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Akira Wolfe
Hi! I am a recent graduate from UC San Diego, where I studied Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Design and Interaction with a Minor in Japanese Studies.
I enjoy:
3D design
Unsweetened iced tea
Brutalist architecture
Blacksmithing
Zombie apocalypse survival plans
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Info
Work
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Discover
Product Design Intern - 2025
Modernizing Radiant Design System with new component templates and UI kits
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Veteran Sis.
Client
Project - 2025
Connecting military sexual trauma survivors to volunteer staff in an internal database
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Capital One
Product Design Intern - 2024
Reducing onboarding timelines between Capital One and its card partnerships
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Youtube Mini
Shipped
Product - 2025
Solo designed, developed, and shipped a delightful way to watch Youtube within Figma
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Resume
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2025
Product Design Resume - 2025
Some tidbits and things that I have been up to
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Akira Wolfe
Product Designer
Experience
Discover, Product Design Intern
June 2025 - August 2025
‣ Led the development for a modular email UI kit used to present information to millions of card holders; created a new design system for it outside of Radiant.
‣ Created a new way to organize guidance templates for component libraries, leading to all current components being transitioned to this new method which reduces task timelines by 83%.
‣ Redesigned the “Manage Wallets” page for the Discover mobile app for functions such as authorizing users, activating new cards, and digital wallets.
‣ Pitched. designed, and launched a new “Snowflake” icon for freezing accounts that will be used on all platforms.
Capital One, Product Design Intern
June 2024 - August 2024
‣ Worked on 2 projects simultaneously within Card Partnership Experience Design, designing new user flows for three tiered credit card programs.
‣ Drove ideation and wire framing within a new product that reduces onboarding project timelines by %77, projected to generate $50M+ per small client.
‣ Designed in-store tablet experience: focused on content design, information architecture, site mapping, and integrating to their existing design system.
NASA Funded Lab, Product Designer & Researcher
September 2024 - Present
‣ Secured $20,000+ in NASA funding to further research, develop, and prototype a Duckweed Dispenser for sustainable protein production.
‣ Solo designing a user friendly interface on a raspberry pi to automate a harvesting mechanism and data collection of growth patterns in microgravity.
Qualcomm Institute, Product Design Intern
January 2024 - June 2025
‣ Led end to end designs for an instructional tablet interface, showcase a library of prototypes to 250+ unique daily visitors.
‣ Improved the security and user interface of a tablet system for Blackstone LaunchPad, a program that has raised $985k+ for startups at UCSD.
United States Department of Defense, UX & Research Intern
March 2023 - June 2023
‣ Partnered with the US Coast Guard to enhance surveillance from transnational threats of human trafficking and drug smuggling.
‣ Conducted 30+ interviews with military leaders and defense companies to inform design decisions to make a common operating picture using LEAN.
Leadership
Cornerstone Community Consultants, President
October 2022 - June 2025
‣ Oversaw the largest tech consulting org at UCSD that provides pro bono technical services to local businesses.
‣ Coordinated 8 projects ranging from website design, database creation, marketing, and financial analysis to 6 unique clients.
‣ Led weekly workshops on Figma and development to +80 general members.
‣ Partnered with Notion to promote its usage as a product management tool.
Education
University of California - San Diego
June 2025
B.S. Cognitive Science in
Design and Interaction
Minor in Japanese Studies
Awards
Bruin Horizons Designathon @ UCLA, 1st Place
May 2025
Rice Designathon @ Rice University Best Design Thinking
February 2025
NASA Seed Funding, 1st Place
December 2024
Capital One Hackathon, 3rd Place
July 2024
Gator Designathon @ University of Florida, 1st Place
April 2024
Rice Designathon @ Rice University, 2nd Place
January 2024
CreateSC @ University of Southern California, Finalist
April 2023
Publication & Posters
Rajput, Y., Tarif, T., Wolfe, A., Dawson, E., & Fox, K. (2024). AI in Point-of-Care: A Sustainable Healthcare Revolution at the Edge. In Biocomputing 2025: Proceedings of the Pacific Symposium. doi.org/10.1142/9789819807024_0055
Rajput, Y., Tarif, T., Wolfe, A., Dawson, E., & Fox, K. (2024). AI in Point-of-Care: A Sustainable Healthcare Revolution at the Edge [Poster presentation]. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. [Hawaii]. [LINK]
Toolbox
‣ Figma, Framer, Spline, Figjam, Miro, Jira, Adobe Photoshop, Aftereffects, Design Systems, Animation, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Personas, Usability Testing, Card Sorting, Interviews, Surveys, Accessibility, Agile Development, Design Strategy
Contact
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Gmail
Akira.k.Wolfe@gmail.com
Akira Wolfe
Product Designer previously @
Discover
Capital One
Qualcomm Institute
United States Department of Defense
UC San Diego 25’
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