Hi, I’m Sai Spandana Inaparthy, a Product and UX/UI Designer with around 5 years of experience crafting intuitive, user-centered digital experiences for web and mobile. I specialize in human-centered design, design thinking, and accessibility-first approaches, collaborating across product, engineering, and legal teams to ship scalable design systems and AI-aware interfaces that boost usability and engagement. I enjoy turning complex workflows into clear, delightful experiences—balancing user needs with business goals. My work spans enterprise financial services, education tech, and learning platforms, and I thrive in Agile environments where rapid prototyping, user research, and data-informed decisions drive measurable improvements.

Sai Spandana Inaparthy

Hi, I’m Sai Spandana Inaparthy, a Product and UX/UI Designer with around 5 years of experience crafting intuitive, user-centered digital experiences for web and mobile. I specialize in human-centered design, design thinking, and accessibility-first approaches, collaborating across product, engineering, and legal teams to ship scalable design systems and AI-aware interfaces that boost usability and engagement. I enjoy turning complex workflows into clear, delightful experiences—balancing user needs with business goals. My work spans enterprise financial services, education tech, and learning platforms, and I thrive in Agile environments where rapid prototyping, user research, and data-informed decisions drive measurable improvements.

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Hi, I’m Sai Spandana Inaparthy, a Product and UX/UI Designer with around 5 years of experience crafting intuitive, user-centered digital experiences for web and mobile. I specialize in human-centered design, design thinking, and accessibility-first approaches, collaborating across product, engineering, and legal teams to ship scalable design systems and AI-aware interfaces that boost usability and engagement.

I enjoy turning complex workflows into clear, delightful experiences—balancing user needs with business goals. My work spans enterprise financial services, education tech, and learning platforms, and I thrive in Agile environments where rapid prototyping, user research, and data-informed decisions drive measurable improvements.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Product Designer at Western & Southern Financial, USA
June 1, 2015 - Present
Spearheaded UX design for enterprise insurance, annuity, and investment-servicing platforms; applied Human-Centered Design and Lean UX to deliver wireframes, prototypes, and workflow models, improving task completion rates by 28% and reducing usability-related support requests. Conducted structured user and stakeholder research across underwriting, policy administration, claims, and advisory teams; translated insights into features that increased user satisfaction by 22% and informed roadmap decisions. Designed responsive, scalable interfaces for policy dashboards, claims workflows, and financial planning tools; maintained brand consistency; improved mobile usability by 30% and ensured WCAG-compliant accessibility. Executed A/B and multivariate testing across authentication, quoting, dashboard, and reporting workflows; improved workflow completion by 18%. Led Agile design processes with engineering, product, legal, and compliance; managed design sprints in Jira and improved sprint pred
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
January 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Coordinated grading workflows and updated course materials across Canvas and MS Teams, improving grading turnaround efficiency by 15% and enhancing overall course organization. Mentored students on visual storytelling, brand positioning, and creative communication, providing structured critiques on portfolio projects that strengthened design reasoning and improved professional presentation skills by 30%. Collaborated with faculty to refine lesson content, develop real-world design exercises, and support classroom instruction, helping students better connect theoretical concepts with industry-aligned creative practices.
UI/UX Designer at Redink Classroom, Chennai, India
December 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Redesigned responsive web and mobile interfaces for student learning and assessment platforms; conducted journey mapping, interaction design, and wireframing in Figma and Adobe XD, improving task clarity and increasing overall student engagement by 32% across active users. Conducted stakeholder interviews with educators, curriculum teams, and student cohorts to uncover usability barriers and translated insights through affinity mapping and user story mapping, enabling feature prioritization that reduced navigation drop-offs by 27%. Engineered high-fidelity prototypes and interactive dashboards in Figma and Balsamiq to visualize student progress, integrating feedback through iterative usability testing that enhanced comprehension of progress metrics and improved user satisfaction scores by 24%. Delivered user-focused design recommendations through structured stakeholder presentations and collaborated closely with developers to ensure pixel-accurate design-to-development handoffs, result
Digital Engineer at Sonata Software Solutions Ltd, Bengaluru, India
October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Administered AWS IAM roles, Microsoft 365 integrations, and hybrid cloud environments for enterprise clients, optimizing access controls and system reliability, which reduced operational downtime by 20% and enhanced overall security posture. Developed detailed visual process documentation and workflow guides that streamlined knowledge transfer and improved onboard onboarding efficiency for new engineers by 30%, accelerating project ramp-up across cloud support teams.
Jr. UI/UX Designer at Hexaware Technologies, India
January 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021
Led end-to-end product design for mobile-first web applications using Design Thinking and storyboarding, producing wireframes, interactive prototypes, and micro-interaction flows in Adobe XD, Illustrator, and Framer, which improved user task efficiency by 28% across client-facing projects. Conducted usability testing, A/B experiments, and survey-driven research to evaluate user pain points and translated findings into actionable interface enhancements that increased feature adoption by 22% and reduced workflow friction for enterprise users. Collaborated with cross-functional engineering, QA, and product teams in Agile sprints, managing requirements through Jira and delivering HTML5/CSS3-ready design specifications that accelerated development cycles and reduced UI rework by 35%. Developed sustainability and lifecycle mapping frameworks for digital product ecosystems, creating high-impact visual storytelling artifacts and brand identity guidelines that improved stakeholder clarity and s

Education

Master’s in Information Systems at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2025

Qualifications

BCG Strategic & Experience Design Job Simulation – Forage
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026
UX Design Certificate
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Education, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment