# Manasa Andru > Product Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/manasa 👋 Hi there! I’m a multidisciplinary Product Designer with a holistic approach to designing human-centric and data driven product solutions. • Management experience with research, building and executing target project initiatives across cross-functional teams • Skilled in producing innovative and strategic solutions that drive user actions and grow customer base • Extensive experience designing and delivering simple, intuitive interface solutions that solve complicated problems. Core Qualifications: user research, ux strategic planning, content creation, user empathy, information architecture, product management, business development, customer journey, customer engagement, growth, SaaS, interface design, cloud, storytelling ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Vagaro Jan 2022 – Present ### Lead Product Designer @ NurseWallet Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Founding Designer @ Pensieve AI Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Pensieve AI helps you put your users first by automating your entire research workflow. Sole Designer and Head of Product at Pensieve, working on user research, product strategy, product design, content design, brand design, product management & whatever needs to get done! ### UX Designer @ Obj-She Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 • Led every stage of user experience lifecycle, including user research, concept definition, feature ideation, rapid prototying, & UI design • Advocated for user-centered design practices with co-founders, design & engineering teams & developed design system to deliver best user experience for end users, while growing community from 20 to 400+ members • Created UI flows, mockups, final design & animation assets using Figma, Illustrator and Adobe After Effects ### Product Designer @ Self-Employed Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area LIMVI Studio Inc | Alphataba • Led user research, applying user experience standards to improve the user flow, and designing wireframes for Alphataba's onboarding and customer dashboard. Mischief.app •Managed design team of 3 to drive product strategy, establish information architecture, & managed efforts to produce user flow, sitemap, & low to high fidelity wireframes for iOS app. ### User Experience Designer @ UC Berkeley Extension Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Project (Google Insights) Project management tool designed to help users gain in-depth progress and performance insights, and achieve project milestones. •Led team of 3 to conduct user interviews & interpreted research insights to build understanding of users & context •Communicated user experience at various stages of design process to develop user flows, wireframes, & hi-fi prototypes •Analyzed usability testing data & made recommendations/design iterations based on findings •Built basic interactive HTML page of main dashboard Project (Bootcampspot) Online student portal to help students efficiently access study resources and perform classroom tasks. -Worked with a team of 3 to conduct user research - user interviews, heuristics analysis, competitive research, & cardsorting -Conceptualized, tested, & iterated lo-fi, hi-fi wireframes & user flows -Administered usability testing studies among internal and external users Project (SF Environment) San Francisco Department of the Environment government website re-designed to help users navigate and access information and resources about sustainable practices efficiently. -Worked on entire project lifecycle from UX Research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, and producing detailed specs across multiple platforms. Project (Foodiago) Allergen conscious mobile app to help users with food allergies & dietary restrictions find restaurants to dine within their local area. -Led team of 3 to conduct interviews and synthesize research data to build insights into user needs & context -A/B tested lo-fidelity prototypes to collaboratively determine design direction Personally designed brand strategy & hi-fidelity prototype for app ### Associate Analyst @ Sequoia Consulting Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 Sequoia Consulting Group is an innovative brokerage firm providing strategic benefits, HR, and risk management services to today’s hyper-growth companies. We focus on the clients that are focusing on the future: the disruptors, the paradigm shifters, and the market leaders that are pushing their industries forward. We match their passion with our own commitment to help them run happier, healthier, and free from unnecessary risk. ### Marketing Associate / Designer @ Decisions on Demand Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Sunnyvale, CA ### Marketing - Demand Generation @ Tradeshift Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Created Email Programs/Drip Campaigns/Triggered Emails as needed using Campaign Management tools in Marketo Tracked email performance including opens, clicks and bounces and summarized results on a segment level. Supported data-related duties with hands-on tasks in marketing automation tools Briefed event information and arranged venues for tradeshows, conferences, and business meetings Created content for marketing materials, company blog, and email newsletters ### Product Marketing Intern @ The Resumator Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Analyzed growth in lead conversion on a weekly basis and reported findings to management team to evolve strategies/goals Conducted competitive analysis research to improve product functionality Communicated with leads via phone & email; responding to customer questions about products and applications Actively maintained accounts and customer activity in SFDC ## Education ### UX/UI Design UC Berkeley Extension Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Communications University of California, Davis ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manasaandru --- Source: https://flows.cv/manasa JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/manasa/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25