# Kavya Iyer

> Product Designer @ Microsoft

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kavya

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2025 – Present
Azure Portal End to End Design Team

### Product Design Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Identified current challenges faced by Microsoft Learn users, collaborated with PMs, content designers, and IA team to implement quick fixes within existing constraints to improve the current user experience. Proposed and developed a design toolkit for forward-looking site features

### Teaching Assistant - Mobile Web Design and Development (67-240) @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### UX Design Intern @ IBM
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Synthesized research, client insights, and requirements to craft user experiences and meet the needs of clients through co-creation with clients using IBM technology.

### Revenue Marketing & Analytics Intern @ NVIDIA
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States
Conducted user research based on social listening data to provide actionable insights based on attendee preferences for NVIDIA's bi-annual GPU Technology Conference marketing strategy. Introduced recruiting team to social listening and conducted competitor analysis on other intern programs. Built dashboards from scratch in Sprinklr and Tableau for various campaign managers.

### UI/UX Design Intern @ MakeReign | An Interface Company
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Redesigned client website to better represent their brand and improve user flow. Conducted heuristic evaluation based on Nielsen's principles.

### Social Media Marketing Intern @ Kala Vandana Dance Company
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States
Worked with the marketing team to increase our social media presence. Responsible for devising new plans and strategies and presenting them to the marketing team. Increased our reach by 183%.

### Content Editor/Editorial Board Member @ The Epic
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Lead, organize, and mentor the staff of Lynbrook's student-run publication. Responsible for reviewing and editing all content published both in print and online, as well as teaching the whole staff Associated Press (AP) Style and assessing their knowledge.

### Opinion Section Editor @ The Epic
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Responsible for editing all the content in the Opinion section and creating page layouts/graphics for each story in addition to writing articles for each issue. Mentored five staff writers in developing journalistic writing skills and proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

### Staff Writer @ The Epic
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Wrote 1-2 articles every issue, took photos at events on campus, created graphics on Adobe Photoshop

### Research Intern @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Research about human communication with artificial agents, such as Alexa and Siri. Engaged in experimental design, conducting literature reviews, data analysis, and online psychological study


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Cognitive Science and Human Computer Interaction, Minor: Product Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025

### High School Diploma in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Lynbrook High School
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kavyakiyer
- Portfolio: https://kavyasportfolio.framer.website/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30