# Avanti Gulwadi

> Product Design | UX Research | M.A. @ SCAD | Prev. Autodesk

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/avanti

Product & Experience Design Leader skilled in addressing user needs, business goals, and long-term visions on the path to innovative solutions.

Experiences include:
• Market Research
• Qual. & Quant. Research Methods
• Customer Journey Mapping
• Wireframing/Prototyping (Figma)
• Usability Studies
• UX Mapping & Modeling Methods
• Heuristic Evaluations
• Business Model Canvases
• Project Management
• Holistic Design Processes

With a passion for data & insight-driven results, I focus on blending strategy, curiosity, empathy, and creativity to generate delightful & trustworthy solutions that fuel social innovation🚀

In my free time, I love traveling🛫, decorating🪴, and pretending I’m a chef👩🏽‍🍳
Feel free to reach out and connect!

Email: avantigulwadi@gmail.com
Website: https://gulwadi.myportfolio.com

## Work Experience
### User Experience Designer @ Inovaare Corporation
Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, California, United States

### Freelance Product Designer @ Freelance Design
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
• Label design for Napa Valley Amora Wines
• Heuristic analysis & redesign for Artemis Healthcare RPM Android application

### Experience Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
AEC Design-Experience Design | XA Product Analytics Team

### Multimedia Designer @ CIRAS - Iowa State University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Refining the CIRAS brand across programs, creating promotional graphic designs for social media use, and improving the user experience and interface design on digital platforms.
Assisted in hiring and interview process for new talent upon my departure.

### Digital Designer @ Iowa Lean Consortium/CIRAS
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Designing conference web and display materials, creating graphic designs for print and digital advertising, working on search engine optimization, and fortifying the company brand.

### Social Media Graphic Designer + Coordinator @ Iowa State University Industrial Design Department
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Collaborating with students and faculty to gather material and promote our design culture on digital platforms.

### Teaching Assistant @ Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Narrated lecture videos to optimize accessibility in digital learning experiences for students in Computer Science. Collaborated and communicated efficiently with professor and colleagues to ensure high-quality, timely content production.

### Food Sales Clerk @ Chocolaterie Stam Cedar Falls
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Cedar Falls, IA, United States
Tended to customers and helped with visual merchandising to creatively advertise confections.


## Education
### Master of Arts - MA in Design Management
Savannah College of Art and Design

### BID in Industrial and Product Design
Iowa State University

### High School Diploma
Cedar Falls High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/avanti-gulwadi
- Portfolio: https://gulwadi.myportfolio.com/work

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Last updated: 2026-04-13