Zeal Sheth

UX Designer • Product Designer • UI Designer • New York, NY, US

Mobile App Development

Websites

Rapid Prototyping

Low-fidelity

Adobe XD

Wireframing

ProtoPie

Playtesting

Graphic UI

Mobile Design

Affinity Diagrams

Prototyping

Figma

Product Strategy

Heuristic Evaluation

Sketch

Product Development

Product Design

Adobe Creative Suite

User Personas

Participatory design

UX research

Process Optimization

Design Research

User Interface Design

Web Accessibility

User Research

Usability Testing

User Flows

Design Thinking

Design Systems

User-Centered Design

UX Strategy

Design

UI/UX Design

Available for hire fromNegotiable

Contracts

Full-Time Roles

UX/UI Design Master | Product Designer

I have previous Product Design experience at SaaS startups Flux.ai and Hired Inc. where I got to implement critical product features on the web, contribute to the design system and master advanced skills on the prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite etc. I also have experience designing creative web interactions using Webflow, Framer, Spline and p5.js. I graduated with a Masters in Interactive MultiMedia Design at New York University in June'23, where I got to implement a range of projects at the intersection of art, design & tech. My background further extends to 5+yrs of experience as an electronic engineer in the semiconductor industry.

Projects

Stackup Editor Design

During my product design internship at SaaS startup Flux.ai, I got to implement a critical product feature - 'Stackup Editor' geared to increase Flux.ai's enterprise and pro-user adoption rate and paid sign-ups by 20%. Contribution: 1. 0 to 1 execution product feature - Stackup Editor. 2. HiFi Mockups. 3. Stackup Component library addition to Flux.ai's existing design system. 4. Visual Design for depiction of 'Vias' in electronic PCB design. 5. Engineering Handoff Learnings: 1. Collaboration across team - product managers, product experts, master users, engineers. 2. Defining Product Brief. 3. Design-Engineering Tradeoffs. 4. Quality Assurance.See More

FoodConscious App Design

I designed the ‘FoodConscious’ mobile app as a part of my thesis project to bring behavioral change in users and help them reduce foodwaste. Contribution: 1. App's Product-Market Fit 2. Habit Forming Loop in App 3. App's Visual Design 4. Design Library 5. UX Design, HiFi Prototypes 6. Notification Design 7. Digital Illustrations 8. User Research 9. User Testing Learnings: 1. Behavioral Design Learnings. 2. Conducting moderated User Tests. 3. Crafting attention-grabbing notifications. See More

Hired Inc. Employer Dashboard Redesign & Onboarding Design

During my internship at Hired Inc. which is an online market place where best candidates are matched with suitable jobs, I worked on the end-to-end onboarding design for first-time-users (employers) from empathizing with users to making hifi prototypes to help decrease time to find candidates by 74.3%. I also redesigned the dashboard to increase the user’s retention rate from 3% to 10% . Contribution: 1. User Research - Qualitative Interviews, Data Discovery, Click-through Rates. 2. Problem Discovery for Employer Dashboard. 3. First-time-User Employer Dashboard Redesign 4. First-time-User Employer Onboarding Design 5. Design Iterations based on Team Feedback Learnings: 1. Constructive Feedback and Criticism. 2. Advanced Figma Skills. 3. Collaboration with UI Designer, Customer Success Team, Product Managers. 4. Efficient Solution Creation based on Effort Vs. Impact.See More

Yoga Mobile App Redesign

I redesigned Yoga Mobile App - Daily Mudras to create an intuitive UX experience, Contribution: 1. Redesigned visual aesthetics to provide modern and contemporary brand image. 2. Redesigned app's donation page for better engagement and increased fund-raising. 3. Provided intuitive UX to follow exercises o the app. Learnings: 1. Brand Strategy Design. 2. Journey Mapping and User Flow. 3. Typography, UI Design.See More

Instacart Website Redesign

Instacart is an American grocery delivery and pick-up service. As a part of my hobby project, I redesigned the website to be more intuitive based on the ux research with real users. Contributions: - UX Research Mixed Methods - HiFi Prototypes - Usability Testing Learnings: - Desktop Vs. Mobile App Design case. - Importance of User research & Usability Testing. - Progressive handoffs.See More

Skin Clinic Branding & Responsive Website Design

Created Brand Identity and Responsive Website Design for a Dermatologist Clinic. Contribution: 1. Designed brand strategy. 2. Based on user insights, designed responsive website to generate trust and have produce high conversion rate. Learnings: 1. Implementing efficient UX architecture for responsive website. 2. Building brand systematically from strategy to design. See More

Work History

Product Design Intern

Flux.aiSep 2023 - Dec 2023 • 4 mos- Designed a critical product feature 'Stackup Editor Dialog', poised to significantly elevate Flux.ai's PCB design capabilities, thus, leading to increased enterprise adoption and paid sign-ups. - Defined design specifications through deep understanding of the technical complexities and user needs. - Developed high-fidelity mockups and contributed to Flux.ai’s design system by publishing a comprehensive components library. - Produced visually compelling designs for diverse vias, enabling users to effortlessly incorporate complex vias into their circuit boards. - Spearheaded side projects such as ‘Hotkeys Redesign’ for improved legibility and adoption, ‘Groups Design’ for enhanced organization of complex circuits.

Product Designer

New York UniversityJan 2023 - Jun 2023 • 6 mos- Built an iOS app FoodConscious as a part of my masters thesis project to nudge users to waste less food and make sustainable food choices. - Conducted 13+ users in-depth interviews, investigated science and sociology journals, data articles and audited 30+apps to investigate the problem of food waste occurring at home and its primary, secondary and tertiary scope impacts. - Designed the visual identity, logo, color, typography to resonate the message of food and sustainability in a playful way. Created 80+ hi-fi screens, pattern libraries, component assets contributing to design system cohesive with apps branding. - Used 'humour', the oldest form of communication, to craft attention-grabbing, personalized, concise and food-empathetic notifications with clear call-to-action. Show less

Product Design Intern

HiredJun 2022 - Aug 2022 • 3 mos- Synthesized data from qualitative interviews with 7 key stakeholders, field research with 6 users during their onboarding process and the 30 user clickthrough journey using FullStory tool to define user needs and business objectives. - Strategized KPIs in collaboration with the product manager to reduce first-time-user employer drop-off rates on the Hireds recruiting platform. - Redesigned the employer dashboard page with a clear call-to-action to cut time to find matching jobseekers. - Implemented hi-fidelity prototype of the onboarding experience based on the feedback from the product, design and engineering, resulting in increasing the conversion rate.

UX Design Graduate Assistant

New York UniversityJan 2022 - May 2022 • 5 mos- Coached 16 undergraduate students over 25+ UX projects to help them conduct non-leading, unbiased user interviews, define user problems, improve user flow and design intuitive interfaces. - Spearheaded design critique on 150+ design challenges based on heuristics, usability, cognitive biases and accessibility.

Lead Application Design Engineer

Indian Institute of Technology, BombayJul 2018 - Aug 2019 • 1 yr 2 mos- Led application design team to investigate GPS receiver clients needs and collaborated with design engineers to define the technical specifications for different use cases. - Designed real time satellite response software with 99.95% accuracy. Implemented an intuitive user interface for clients to understand the error rate with each signal received. Technical Details: - Managed the digital design part of NAVIC satellite receiver chip. Worked on freezing the timing, power, area specifications and hardware system requirements for the digital receiver integrated circuit. - Performed the functional verification of the system. (NAVIC satellites, similar to the GPS satellites, are used to get geographical location information in the South Asia region.) Show less

Education

New York University

Interactive Telecommunication Program MPS, UX/UI Design, AR/VR Technology, Physical Product Design, MultiMedia Design2021 - 2023

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master of Technology - MTech, Electronic Systems2013 - 2016

K.K.Wagh institute of Engineering Education & Research

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Telecommunication2008 - 2012

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