EDUCATION
Bachelor of Design - Interaction Design
GPA: 3.94 - First Class with Honors
Honors Gold Medalist
Key Coursework: UI/UX Design, Conversational UX, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, Human Centered Design, Graphic Design, Game Design, Human Computer Interaction, Ergonomics, Design Writing
EXPERIENCE
UI Designer
Serve as sole designer for NIAID CRMS (Clinical Research Management System), delivering end-to-end design for a federal health research platform supporting 200+ active clinical studies
Design comprehensive user flows, swimlane diagrams, wireframes, and high-fidelity screen designs for complex healthcare workflows, reducing design review cycles by 40% through detailed interaction specifications
User Experience Design Intern
Designed user management flow for Greenhouse CMS platform, streamlining permission workflows that improved onboarding efficiency for editors across 40+ digital brands
Redesigned config manager interface, reducing navigation steps by 35% and decreasing user-reported friction by 60% through optimized information architecture and feature discoverability
Contributed to design system by creating reusable components including unexpected error modal and date picker, ensuring consistency across 8+ product teams
Product Design Intern
Rotated across Travel, E-commerce, and SuperApp teams, contributing to unified booking & post-booking experiences
Designed critical flight booking flows and merchant masterflows for e-commerce platform serving 60+ million users across Southeast Asia
Conducted 20+ user testing sessions and QA reviews, identifying and resolving usability issues prior to production release
Collaborated cross-functionally with Senior Designers, UX Writers, Researchers, Product Managers and Software Engineers
Maintained design system and widget library components across multiple lines of business, ensuring 95% design-to-development consistency
UX and Branding Designer
PESU I/O is a one of a kind peer-to-peer platform where students interact and learn from Subject Matter Experts across various domains. I was responsible for the experience design of this organization, from planning program structures to executing a comprehensive marketing strategy to attract students.
Designed the courses section of the website
Formulated and executed extensive offline and online marketing campaigns to achieve highest registrations across 11 slots
Facilitated a growth of 1000 followers on their Instagram page
Conducted user and market research to understand the students' needs and requirements
Delivered all design and branding requirements including but not limited to interface designs, social media posts, promotional posters, standees and certificates
UX Designer
Designed and built an e-commerce website on Shopify for a 28-year-old B2B company to facilitate their process of entering the B2C market
Streamlined the backend process by setting up integrations such as payment gateways and plug-ins for customer support
Edited product photos and created their complete digital logo pack
UX Designer
Virtual N Beyond is a versatile graphic design and web development agency. I worked as their sole UI/UX designer.
Assisted their web development team with designs and critique
Designed their sample website to showcase to clients
Visual Design Intern
Socionaut is a design and digital-marketing agency.
Delivered end-to-end branding and visual design for 8 clients from India and United States
Conducted market and competitor research to create visual style guides and establish their fundamental brand identity
Designed their logos, mockups, business collaterals and social media creative
OTHER ROLES
Club Head
DSGNR is the official design and art club of PES University. It is a creative community for showcasing your artistic talent, learn and share skills in a mentor-mentee arrangement.
Recruited and managed a 10 member core team and a club of over 50 members
Coordinated and facilitated the creative requirements of various clubs and events across the campus.
Oversaw the functioning of the Editorial Design team of FYI, the official monthly college magazine and the Alumni magazine
Formulated and implemented the social media strategy to double the club's followers on Instagram and actively contributed the content and designs for the same
Coordinated extensive creative events such as our 30 day long 'Creatober' and '36 Days of Type'
Co-Founder
Cosmic Lemon is a design and merchandise business
Involved hands-on in coordinating and executing the entire operational cycle, which includes the creative process of ideating and illustrating our designs as well as the back-end logistics
Managed the social media page and marketing of the business
Set up over 5 stalls and have curated hamper collections for Christmas and Valentine's Day
Launched our own Online Store and sold over 1500 products
Physical Experience Designer
Collaborated cross-functionally with the design and architecture teams and the management to create a blueprint for the Assessment Center in the "Golden Jubilee" building at PES University's RR campus
Over 4000 students and faculty will have access to this space and it is set to be completed in 2022
AT'19 & 20 Creative and Design Domain
Aatmatrisha is the annual techno-cultural festival of PES University. I worked with the creative team to completely redecorate the college campus to make it festive
Delivered promotional and marketing creatives from posters to banners
Built Props and Creatives for various events
Organized the "Newspaper Vogue" eventDelivered promotional and marketing creatives from posters to banners
TAS'18 & 19 Creative and Design Domain
The Amateur Scientist is the annual science-themed event for students all over the country between 8th and 12th grade, with a footfall of over 12000 students. As a part of the creative team, I executed the theme of mystery and wonder with an inspiration of Alice in Wonderland
Delivered promotional and marketing creatives from posters to banners
Built Props and Creatives for various events
Organized the "Shadow Art" event
SKILLS & TOOL-KIT
Design & Research
User Flows & Journey Mapping
Information Architecture,
Wireframing & Prototyping
Design Systems
Accessibility (WCAG)
Responsive Design
User Research & Testing
A/B Testing
Heuristic Evaluation
Requirements Gathering
Storyboarding
Illustrating
AI & Emerging Tech
Lovable
Prompt engineering
AI ethics in design
Tools
Figma
Miro
Azure DevOps
Jira
Confluence
Basic HTML & CSS
Adobe Creative Suite
Business & Collaboration
Requirements documentation
Stakeholder management
Cross-functional collaboration
Agile/Scrum methodologies
Client presentation
Business analysis
ACHIEVEMENTS
Recipient of the Honors Gold Medal
4-time recipient of two scholarships (CNR and MRD), awarded for being in the top 5% and 20% of the class, during my bachelors program
Recipient of the Best All-Rounder award at Presidency School Bangalore South - 2015-2016