Kanisha Mistry
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since June 27, 2022
Kanisha is a user experience (UI/UX) designer with extensive knowledge of analyzing user requirements and problems to design creative solutions that deliver optimal experience within the users' own interaction and spatial environment. Comfortable communicating with clients and the wider project team, she likes working with integrated teams of project managers, UX designers, and developers. Kanisha is used to working in a busy environment with changing time scales and deadlines.
Experience
- User Experience (UX) - 10 years
- Wireframing - 10 years
- UX Design - 10 years
- User Interface (UI) - 10 years
- Product Design - 7 years
- User Validation - 6 years
- User Interviews - 6 years
- UX Research - 6 years
Portfolio
Insurance Dashboard
Skilled-based Job Training by Experienced Profession
Education App
Work Experience
User Experience Consultant
Kainos
- Worked as part of the team and delivered a project for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that won Digital Transformation Project of the Year at the 2025 Digital Revolution Awards.
- Delivered three discovery projects for high-traffic platforms with over 4 million annual users.
- Complemented UX skill set with product management experience by managing internal projects.
Lead Experience Designer
Zone
- Designed a digital experience for an insurance platform to engage customers by providing a dashboard to allow them to manage their plans and policies. Participated in the project since its beginning and delivered the MVP version within three months.
- Designed a solution for the MVP version of digital wallets to automate onboarding and create workflow management to help team members guide the process and manage their tasks and reporting.
- Involved in the initial stage of banking projects to define personas, customer journeys, user stories, and user research.
UX Designer
The Access Group
- Conducted user research, user story, wireframing, prototyping, UI design, and mobile design system. Over 7,000 people signed up within 30 days of the launch.
- Created a persona, user interviews, market research, UX strategy, wireframing, prototyping, and UI design for the WorkView mobile app.
- Redesigned the EarlyPay mobile app with improved user experience and visual design.
UX/UI Designer
Xanda
- Designed websites mainly for the food industry that allow users to book a table, view menus, and search locations.
- Built a brand identity guide, including logos, marketing materials, and components, including color and typography.
- Created assets for the fashion platform, including marketing materials.
UX/UI Designer
Innovify
- Designed an educational app for kids that offers education outside the school curriculum to learn extra skills.
- Oversaw an end-to-end design process for a side door project, including defined personas, wireframing, and visual design for both personas.
- Redesigned a student accommodation platform called UniversityCrib to improve the user experience and visual design to improve the conversation rate.
Education
Master's Degree in Interior Design
Maharaja University of Baroda - Vadodara, Gujarat
Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design and Hospitality Management
Maharaja University of Baroda - Vadodara, Gujarat
Certifications
AI for Designers
Interaction Design Foundation
GenAI for UX Designers
Coursera
Design Thinking
IBM
Product Management
Pendo
Product Design
UX Academy
Skills
Tools
Miro, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Usertesting.com
Platforms
Mobile, Figma, Adobe Suite
Other
Design, Desktop Web Design, Wireframing, User Interviews, User Validation, Personas, User Flows, Mobile UI, UX Research, Low-fidelity Mockups, High-fidelity Mockups, UX Design, User Experience (UX), UI Audits, UX Audits, Mobile App Design, Web App UX, B2B, App Design, Early-stage Startups, Product Design, Web App Design, Illustration, Insurance Processing, Educational Portals, UX Strategy, User Interface (UI), UI Design, Dashboard Design, Web Design, Web App UI, SaaS, SaaS Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Financial Design, Financial UX, Real Estate UI, Fitness app, Fashion Design, Prototyping, Fintech, Digital Banking, Marketplaces, Foodtech, Product Management, Govtech, GOV.UK, Public Sector, Stakeholder Management, Project Discovery, User Workshops
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