I'm an NYC-based storyteller with roots in writing and human-centered design. 🌱

Currently content designing @ Spotify. Formerly at Intuit and Netflix.

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my project garden

about me

I'm Annika, a flourishing storyteller in love with content, caffeine, and culture. 🌷

Thriving at the intersection of writing and design, I care about crafting ****inclusive, compassionate, and welcoming ****experiences that make people's lives better. With a multidisciplinary background in cognitive science and psychology, I use human-centered design to inform my content creation process, allowing me to speak the language of researchers, developers, and creators alike.

I have experience in content design, copywriting, social media, creative writing, journalism, and marketing. I’m currently a Content Designer at Spotify on the Fan Monetization team.

Resume

currently consuming

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Love Letters by The Boston Globe

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Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu

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Homemade matcha lattes

seeds & branches

As a little girl, I filled notebooks with fables and scribbled stories on any surface I could get my hands on. My passion for storytelling followed me to college, where I was the Lifestyle Editor for the UCSD Guardian, a Co-Director for TEDxUCSD, and a scriptwriter for Kaibigang Pilipin@'s Pilipino Cultural Celebration. I first became interested in design and UX when I started working at Don Norman’s Design Lab, and I’ve held roles as a Content Designer at Intuit, working on the TurboTax Live team, and a writer for The Swoon, Netflix’s fan-facing Korean drama channel. Now, I’m helping artists unlock new revenue streams and deepen the creator-fan connection as a Content Designer at Spotify.

I graduated summa cum laude from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Cognitive Science (Design & Interaction) and a minor in Literature/Writing. I’m a Manila-born, SF-raised, and NYC-transplanted Filipino-Spanish-American, and my work is always heavily influenced by my multicultural and immigrant upbringing. When not WFH, you can find me trying new restaurants around the city, baking my favorite chocolate chip cookies, or catching up on the latest k-drama.

annika olives

(ann-ick-uh oh-leave-ess)

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built on notion with fruition

pictures by the lovely monica mai

updated dec ‘22