Payal Bhujwala

education Carnegie Mellon University

Masters of Human Computer Interaction, August 2020 College of Engineering Pune

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology, May 2018 skills UX/UI design

Visual design

Animation

User Research

Team Management

Web programming

User Testing

experience Freelance UX and Product Designer (February 2020 - present) UX Designer @ Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (December 2020 - present )

Redesigning SafeSea, a chrome plugin for cybersecurity, funded by Facebook and the National Science Foundation .

Product Designer @ Truity (October - December 2020 ) Led user research efforts and augmented existing user flows for the Enneagram and Typefinder test experiences. Worked closely with marketing and brand teams to define the scope for new features .

UX Designer @ TALK: The New Sex-ed (April - August 2020 ) Designed an onboarding experience for an interactive chat fiction based sex-ed app. Conducted usability testing with 20 participants and built a ready to develop prototype and style guide with functional specs .

Design Lead Product Designer @ National Institutes of Health

(February - July 2020 )

Led a design team of 2 UX designers and 2 illustrators while designing FROLIC, an app that encourages physical activity. Worked closely with a team of 4 developers to deploy the app on the iOS app store. Design Lead UX Designer UX Researcher @ The Pittsburgh Foundation

(MHCI Capstone Project) (January - August 2020)

Led the design process for designing Rematch, a responsive web service that matches donors to community needs. Collaborated with a project manager, a research lead, a product lead and a tech lead. Currently, the product is being developed to be deployed at the foundation.

Software Developer @ Wipro Technologies Ltd. (Client: Charles Schwab)

(July 2018 - August 2019)

Developed applications in Python and C++, as part of an agile scrum team, for Schwab‘s market data support team. Led the ideation and creation of a product strategy tool to generate comprehensive reports for internal validation. Collaborated with project managers, product owners, and developers. Shipped applications and updates on existing tools over multiple agile sprints.