Research-informed UX with a Human Touch
Hi, I’m Mahita! A designer passionate about leveraging empathy to create intuitive, accessible, and research-driven digital designs
Work Highlights
Career Companion
Summary: Conceptualized and Designed a high-fidelity prototype of a community support platform that helps people plan their careers and receive mentorship.
Project Medium: Mobile, iOS-focused
Findi
Project Summary: An onboarding and dashboard design based on user testing and heuristic evaluation for a Fin-tech startup’s web platform.
Project Medium: Web App
The Opportunity Project
Summary: A 6-week sprint to create a tool to help lower-resourced communities apply for federal grant funding enabled by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This was for The Opportunity Project, led by the White House Bureau of Sciences and Technology.
Project Medium: Website
Walking on a Dream
Project Summary: A website created from ideation, branding, and design to development and implementation for a small rug-making business
Project Medium: Website
Side Projects
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UI Work
Some extra UI designs I did for various challenges and side projects to work on my skills. Check out them out on my dribble account below:
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Etsy Art
I spend my free evenings drawing on my ipad and making new stickers for my Etsy Shop. You can catch me at craft fairs in the bay area selling stickers on some weekends. Check it out here:
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Web Design
I learned HTML and CSS in school and continue to refresh my knowledge through small projects in my spare time. I am currently in the process of learning Javascript. Find my GitHub Projects here: