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

FigmaWireframingPrototypingInteraction designVisual & UI designDesign systems

Research

User researchUser interviewsUsability testingPersonasJourney mappingCard sorting

Foundations

Accessibility (WCAG 2.1)Information architectureResponsive layoutTypographyDesign tokens

Tools

FigmaFigJamAdobe XDPhotoshopIllustratorMazeNotion

Work experience

UX Design Intern · Quillstack Studio

Jan 2025Jun 2025

Remote

  • 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

89% task success
Tindi — community kitchen app

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.
User researchFigmaPrototypingUsability testing
24 components
Lumen — accessible design system

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.
Design systemsDesign tokensAccessibilityFigma

Education

B.Des. Communication Design

2025

MIT 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.