
Aviva Oskow (she/they) is a Minnesota-grown, Brooklyn-based, multidisciplinary designer with a passion for social activism and a flair for "do-good" design.
Until the March 2025 “abolishing” of her office, she was a Principal Product Designer at 18F in the Technology Transformation Services at GSA, and was most recently partnered with the Department of State, working to improve Bureau of Consular Affairs services like passports, visas, and assistance to overseas citizens. Previously, Aviva led the product design for the launch of civilrights.justice.gov (The civil rights complaints portal for the U.S. Department of Justice), the redesign of ADA.gov (the Americans with Disabilities Act website), FOIA. gov (the Freedom of Information Act request portal), and the first iteration of the FBI's Crime Data Explorer. She speaks on empathy centered civic design and design for social innovation at conferences and schools.
Aviva holds a BFA in Communications Design from Syracuse University, and has completed courses in human centered design, service design, and sustainability design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Breaker Project (in collaboration with the Stanford D. School), Cooper Design, as well as anti-racist equity design through Creative Reaction Lab.
Her past roles include Senior Designer at BerlinRosen and Incitement Design, as well as freelance for many non-profits, activist organizations, and socially conscious start-ups.
Outside of her day job, she writes and performs original music as Aviva La Viv.
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Original photo by Moriah Ziman