# Sakshi Deshmukh

> Product Designer & Design Technologist | I design and build | Mobile, AR/VR, Web | MS HCI (4.0 GPA)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sakshideshmukh

Product and Experience Designer specializing in AR/VR and immersive UX, with a CS engineering background that lets me design and build.

I've shipped an AR app to the App Store (85% increase in student engagement, 92% knowledge retention), designed for 1,000+ attendees at TED AI San Francisco, and co-authored published research on scalable design frameworks for gamified learning.

What I bring to every team:
→ I implement directly in Unity 3D, reducing handoff time and friction
→ I prototype with AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, Figma Make), moving from idea to high-fidelity fast
→ I design for accessibility (WCAG 2.1+) across AR, VR, mobile, and web
→ MS in HCI (4.0 GPA) from Arizona State University

Currently seeking full-time Product Designer or UX Designer roles anywhere in the USA. Open to relocation.

Portfolio: designwithsakshi.com
Email: sakshi.d1461@gmail.com

## Work Experience
### Creative Associate @ ASU Mesh Labs
Jan 2024 – Present
- Shipped Weather WoWs AR mobile game end-to-end, drove 85% increase in student engagement and 92% knowledge retention across 100+ users.

- Designed FlowForward's full Figma design system for a public-facing VR experience at Scottsdale's water treatment plant, increased community trust scores for Arizona sourced water

- Worked with User Research(UXR) Team and the User Testing team of FlowForward to implement feedback, which improved the metrics by 2%.

- Created UI assets in Figma for Pre-Vet, a VR experience for veterinary students, improving learning by 34%.

- Designed and implemented UI assets directly in Unity 3D, ensuring implementation consistency with developers while significantly speeding up the handoff process.

- Collaborated closely with developers, script writers and project managers to ensure implementation matched design intent while maintaining WCAG accessibility standards.

### UI/UX and Brand Designer @ TEDAI San Francisco
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Redesigned the event website, increasing average session duration by 20% and cutting bounce rate by 15% through improved visuals and content enhancement.

- Designed intricate event agenda UIs serving 1,000+ attendees, providing clearly organized information for each event day.

- Created the kiosk interface with straightforward event check-in instructions and designed social media promotional posters in line with the brand guidelines.

### UI/UX Design Intern @ Cricinshots
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Created and implemented polished in-game UI assets for a Web3 mobile cricket strategy title, ensuring the visual design closely replicated an authentic cricket stadium environment.

- Designed social media visuals in Adobe Creative Cloud to promote the game across multiple platforms, resulting in a 28% increase in followers within one month.

### Full-stack Developer @ Kwyk
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
- Designed and developed the onboarding process for Kwyk: a SaaS ecommerce platform that helps small businesses create their own online ordering channels in under 30 minutes.

- Built an end-to-end admin dashboard for small businesses, making setup easier and reducing onboarding time by 23% through user-testing and feedback.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Human Computer Interaction
Arizona State University

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Computer Science
MIT World Peace University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13