# Rutika Bangera

> Product Designer @The Polis Center at IU | Building products by thinking in sustainable and scalable systems | Complex Systems • AI Workflows • Enterprise • SaaS • B2B • Developer Tools

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rutika

I’m a Product Designer with 3+ years of experience designing for complex systems, data-heavy workflows, and enterprise environments.

I bring a systems thinking mindset, connecting people, processes, and products to create clarity and measurable impact. My strengths lie in owning end-to-end design, bringing focus and strategy to complex spaces, and aligning design with business and user goals.


Highlights of my impact across People, Processes, and Products:

People:
- Led teams from ambiguity to clarity, enabling forward movement in uncertain spaces.
- Took design from “no seat” to “at the table” through education and advocacy at an early-stage B2B startup.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to align diverse expertise around shared outcomes.

Processes:
- Built design documentation and workflows that cut design–dev iterations by 50% and improved delivery speed.
- Set creative directions for complex challenges, encouraging exploratory approaches within teams.

Product: 
- Helping users to achieve their results 66% faster in an enterprise complex product. 
- Achieving 87% user satisfaction in early tests for a 0→1 creative feature aimed at Gen Z acquisition. 


I’m currently open to opportunities where I can contribute as a Product Designer working on systems, AI workflows, or enterprise tools that empower teams and drive sustainable growth.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ The Polis Center
Jan 2025 – Present
- Contributing to SAVI.org (a community data platform that empowers individuals and organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions) by revamping the sitemap. 

- Using HTML, XML, Python, and design thinking to help streamline article formatting, ensuring consistent presentation across the site, and support editorial workflows.

### UI/UX Design Intern @ The Polis Center
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Features a diverse range of project work:

- Led a full redesign of The Polis Center website, reducing user navigation errors by 80% through improved information architecture and usability.

- Designed high-fidelity prototypes for Indiana FSSA’s statewide dementia dashboard, enhancing care coordination across 15+ healthcare providers.

- Built data visualizations for SAVI.org using Tableau and WordPress, achieving an 82.5% evaluation score for clarity and data interpretation.

- Researched 261+ user posts and conducted structured interviews to improve AI chatbot accessibility, with a focus on neurodiverse users.

### User Experience Designer @ Johnson Controls
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Exacq (Enterprise Security System): 

- Created a strategic UX roadmap to reduce churn and shape the product’s future vision, balancing user needs and business goals.

- Spearheaded Exacq’s UX enhancements for FY25 Q4 by presenting redesigned workflows to the Johnson Controls Executive Team.

- Improved feature discoverability and usability through UX audits, competitor analysis, and close collaboration with PMs and engineers, resulting in a 90% stakeholder satisfaction score.

### Product Designer @ Mozilla
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Explored what a year-end campaign like “Firefox Wrapped” could look like to improve retention and re-engagement for 141M+ users during device migrations. 

- Developed a scalable visual system (typography, iconography, motion).

- Led 0→1 design process: moving from ambiguity to clarity through experiments, storytelling, and user feedback loops.

- Created the foundation for an end-to-end “recap” framework tailored to Firefox’s unique product ecosystem.

### User Experience Designer @ Comet Lab (Convergent Media and Exploratory Technologies Lab)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

### Research Assistant @ Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indianapolis
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### User Experience Designer @ TST Technology
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Advocated for design across the org by leading company-wide design education sessions and helping embed UX practices into product culture. 

- Reduced design-dev iteration cycles by 50% by creating a streamlined handoff process. 

- Shipped a 0→1 hotel management ecosystem (admin dashboard, guest web app, staff mobile app), onboarding 100+ hotels and accelerating product adoption.

### User Experience Designer @ TST Technology
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Human Computer Interaction
Indiana University Indianapolis

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Engineering
Government Engineering College,Gandhinagar

### Diploma in Computer Engineering
Government Polytechnic College

### Kendriya vidyalaya No.1, Ichhanath, Surat


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rutikabangera
- Portfolio: https://rutika.framer.website/
- Portfolio: https://x.com/rutikab16

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Last updated: 2026-04-13