developed a reusable research template now informing future international campus launches as the organization scales. • Contributed to the development of activated, scenario-based UX learning modules for software developers at Deloitte, translating design thinking principles into practical, role-specific applications for enterprise teams. • Served as Instructional Designer and Subject Matter Expert on the J.P Morgan Chase Academy curriculum, helping shape UX and design education aligned with workforce development and professional upskilling initiatives. ### Product Designer @ Freelance Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Created learnable products for B2B and B2C clients by leading design strategy and product development. List of clients include, but are not limited to: • Oracle [Led user research and ideation for intern microsite] • Girls In Tech, Inc [Conducted research and designed optimized donation flow] • Fearless Wealth, Inc. [(FinTech startup) Conducted user research and redesigned investment learning modules and client training microsite] ### Math Lead @ Sylvan Learning Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area • Implemented instructional design practices such as formative evaluation, active learning, scaffolding, and social learning to create individual lesson plans for students’ learning needs and styles. • Drove guided, independent and applied math instruction by using students’ performance metrics and adaptive learning technology in K-8 math, Algebra and Geometry. ### Co-Founding Product Designer @ Bloom Ed. Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, Illinois, United States Learning Management Systems for teachers to customize course content, assess student progress and connect with school-wide staff. Scope covered concept work that translated strategy and vision to prototyped proof of concept. • Conducted generative and evaluative research. • Defined design principles and designed information architecture and layout. • Created pitch deck for startup capital. ### Human Resources Manager @ Daily Aljian LLP Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Newport Beach, California Managed human resources for a civil litigation and labor and employment firm. • Redesigned client intake strategy to reduce billable time spent interviewing potential clients and streamlined site information architecture for business litigation marketability. • Designed the firm's employee experience by sourcing and staffing with a zero turn-over rate for 2+ years. • Assisted with legal research using LexisNexis to access legal information, including case law, statutes and regulations. ### Visual Designer & Content Strategist @ Envertex, LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Irvine, CA • Designed websites for healthcare and real estate startups, leveraging client data to drive decisions. • Boosted user engagement by writing blog content for clients' marketing campaigns. • A/B tested Facebook ads, and managed client social media campaigns. ### Legal Recruiter @ Legal Network Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Costa Mesa, CA Staffed firms and corporate legal departments in Orange County and its surrounding areas. • Defined candidate roles based off corporate legal department needs. • Interviewed and placed associates, paralegals and support staff. • Designed information architecture for candidate and company files in Personal Recruiting Software (PRS). ### Math Lead @ Independent Contractor Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Newport Beach Synthesized research from Individual Education Plans (IEP), performance metrics and self-conducted ethnographies to design lesson plans specific to students’ learning needs in K-8 math, Algebra and Geometry. ### Student Teacher/Researcher @ Davis Magnet School Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Costa Mesa, California, United States Taught in K-6 with a special focus on STEAM education. • Identified learning gaps in below-benchmark students and created tailored lesson plans to address individual needs. • Conducted cognitive mini-labs to formatively assess reading level and number concept needs. • Created and implemented a variety of activities and interventions to help students improve academic skills. • Used art therapy techniques, including painting and drawing, to support students coping with mental health challenges, trauma, and learning differences. ### Artist @ Self Employed Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Created surrealist sculptures using mixed media to explore the plight of war-torn women in a "post"-colonial world. • Challenged ingrained biases around gender, race, identity, and class. • Worked with a variety of materials including wood, acrylic, lathe, polyurethane foam, and ceramic tiles. ## Education ### M.A. [Candidate] UC Irvine ### Professional Certification in UX/UI Design UC Berkeley Extension ### B.A. in Art UC Irvine ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/osaihashimi - Portfolio: https://www.osaihashimi.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/osai JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/osai/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13