UI/UX Designer · Fresher · 0 yrs
Ananya Deshpande
UI/UX Designer (Entry-Level)
Professional summary
Recent design graduate who takes products from research to polished, shippable UI in Figma. Comfortable across the full process — user interviews, wireframing, interactive prototyping, usability testing and accessible interaction design — and built a small design system from scratch. Turns messy problem spaces into clear, measurable design decisions, demonstrated across 3 end-to-end case studies and a live 3D portfolio.
3
End-to-end case studies
94
Accessibility score (WCAG AA)
+22%
Task completion in testing
Skills
Design
Research
Foundations
Tools
Work experience
UX Design Intern · Quillstack Studio
Jan 2025 – Jun 2025Remote
- Redesigned the onboarding flow for a budgeting app in Figma, cutting steps from 7 to 4 and lifting task-completion 22% in moderated usability testing.
- Ran 12 user interviews and synthesized findings into 3 personas and a journey map that reframed the product backlog priorities.
- Built 18 reusable components with variants and auto-layout, reducing new-screen design time ~30% for the two-person product team.
- Audited 14 screens against WCAG 2.1 AA and fixed contrast and focus-order issues, raising the accessibility score from 68 to 94.
Featured projects
End-to-end case study for a meal-sharing app, from field research to high-fidelity prototype.
- Conducted contextual interviews with 9 users, mapped the journey, and validated a clickable Figma prototype through 5 rounds of usability testing.
- Iterated the booking flow on test findings, raising prototype task success from 61% to 89% before handoff.
A small, token-driven design system built for a fictional fintech, with full Figma documentation.
- Defined color, type and spacing tokens plus 24 documented components, all meeting WCAG 2.1 AA contrast.
- Published interaction and state guidelines that let two designers ship consistent screens without a style review.
Education
B.Des. Communication Design
2025MIT Institute of Design, Pune
CGPA 8.9/10 · Coursework: Interaction Design, HCI, Design Research, Typography, Information Architecture
Certifications
Google UX Design (Professional Certificate)
Coursera · 2024
Foundations of UX: Accessibility
LinkedIn Learning · 2025
See the work in 3D
Explore Ananya's interactive WebGL portfolio — projects, skills and a way to get in touch.