About

Product Designer focused on UX, product strategy, and strong visual craft. I specialize in taking products from 0 to 1, validating ideas, defining user flows, and delivering refined interfaces that balance clarity, functionality, and aesthetics.

Work Experience
Product Designer (Contract), CTC Confessions
11/2025 – 12/2025 | Remote

Partnered with the founder of an early-stage compensation transparency platform to restructure the product’s data strategy and user experience.

  • •Research & Strategy: Conducted heuristic evaluations, competitive benchmarking across 4 major competitors, analytics reviews, and qualitative feedback synthesis; identifying critical gaps in data verification and user trust.

  • •UX Architecture: Designed a "verification-first" submission flow to solve data pollution issues, introducing normalized data structures for salary inputs (Base vs. Variable vs. RSU).

  • •Product Roadmap: Translated ambiguous business goals into a prioritized product roadmap, setting up Jira/​Confluence workflows to streamline development for the engineering team.
    • Projects

    Designed a unified omnichannel commerce and community experience to bridge the gap between physical book discovery and digital social connection.

    UTS App Redesign

    Overhauled the ticket booking experience for a high-traffic utility app heavily used by Mumbai commuters. Simplified the "Book Ticket" journey, reducing taps by 40%, and redesigned the UI to improve readability for non-tech-savvy users while maintaining high information density.

    Designed shared workspaces for ChatGPT, introducing "Role-Based" chat threads and collaborative prompt engineering to solve logic complexities in multi-user AI environments.

    Traverse (Travel Planning App)

    Designed a group-planning experience for travel itineraries focused on conflict resolution and shared ownership, backed by competitive research and journey mapping.

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    Education
    Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Sikkim Manipal University (Distance Learning)
    01/2024 – 01/2027 | Gangtok, Sikkim, India

    Note: Asynchronous online program; does not conflict with full-time employment.

    UX/UI Design | 3.8 GPA, AND Academy
    11/2023 – 02/2025Thane, Maharashtra, India
    Skills & Tools

    UX Research | Problem Definition | Strategy | Information Architecture | User flows | Interaction Design | Wireframing | Visual Design | Design Systems | User Testing | Figma | Photoshop | Illustrator | Framer | Notion | Jira | Confluence | ChatGPT | Gemini | NotebookLM

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