Experience

Base (NY)
Design Director

September, 2023/Present

Senior Designer

February, 2022/August, 2023

Jones Knowles Ritchie (NY)
Senior Designer

October, 2020/February, 2022

&Walsh (NY)
Designer

June, 2019/October, 2020

Aprender Design
Teacher

August, 2020/Present

(student’s projects)

Gretel (NY)
Design Intern

August, 2018/May, 2019

Atolón de Mororoa (Montevideo)
Design Intern

July, 2017

TUUT (Rio)
Design Intern

2016/2017

Junior Interprise (Rio)
Consultant Intern

2014/2015

Education

Pontifical Catholic
University of Rio de Janeiro
Visual Communication

2012/2017

Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design (Jerusalem)
Study Abroad

2015/2016

Recognition

Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular graphic designers

Creative Boom, 2025

Young Guns 22

2024

The One Club For
Creativity Colorful: Finalist

2022

Latin American Design
Awards: Editorial

2022

Brasil Design Award:
Graphic Design

2020

Latin American Design
Awards: Branding

2020

The Design Kids Awards

2018

Latin American Design
Awards: Branding

2019

Latin American Design
Awards: Finalist Editorial

2018

Latin American Design
Festival: Young Talent

2017

12th Brazilian Graphic
Design Biennale

2017

Talks + Lectures

Wix Playground: Screen to Screen

2024

The Atlantic
Re:Think Design Talks

2023

MICA: Lecture + Weekend Workshop

2023

TDC: Type Drives Culture

2023

Shillington: Guest Lecturer

2022

Sam Fox School of Design at Washington University: Guest Critic

2020

Press

AIGA Eye on Design
The Brand Identity (Arp)
The Brand Identity (Magu)
The Design Kids
Adobe Live
Adobe Workshop
Creative Doc
Logos Brasileiros
Graphic Front

Judge

Latin American Design Young Talent
Premio Bornancini
The Side Show Awards

Carlos Bocai is a designer and educator from Rio de Janeiro based in New York, currently a Design Director at Base – previously at Jones Knowles Ritchie, &Walsh and Gretel. He's worked at studios worldwide, such as Atolón de Mororoa in Montevideo, and TUUT in Rio. Carlos is also the half of cbjbworks with Julia B Aguiar — an everywhere based creative practice. Alongside Julia, he teaches the course “Decoding Identities” at Aprender Design. Carlos studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. 

His work applies systematic thinking to create engaging visual solutions across all platforms. He has participated on projects for clients like Nike, Apple, Google, Snapchat, Target, MTV and Knoll. His work has been recognized by The One Club For Creativity, Brasil Design Award and multiple editions of the Latin American Design Awards.