Interaction Design

Koji Pereira

Senior Product Design Manager at Twitter

Faculty Profile

Koji Pereira is a Senior Product Design Manager at Twitter. With over 2 decades of experience in the Design field, +8 managing teams. He leads a team building experiences for explore and search at Twitter. He strives to build diverse teams and safe spaces, making sure everyone is included and all voices are heard. Over the years he helped to build many products from 0-1 elevating designers to the strategy sphere.

Previously he was at Lyft where he was a Head of Design for Lyft Business, leading a suite of products for organizations to get rides for their people. He launched Lyft Pass a self-service product that allow companies to create ride programs.

At Google he led Design for Files by Google from 0 to 1/2 billion MAU and launched many products including: Camera Go, Android TV Data Saver and Google Spaces. He also taught Design around the world in schools like Harbour.Space in Spain and PUC Minas in Brazil and led a startup in Brazil. Koji also hosts Cells and Pixels Podcast with Product and Design leaders.

Experience

Aug 2016 – Present | USA
Senior UX Lead
Google
Jan 2010 – Mar 2014 | Brazil
Professor
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Aug 2010 – Apr 2011 | Brazil
UX Designer / Co-founder
Voël
Dec 2009 – Dec 2010 | Brazil
UX Designer
Google
Jan 2005 – Aug 2009 | Brazil
Head of Design
Pontomobi
2000 – 2005 | Brazil
Head of Design / Co-founder
Fishing Web Wireless

Education

2012
Summer School, Interaction Design
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
2010 – 2012
Master of Science - MS, Art, Technology, Interaction
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2008 – 2009
Post-Baccalaureate, Interaction Design
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
1999 – 2003
Bachelor (BFA), Painting, Motion Design
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais