Samiksha's Portfolio

Work Experience

Skillset

Education

Haworth Inc., Holland, MI | May 2025 – Dec 2025

Design Research & Strategy Intern

Drove a 28% increase in user satisfaction by leading customer-centric user research across 14+ interviews, applying qualitative research methodologies and ethical design analysis to inform product strategy roadmaps.

Reduced task completion time by 35% through iterative journey mapping, workflow optimization, and VR prototyping, validating user-centered design solutions across spatial environments.

Boosted stakeholder engagement by 28% designing a digital tool with business-focused outcomes, demonstrating clear ROI alignment between UX research insights and customer-centric business objectives

First Day, 2025

Holland, 2025

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Aug 2024 – Present

Teaching Assistant & Co-Instructor

Mentored 200+ students across 5 specialized courses (Intro to HCI/d, Visual Design, Ethics in Computing, Multimedia Arts, Use & Usability), establishing design excellence and industry best practices through critiques, enhancing student experience by 20%.

Bloomington, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

IU Innovates, Bloomington, IN | Sept 2024 – Aug 2025

Student Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Visual Designer

Accelerated 5+ startup initiatives from concept to MVP, creating visual design library, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes applying user-centered design principles, shipping polished application interfaces for emerging ventures.

Christmas Event, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

Cognizant, Pune, India | March 2022 - June 2024

Associate User Experience Designer

Shipped Gen AI-powered conversational chatbot, increasing employee retention by 26%, owning end-to-end UX design from user research through high-fidelity prototyping and design reviews, partnering with engineering teams to launch into production.

Led AI/ML-powered vulnerability classifier design, achieving 19% user retention, 27% task success rate, and 20% error reduction through polished interface design, presenting to Lead Product Managers and shipping MVP to the senior UX team for development.

Shipped 20+ customer-centric UX/UI products using Figma and Sketch across pharmaceuticals, banking, automotive, healthcare, energy, insurance, and retail through iterative design cycles and cross-functional collaboration with product managers and engineers.

Owned end-to-end UX design for a pharmaceutical healthcare system managing clinical trial approvals, increasing client profits by 23% through UX audits, iterative refinement, and scalable design systems, collaborating with research scientists and directors to streamline workflows.

Generated 46% profit increase for energy clients through customer-centric redesign and conversion optimization using data-driven decisions based on user behavior analysis and A/B testing.

Reduced Fortune 500 banking onboarding time by 20% through cross-functional design reviews, shipping polished user flows and wireframes that improved data accessibility and customer acquisition.

VWITS, 2023

Cognizant, 2022

Therefore Designs, Pune, India | September 2021 - February 2022

Associate Designer

Conceptualized and executed various end-to-end design projects with multi-disciplinary teams, including logos, branding, packaging, motion graphics, business strategy, and UI design.

Delivered impactful design solutions that drove brand awareness, increased engagement, and enhanced product appeal in various markets using a user-centered design method.

Photoshoot, 2022

Year End Celebration, 2021

Experience

Skillset

Education

Haworth Inc., Holland, MI | May 2025 – Dec 2025

Design Research & Strategy Intern

Drove a 28% increase in user satisfaction by leading customer-centric user research across 14+ interviews, applying qualitative research methodologies and ethical design analysis to inform product strategy roadmaps.

Reduced task completion time by 35% through iterative journey mapping, workflow optimization, and VR prototyping, validating user-centered design solutions across spatial environments.

Boosted stakeholder engagement by 28% designing a digital tool with business-focused outcomes, demonstrating clear ROI alignment between UX research insights and customer-centric business objectives

First Day, 2025

Holland, 2025

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Aug 2024 – Present

Teaching Assistant & Co-Instructor

Mentored 200+ students across 5 specialized courses (Intro to HCI/d, Visual Design, Ethics in Computing, Multimedia Arts, Use & Usability), establishing design excellence and industry best practices through critiques, enhancing student experience by 20%.

Bloomington, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

IU Innovates, Bloomington, IN | Sept 2024 – Aug 2025

Student Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Visual Designer

Accelerated 5+ startup initiatives from concept to MVP, creating visual design library, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes applying user-centered design principles, shipping polished application interfaces for emerging ventures.

Christmas Event, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

Cognizant, Pune, India | March 2022 - June 2024

Associate User Experience Designer

Shipped Gen AI-powered conversational chatbot, increasing employee retention by 26%, owning end-to-end UX design from user research through high-fidelity prototyping and design reviews, partnering with engineering teams to launch into production.

Led AI/ML-powered vulnerability classifier design, achieving 19% user retention, 27% task success rate, and 20% error reduction through polished interface design, presenting to Lead Product Managers and shipping MVP to the senior UX team for development.

Shipped 20+ customer-centric UX/UI products using Figma and Sketch across pharmaceuticals, banking, automotive, healthcare, energy, insurance, and retail through iterative design cycles and cross-functional collaboration with product managers and engineers.

Owned end-to-end UX design for a pharmaceutical healthcare system managing clinical trial approvals, increasing client profits by 23% through UX audits, iterative refinement, and scalable design systems, collaborating with research scientists and directors to streamline workflows.

Generated 46% profit increase for energy clients through customer-centric redesign and conversion optimization using data-driven decisions based on user behavior analysis and A/B testing.

Reduced Fortune 500 banking onboarding time by 20% through cross-functional design reviews, shipping polished user flows and wireframes that improved data accessibility and customer acquisition.

VWITS, 2023

Cognizant, 2022

Therefore Designs, Pune, India | September 2021 - February 2022

Associate Designer

Conceptualized and executed various end-to-end design projects with multi-disciplinary teams, including logos, branding, packaging, motion graphics, business strategy, and UI design.

Delivered impactful design solutions that drove brand awareness, increased engagement, and enhanced product appeal in various markets using a user-centered design method.

Photoshoot, 2022

Year End Celebration, 2021

Work Experience

Skillset

Education

Haworth Inc., Holland, MI | May 2025 – Dec 2025

Design Research & Strategy Intern

Drove a 28% increase in user satisfaction by leading customer-centric user research across 14+ interviews, applying qualitative research methodologies and ethical design analysis to inform product strategy roadmaps.

Reduced task completion time by 35% through iterative journey mapping, workflow optimization, and VR prototyping, validating user-centered design solutions across spatial environments.

Boosted stakeholder engagement by 28% designing a digital tool with business-focused outcomes, demonstrating clear ROI alignment between UX research insights and customer-centric business objectives

First Day, 2025

Holland, 2025

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Aug 2024 – Present

Teaching Assistant & Co-Instructor

Mentored 200+ students across 5 specialized courses (Intro to HCI/d, Visual Design, Ethics in Computing, Multimedia Arts, Use & Usability), establishing design excellence and industry best practices through critiques, enhancing student experience by 20%.

Bloomington, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

IU Innovates, Bloomington, IN | Sept 2024 – Aug 2025

Student Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Visual Designer

Accelerated 5+ startup initiatives from concept to MVP, creating visual design library, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes applying user-centered design principles, shipping polished application interfaces for emerging ventures.

Christmas Event, 2024

Bloomington, 2025

Cognizant, Pune, India | March 2022 - June 2024

Associate User Experience Designer

Shipped Gen AI-powered conversational chatbot, increasing employee retention by 26%, owning end-to-end UX design from user research through high-fidelity prototyping and design reviews, partnering with engineering teams to launch into production.

Led AI/ML-powered vulnerability classifier design, achieving 19% user retention, 27% task success rate, and 20% error reduction through polished interface design, presenting to Lead Product Managers and shipping MVP to the senior UX team for development.

Shipped 20+ customer-centric UX/UI products using Figma and Sketch across pharmaceuticals, banking, automotive, healthcare, energy, insurance, and retail through iterative design cycles and cross-functional collaboration with product managers and engineers.

Owned end-to-end UX design for a pharmaceutical healthcare system managing clinical trial approvals, increasing client profits by 23% through UX audits, iterative refinement, and scalable design systems, collaborating with research scientists and directors to streamline workflows.

Generated 46% profit increase for energy clients through customer-centric redesign and conversion optimization using data-driven decisions based on user behavior analysis and A/B testing.

Reduced Fortune 500 banking onboarding time by 20% through cross-functional design reviews, shipping polished user flows and wireframes that improved data accessibility and customer acquisition.

VWITS, 2023

Cognizant, 2022

Therefore Designs, Pune, India | September 2021 - February 2022

Associate Designer

Conceptualized and executed various end-to-end design projects with multi-disciplinary teams, including logos, branding, packaging, motion graphics, business strategy, and UI design.

Delivered impactful design solutions that drove brand awareness, increased engagement, and enhanced product appeal in various markets using a user-centered design method.