I am an experienced Product Designer with over three years of crafting user-centered digital experiences across startups, nonprofit organizations, and AI-powered platforms. I specialize in prototyping, interaction design, and visual systems using tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite, complemented by technical fluency in HTML/CSS, Python, and JavaScript. I am passionate about creating inclusive, scalable solutions and contributing to product teams dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. My work is driven by a strong foundation in mixed-methods research, leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to inform design strategy. I have successfully delivered measurable improvements in engagement and task efficiency through accessibility-first, data-driven design approaches, ensuring products meet both user needs and business goals.

Pornima Lokhande

I am an experienced Product Designer with over three years of crafting user-centered digital experiences across startups, nonprofit organizations, and AI-powered platforms. I specialize in prototyping, interaction design, and visual systems using tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite, complemented by technical fluency in HTML/CSS, Python, and JavaScript. I am passionate about creating inclusive, scalable solutions and contributing to product teams dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. My work is driven by a strong foundation in mixed-methods research, leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to inform design strategy. I have successfully delivered measurable improvements in engagement and task efficiency through accessibility-first, data-driven design approaches, ensuring products meet both user needs and business goals.

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I am an experienced Product Designer with over three years of crafting user-centered digital experiences across startups, nonprofit organizations, and AI-powered platforms. I specialize in prototyping, interaction design, and visual systems using tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite, complemented by technical fluency in HTML/CSS, Python, and JavaScript. I am passionate about creating inclusive, scalable solutions and contributing to product teams dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation.

My work is driven by a strong foundation in mixed-methods research, leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to inform design strategy. I have successfully delivered measurable improvements in engagement and task efficiency through accessibility-first, data-driven design approaches, ensuring products meet both user needs and business goals.

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Work Experience

Teacher Assistant and Supervisor at Arizona State University
May 1, 2025 - August 9, 2025
Managed operational and academic support functions within a fast-paced service environment and large-scale university courses. Supervised over 10 team members handling scheduling, inventory, and service compliance, ensuring smooth workflows and high customer satisfaction. Assisted faculty with coursework management for more than 2,000 students, including grading and examinations. Provided academic guidance by clarifying complex business concepts and mentoring students in International Business and Business Intelligence, fostering engagement and successful project outcomes.
UX Designer & Researcher at Clinspire (Collaborative Project with Mayo Clinic)
April 30, 2025 - August 9, 2025
Co-designed an AI-powered clinical trial matching platform aiding cancer patients in navigating eligibility. Conducted user research and stakeholder interviews to discover friction points, redesigning decision-support wireframes that reduced information-seeking time by 40%. Led usability testing of iterative prototypes achieving a 90% improvement in content clarity and enhanced user orientation throughout clinical trial stages.
Solo UX Designer & Researcher at Snehwan Website Redesign
November 30, 2024 - August 9, 2025
Led the end-to-end redesign of Snehwan’s desktop website focusing on accessibility, clarity, and volunteer engagement. Developed persona hypotheses and applied emotional design principles increasing volunteer intent by 45%. Applied WCAG 2.2-compliant typography and modular layouts reducing cognitive load, improving user comprehension by 42%, and significantly boosting accessibility scores and readability.
UI / UX Design Intern at Chords Technology
August 31, 2024 - August 9, 2025
Redesigned Beats Academy's hybrid platform integrating music education, live event promotion, and an online guitar shop. Enhanced user experience by simplifying e-commerce flows, reducing cart abandonment by 33%, and increasing session duration by 62% through an interactive image gallery. Ensured platform accessibility by applying WCAG 2.2 standards, improving inquiry conversions by 38% with contextual CTAs across class and concert pages.
UI / UX Design Intern at Chords Technology
August 31, 2024 - July 23, 2025
Contributed to a 20% reduction in user support queries by conducting user interviews and analyzing Hotjar data to address usability issues. Designed and prototyped new mobile app features in Figma, improving user engagement metrics by 10%. Assisted in heuristic evaluations identifying critical usability flaws and proposed visual hierarchy improvements.
Product Designer at Rashmi Enterprises
July 31, 2023 - August 9, 2025
Led multiple product design projects including a plant selling app and a mobile-first resume builder. For the plant app, streamlined customer journeys reducing search time by 28% and bounce rates by 20%, created over 25 reusable UI components ensuring modularity and consistency, and introduced filtering models that boosted adoption by 18%. For ResumeX, reduced drop-off rates by 22%, designed scalable UI systems with 20+ components, and improved accessibility scores by 18%, increasing task completion rates by 31% through WCAG 2.1 audits and responsive layouts.
UI - UX Designer at Rashmi Enterprises
July 31, 2023 - July 23, 2025
Optimized user journeys and information architecture through user research and usability testing, leading to a 25% improvement in task completion rates. Enhanced product accessibility to WCAG 2.1 compliance, expanding market reach by 15%. Spearheaded scalable design system development in Figma, reducing design-to-development cycles by 30%.
UI/UX Designer & Market Analysis Intern at Intellico Labs
December 31, 2020 - August 9, 2025
Developed 0→1 design and market strategy for BirdVision, a B2B/B2C gifting e-commerce startup. Conducted mixed-methods and ethnographic research to identify high-demand product categories improving market fit by 40%. Designed scalable Wix storefronts with storytelling content that increased product discoverability by 42% and navigation efficiency by 30%. Led cross-functional collaboration, employing A/B testing and conversion optimization, raising checkout success rates by 22%.
UI/UX Design & Market Analysis Intern at Intellico Labs
December 31, 2020 - July 23, 2025
Conducted competitive analysis of 5 industry leaders to identify UX differentiators improving product positioning by 10%. Developed wireframes and user flows for an e-commerce platform using Miro. Analyzed market trends and user behavior data with Qualtrics, informing strategic feature prioritization.

Education

Master's at Arizona State University, Ira a. Fulton Schools of Engineering
August 1, 2023 - May 31, 2025
Bachelor's at AISSMS, Institute of Information Technology
June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2023
Master of Science, User Experience (UX) (HCI) at Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
August 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology at AISSMS, Institute of Information Technology
June 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023

Qualifications

Google UX Research Certificate
January 11, 2030 - August 9, 2025
Graphic Design Masterclass – Learn GREAT Design – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - August 9, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Non-Profit Organization, Healthcare, Education, Retail