Yesha Niranjan, Designer in Santa Clara, CA, United States
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Yesha Niranjan

Bio

Yesha is a senior product designer with 6+ years of experience designing complex, AI-driven SaaS products. She's led end-to-end design for platform workflows, self-serve tools, and data-heavy systems, partnering closely with product and engineering to define system architecture and scalable patterns. Known for strong systems thinking and decision-driven UX, Yesha helps teams move from ambiguity to clarity and ship high-impact experiences that drive adoption and business outcomes.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Mobile UI/UX Designer

2026 - PRESENT
Lucid Finance
  • Delivered 200+ high-fidelity screens across light and dark mode, covering authentication, onboarding, home dashboard, spend, invest, forecast, AI chat, settings, and paywall, fully production-ready for developer handoff.
  • Designed three distinct AI entry-point patterns (ambient insight cards, AI Today bottom sheet, and a full AI chat screen) that embedded Lucid AI as a core product layer rather than a bolt-on chatbot feature.
  • Delivered daily async design updates with rationale to the founding team, maintaining full alignment across a remote engagement.
  • Designed a 5-screen Instagram-style Weekly Recap story flow with Spotify-inspired category breakdowns, dynamic CTAs, and deep-linked AI chat entry points driving re-engagement and feature discoverability.
  • Built a 60+ screen clickable prototype in both light and dark mode, connecting the full end-to-end user journey from onboarding through AI chat, enabling founder-led stakeholder reviews without engineering involvement.
Technologies: Mobile UX Design, UX Design, Mobile App Design, Mobile App UI, Interactive Prototypes, Fintech, Design Thinking, AI-powered Product Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Stakeholder Management, Iterative Design, Apps, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Service Design, AI Design, Design Leadership, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, Fintech Design, AI Chatbots, AI-enabled Applications, Chatbots, Layout Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Animation, Front-end Development, Conversational AI, Conversational Design, Front-end Design

Founding UX Designer

2023 - 2025
Benesse
  • Turned fragmented manual reporting into role-based operational workflows, reducing time-to-action from hours to minutes.
  • Improved cross-team visibility and decision-making through responsive, scalable core flows.
  • Established standardized workflow patterns and error-state handling to enable faster shipping without redesigning core surfaces.
  • Reduced lesson planning and worksheet creation time from hours to minutes with guided AI workflows.
  • Increased 1st-session activation by replacing blank prompts with curriculum-aware actions.
  • Built responsible AI guardrails (bounded chat, safe actions, and human-in-the-loop review) to improve trust in AI outputs.
Technologies: Figma, Product Design, SaaS UX Consulting, Design Systems, Responsive Web Apps, Mental Model, Enterprise SaaS, AI-powered Product Design, UX Research, User Interface (UI), User Flows, Navigation Redesign, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Agile, User Experience (UX), Design Reviews, Dashboards, User Testing, User Research, Discovery Workshops, Accessibility, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, Customer Journey, High-fidelity Prototypes, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Usability Testing, WCAG 2, Web Applications, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Branding, Website Design, Systems Thinking, Web App UX, User Journeys, User Validation, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web UI, Web UX Design, UX Audits, Systems Design, Education, UX Strategy, Audits, Presentations, Full-stack, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX Design, Web App UI, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Design Thinking, Web Dashboards, Stakeholder Management, Iterative Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Service Design, AI Design, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, AI Chatbots, AI-enabled Applications, Chatbots, Layout Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Animation, Front-end Development, Conversational AI, Conversational Design

Product Designer

2023 - 2023
Kissht
  • Led competitive analysis, persona development, and business gap mapping to inform product direction in a high-ambiguity fintech space.
  • Clarified end-to-end user journeys to reduce friction in payments and visibility workflows.
  • Translated research insights into actionable product recommendations for leadership and growth teams.
Technologies: Figma, Miro, Design Systems, UX Design, Competitive Analysis, B2C, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, UI Design, Agile, User Experience (UX), Design Reviews, User Testing, User Research, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, High-fidelity Prototypes, Branding, Website Design, Systems Thinking, User Journeys, Rapid Prototyping, Predictive Analytics, UX Audits, Mobile App Design, Systems Design, Mobile Design, UX Strategy, Audits, Presentations, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX Design, App Design, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Fintech, Design Thinking, Stakeholder Management, Iterative Design, Apps, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Service Design, Design Leadership, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, Ecosystem Design, Fintech Design, Layout Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Animation, Conversational AI, Conversational Design

User Experience Designer

2021 - 2023
LEAD School
  • Owned end-to-end UX for a multi-role SaaS platform, improving educator retention by 22%.
  • Conducted 40+ user interviews and 20+ usability tests to unify IA across teacher, admin, and ops workflows.
  • Built a scalable cross-platform design system adopted across product teams.
Technologies: Digital Product Design, Usability Analysis, Mixed Method Research, Qualitative Research, Product Analytics, Validated User Research, Focus Groups, UX Design, Design Systems, Enterprise SaaS, B2B, ERP Systems, Web App Design, Web Design, Marketing Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, Agile, User Experience (UX), User Testing, User Research, Accessibility, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, Customer Journey, High-fidelity Prototypes, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Usability Testing, Web Applications, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Branding, Website Design, Systems Thinking, Web App UX, User Journeys, User Validation, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Predictive Analytics, Web UI, Web UX Design, UX Audits, Systems Design, Mobile Design, Education, UX Strategy, Audits, Presentations, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX Design, Web App UI, App Design, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Web Dashboards, Stakeholder Management, Iterative Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Service Design, Design Leadership, CRM, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, Ecosystem Design, AI Chatbots, AI-enabled Applications, Chatbots, Layout Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Animation, Conversational AI, Conversational Design

User Experience Designer

2019 - 2021
Morph Digital Solutions Pvt
  • Led interaction design for immersive brand activations across mobile and web.
  • Designed AR/VR experiences for global brands, balancing usability with high-craft visual interactions.
  • Delivered high-fidelity prototypes that aligned stakeholder vision with technical feasibility.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Cloud, UX Design, Product Branding, Jira, Marketing, Click-through Rates (CTR), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Dashboard Design, Agile, User Experience (UX), User Testing, User Research, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, High-fidelity Prototypes, Web Applications, CSS, Branding, eCommerce, Systems Thinking, User Journeys, Predictive Analytics, UX Audits, Systems Design, Google Analytics, UX Strategy, Presentations, Mobile App UI, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, CRM, High-fidelity Mockups

User Experience Designer

2018 - 2018
Philips
  • Designed a HoloLens application for fetal ultrasound monitoring used in internal R&D exploration.
  • Secured internal buy-in and funding by demonstrating mixed-reality clinical workflows with Microsoft HoloLens.
  • Collaborated with engineers and clinicians to validate usability in complex medical contexts.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Cloud, Unity3D, Design Systems, Mixed Reality (MR), Validated User Research, HoloLens, UI Design, Agile, User Experience (UX), Cross-functional Team Collaboration, High-fidelity Prototypes, Systems Thinking, User Journeys, UX Audits, UX Strategy, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Ecosystem Design

Education

2024 - 2025

Master of Science Degree in Digital Arts (UI/UX Specialization)

International Technological University - Santa Clara, CA, USA

2017 - 2018

Postgraduate Diploma in Design and Innovation

Indian School of Design and Innovation - Mumbai, India

2010 - 2014

Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Science

Dharmsinh Desai University - Nadiad, GJ, India

Skills

Tools

FigJam, Google Slides, Miro, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Analytics, Canva, Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, HoloLens

Platforms

Figma, Mixpanel, Arduino, Webflow

Industry Expertise

Education, Marketing

Languages

HTML, Visual Design Language, CSS

Other

Framer, Design Thinking, Interaction Design (IxD), Human-computer Interaction (HCI), Web Usability, Digital Product Design, AI-powered Product Design, UX Design, Design Systems, Product Design, Responsive Web Apps, B2B, User Interface (UI), User Flows, Web App Design, SaaS Design, Responsive UI, User Research, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, Agile, User Experience (UX), User Journey Maps, Design Reviews, Dashboards, User Testing, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, Customer Journey, High-fidelity Prototypes, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Usability Testing, Web Applications, Website Design, Information Architecture (IA), SaaS, Flow Diagrams, MVP Design, System Architecture Design, Visual Design, Systems Thinking, Web App UX, User Journeys, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Validation, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web UI, Web UX Design, UX Audits, Mobile App Design, Systems Design, Mobile Design, UX Strategy, Audits, Presentations, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX Design, Web App UI, App Design, User Experience Design, Interactive Prototypes, Web Dashboards, Stakeholder Management, Iterative Design, Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), AI Systems, Service Design, Design Leadership, Business to Business (B2B), Product Strategy, Ecosystem Design, Fintech Design, AI-enabled Applications, Layout Design, High-fidelity Mockups, Design Sprints, Animation, Conversational AI, Conversational Design, Front-end Design, Data Visualization, Marketing Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Discovery Workshops, Accessibility, WCAG 2, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Branding, Tailwind UI, eCommerce, Agentic AI, Agentic Frameworks, Bots, Predictive Analytics, No-code Development, Claude Code, Full-stack, Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS), Fintech, Apps, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), AI Design, CRM, AI Chatbots, Chatbots, Front-end Development, WCAG 3, Android SDK, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Machine Learning, System UI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Project Management, JavaScript Libraries, Unity3D, Mixed Reality (MR), Validated User Research, Product Branding, Usability Analysis, Mixed Method Research, Qualitative Research, Product Analytics, Focus Groups, Competitive Analysis, B2C, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, SaaS UX Consulting, Mental Model, Enterprise SaaS, ERP Systems, UX Research, Navigation Redesign, AI Product Strategy, Human-centered AI, User Workflows, Complex Problem Solving, Web Saas, Quantitative Research, User Adoption, UI Prototyping, Wearable Technology, Healthtech, Experimental Design, Storyboarding, Behavioral Design, Productivity, Click-through Rates (CTR), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), AI Art Generator

Experience

  • UX Design - 8 years
  • Jira - 6 years
  • Adobe Creative Suite - 6 years
  • UX Research - 6 years
  • Human-computer Interaction (HCI) - 6 years
  • Figma - 6 years
  • Product Design - 6 years
  • AI-powered Product Design - 2 years

Tools

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Jira
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