# Manasi Sambhus

> Product Designer & UX Researcher | Research-Driven, Systems-Oriented Design

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/manasisambhus

Designing digital products that help people navigate complex information, workflows, and decisions with clarity and confidence. This work brings together UX design, user research, and systems thinking to create experiences that are usable, inclusive, and grounded in real user needs.
My experience spans education, nonprofit, and exploratory product work, with adaptability across industries where complexity, scale, or ambiguity shape the challenge.
Currently exploring product design and UX research roles on teams solving complex user problems, regardless of industry.

## Work Experience
### UX Designer @ Think Round, Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### UX Researcher & Designer @ International Rescue Committee
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States
- Led the redesign of PlayMatters’ website Research & Resources, improving navigation and shipping mobile-responsive components, resulting in a 30% increase in engagement across regions.
- Co-led PlayMatters content design and remote co-design and testing, turning IRC team feedback into plain-language, step-by-step materials and visuals that increased adoption 10%.

### UX Research Assistant @ Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
- Conducted contextual inquiry, co-creation workshops, and in-depth  interviews with community stakeholders, surfacing needs and emotional moments and translating findings into personas, journey map, and opportunity areas.
- Synthesised interviews and observations with thematic coding/affinity mapping, producing personas and an opportunity map and delivering evidence-backed public-space design recommendations.

### Creative Designer @ Nesterra Home Decor
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Ran heuristic usability reviews and behaviour analytics to refine e-commerce IA, navigation, and search, improving product findability and lifting engagement 25%.
- Conducted market and user research with the Marketing team; identified consumer trends and shaped product strategy, yielding 20% increase in seasonal sales and boosting brand engagement by 30%.

### Graduation Project @ Industree Foundation
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### R&D @ Malai.eco
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Kerala, India

### Product Designer @ Auroville Bamboo Centre
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Strategic design and management
Parsons School of Design - The New School

### Bachelor of designing in Industrial and Product Design
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manasi-sambhus

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Last updated: 2026-04-08