Yaara Yacoby

Yaara Yacoby has a diverse work experience, starting with their role as a Business Development Coordinator at Bluecadet, an experience design agency. Yaara then worked as a Junior Designer at BoND (Bureau ND LLC).

Yaara also has experience in academia, specifically at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Yaara pursued a Masters in Architecture, where their thesis project focused on Speculative Friction. Yaara also served as a Graduate Assistant Instructor and a Graduate Teaching Assistant, as well as a Co-Instructor for a summer workshop. Additionally, they were a founding member of archREFS, MIT Architecture's peer-to-peer support group.

Outside of MIT, Yaara worked as a Production Assistant at Julie Mallozzi Productions and as a Creative Copywriter/Editor for director and VR filmmaker Nimrod Shapira. Yaara also worked as an Associate Strategist at OneLeap, where they helped organizations build innovative ventures, and as a Search Operations Intern at Architizer.

In earlier positions, Yaara gained experience as a Digital Fabrication Intern at VolvoxLabs, a Research Fellow at Desirability Lab, and an Undergraduate Learning Lab Fellow at Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. At Desirability Lab, they conducted research on recommendation algorithms and assisted with grant applications.

Overall, Yaara Yacoby has a strong background in design, teaching, research, and project management, with a focus on experience design and architecture.

Yaara Yacoby completed their Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree from Harvard University in the field of History of Art and Architecture from 2013 to 2017. After that, they pursued a Master of Architecture (MArch) degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which they obtained from 2018 to 2022.