Hi, I’m Shreya Akella, a Columbus-based UX designer specializing in AI-enabled products and accessible, human-centered design. I love turning complex tasks into intuitive experiences and have hands-on experience shaping onboarding flows, dashboards, and scalable design systems for SaaS platforms. I collaborate across product, engineering, and research teams to deliver data-informed designs and measurable improvements in usability and conversion.

Shreya Akella

Hi, I’m Shreya Akella, a Columbus-based UX designer specializing in AI-enabled products and accessible, human-centered design. I love turning complex tasks into intuitive experiences and have hands-on experience shaping onboarding flows, dashboards, and scalable design systems for SaaS platforms. I collaborate across product, engineering, and research teams to deliver data-informed designs and measurable improvements in usability and conversion.

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Hi, I’m Shreya Akella, a Columbus-based UX designer specializing in AI-enabled products and accessible, human-centered design. I love turning complex tasks into intuitive experiences and have hands-on experience shaping onboarding flows, dashboards, and scalable design systems for SaaS platforms.

I collaborate across product, engineering, and research teams to deliver data-informed designs and measurable improvements in usability and conversion.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

UX Designer at NuLEAP LLC
August 1, 2025 - Present
Design and optimize AI-assisted onboarding and core task flows for a SaaS platform, improving product learnability and increasing task completion rates by 20–25% through research-driven UX, prototyping, and usability testing. Improve adoption and usability of an AI-powered dashboard by identifying and resolving navigation and interaction issues through heuristic evaluations, user research, and usability testing, reducing user errors and misclicks by 30%. Build and maintain a scalable, modular design system with reusable UI components for an AI-enabled product, accelerating design-to-development handoff by 25% and ensuring cross-functional consistency. Apply human-centered AI and accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.1) by designing clear system feedback, transparent AI interactions, keyboard navigation, and accessible form structures to improve usability for diverse and assistive-technology users.
UX|UI Designer at Second Innings House Pvt. Ltd.
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023
Designed and delivered responsive, mobile-first web experiences, optimizing layouts and interactions to improve cross-device usability and increase average session duration by 40%. Conducted user research, usability testing, and A/B experiments to optimize landing pages and conversion flows, driving a 30–35% increase in click-through rates (CTR). Developed modular UI components and brand-aligned design guidelines, streamlining content deployment and ensuring consistent visual and interaction design across the website. Enhanced website accessibility and performance by implementing WCAG-compliant layouts, semantic HTML, and optimized asset delivery, improving usability for diverse users and boosting page load efficiency across devices.
Website Designer at Talasha
March 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Owned the UX and visual design strategy for a responsive e-commerce website, redesigning product listing pages, category navigation, and filtering interactions to enhance product discoverability and drive an 80% increase in online sales. Improved conversion performance across the purchase journey by analyzing user behavior, conducting usability reviews, and iterating on checkout flows, reducing cart abandonment by 25–30%. Crafted mobile-first, accessible interfaces in Figma, applying WCAG-compliant layouts, performance-conscious design decisions, and cross-browser consistency.
Assistant Filmm Director at Bhavya Creations PVT LTD
June 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Translated creative briefs into structured visual plans improving clarity and storytelling. Coordinated production workflows and improved daily shoot efficiency through structured planning and cross-team communication. Enhanced creative execution through collaboration with directors, editors, and VFX teams.
UX/UI Designer at Second Innings House Pvt. Ltd.
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023
Designed and delivered responsive, mobile-first web experiences, optimizing layouts and interactions to improve cross-device usability and increase average session duration by 40%. Conducted user research, usability testing, and A/B experiments to optimize landing pages and conversion flows, driving a 30-35% increase in click-through rates (CTR). Developed modular UI components and brand-aligned design guidelines, streamlining content deployment and ensuring consistent visual and interaction design across the website. Enhanced website accessibility and performance by implementing WCAG-compliant layouts, semantic HTML, and optimized asset delivery, improving usability for diverse users and boosting page load efficiency across devices.
Assistant Film Director at Bhavya Creations PVT LTD
June 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Translated creative briefs into structured visual plans improving clarity and storytelling. Coordinated production workflows and improved daily shoot efficiency through structured planning and cross-team communication. Enhanced creative execution through collaboration with directors, editors, and VFX teams.

Education

Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul University
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2025
Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul University
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2025
Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul University
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2025

Qualifications

C=T= program
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
C=T= program
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
C=T= program
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026

Industry Experience

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