Tanishq Sardar

Led product discovery and design scope for the IHN platform, translating staff and user needs into prioritized user flows, interaction requirements, and human-centered recommendations. Partnered with product management and development stakeholders to weigh feature priorities, implementation constraints, technical feasibility, and tradeoffs impacting the platform roadmap. Redesigned 85 screens into a scalable Figma design system using Auto Layout, Variables, reusable interface patterns, and consistent component behaviors. Produced high-fidelity interactive prototypes with component specifications and interaction documentation, guiding developers through Figma Dev Mode. Ran a comparative usability study with 140 users using A/B testing, eye tracking, click tracking, and follow-up questions; the redesign achieved an 89% usability success rate. Integrated community Compass task flows, navigation models, and wireframes into weekly engineering critiques, using feedback to resolve navigation

Led product and interaction design from problem definition through functional prototyping, validation, and live deployments for 189 users with zero reported critical errors. Combined interviews, field observations, and a custom dot survey to shape multi-role user flows; research indicated that 14 of 23 volunteers struggled to navigate independently, guiding a redesign of critical interactions. Created two alternative system designs and walked stakeholders through user, product, implementation, and technical tradeoffs during a February 2026 decision meeting. Built a functional 64-screen React prototype covering three user roles, using Firebase for application and data and Vercel for deployment, with role-specific workflows and dedicated first-time user onboarding. Used Claude Code to support prototype implementation and interaction refinement across multiple design-validation rounds before stakeholder decision-making.

Reworked the reporting workflows and built a data pipeline supporting more than 200 part-time students across 56 teams, organizing the process around high-volume data collection and administrative reporting needs. Automated manual data entry steps in the reporting pipeline, reducing recurring weekly reporting time from approximately six hours to under one hour. Led UX/UI design and front-end rebuild of the lab’s public website, carrying interface decisions into an implementation-ready structure and coordinating the transition from the previous experience. Applied Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA and inclusive design requirements across the site’s structure, visual hierarchy, content presentation, and interaction patterns. Tracked post-launch user behavior via return-visitor measurement; return-visitor rate increased from 18% to 34% in the following quarter.