I believe complexity is just clarity waiting to happen, and good design is just empathy, made systematic. I apply gamification and content strategy to create interfaces that speak to users and makes them feel understood.

Rohini Raj Rajan

I believe complexity is just clarity waiting to happen, and good design is just empathy, made systematic. I apply gamification and content strategy to create interfaces that speak to users and makes them feel understood.

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I believe complexity is just clarity waiting to happen, and good design is just empathy, made systematic. I apply gamification and content strategy to create interfaces that speak to users and makes them feel understood.

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Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent

Work Experience

Founding Product Designer at DailyDumbbell
August 24, 2026 - August 1, 2024
● Founded and led product design for a 0-to-1 gamified fitness startup, achieving 1,000+ downloads within 6 months and recognition as ”Top 10 Fitness Startups 2023” by Silicon India Startup City Magazine. ● Drove 74% user re-engagement through designing gamification mechanics using the Octalysis behavioral framework. ● Validated product-market fit through research and secured incubation at IIM Lucknow’s Enterprise Incubation Centre.
Product Designer at Center for Digital Experiences, New York
August 24, 2026 - August 31, 2026
● Increased resource discovery from 58% to 98% during usability testing by redesigning CACNY’s membership portal for 200+ school counselors, leveraging AI prototyping tools for rapid iteration and functional prototype development. ● Delivered 4 prioritized navigation and UI recommendations projected to reduce bounce rate by 50% on MET Museum’s events page through heuristic evaluation and user feedback analysis. ● Audited WCAG 2.1/2.2 compliance for the Wikipedia Android app, identifying 36 accessibility violations and designing a remediation roadmap as part of a structured partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation. ● Developed 3 stakeholder-approved product concepts through ethnographic UX research (diary studies, contextual inquiry) for Toyota Woven City innovation community.
Lead Product Designer at ShikshaLokam
June 5, 2022 - July 25, 2024
• Increased platform adoption by 40% over 2 years by leading end-to-end product design for government SaaS products serving 2M+ education leaders across India, while managing 3 junior designers. • Reduced support ticket volume by 50% by establishing UX writing standards, streamlining UX Design Process, and launching self-service Help Center with contextual guidance for users. • Reduced design-to-development cycle from 4 weeks to 2 weeks by building scalable design system with reusable component library and standardizing handoff workflows. • Shipped production-ready designs and functional prototypes for 2 national-level digital products through Agile collaboration with cross-functional product and engineering teams.
Learning Experience Designer at Teach for India
June 1, 2020 - June 25, 2022
• Reduced student dropout rates by 25% in an Indian Government school through community-based interventions designed from participatory research with families below poverty line during COVID-19.

Education

MS Information Experience Design (HCI) at Pratt Institute
August 1, 2024 - January 21, 2026
B.Tech Biotechnology at SRM Institute of Science and Technology
July 1, 2016 - July 1, 2020

Qualifications

Merit-based Academic Scholarship, Pratt Institute
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2026
Amazon Music Challenge Winner
April 1, 2025 - January 21, 2026
Mover of Mountains and Achievement Spotlight Award, Shiksha Lokam
February 1, 2024 - February 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Government, Non-Profit Organization