• Took a planned break from full-time work while continuing independent UX and product design projects

• Designed and developed a custom WordPress portfolio using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, leveraging ACF for flexible content architecture

• Led UX research and product design for Maji Meet Up, conducting user research and competitor analysis to define scalable event planning tools

• Conducted user interviews (5+) and applied behavioral design principles for Keep, focusing on habit formation, accessibility, and sustainable user engagement

• Exploring behavioral design, accessibility, and systems thinking to inform long-term product decisions

• Delivered responsive layouts for 5 feeds and an AI preference center

• Collaborated with PMs and data teams to ensure transparency and trust in AI-generated content targeting corporate subscribers

• Expanded and worked within the Dow Jones design system using Figma, ensuring accessible, consistent visual patterns

• Redesigned 2FA and authentication flows to reduce “send new code” requests

• Initiated phased 2FA fixes to address accessibility gaps for users without mobile

• Created wireframes, prototypes, and annotated flow diagrams within Agile sprints

• Designed onboarding, dashboards, and AI workflows for private cloud solutions, contributing to tens of millions in sales

• Partnered with ML specialists to help non-experts build trustworthy predictive models

• Developed reusable component libraries and onboarding walkthroughs, influencing design standards across 200+ IBM products

• Designed scalable UI for indoor navigation deployed across 10+ hospitals; contributed to next-gen SaaS and SDK features

• Created mobile PoCs for cruise and parking navigation using spatial UX patterns

• Collaborated with developers and PMs to deliver UX/UI for 5+ client implementations