# Sana Khan Hussaini

> Visual Designer | Assistant Professor

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

Visual/UI designer blending brand systems, UX research, and product thinking.

Currently an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University, where I teach interaction design and design systems while mentoring the next generation of designers.

Resume and my portfolio here - https://www.sanakhanhussaini.com/

## Work Experience
### Assistant Professor @ San Francisco State University
Jan 2022 – Present

### Visiting Assistant Professor @ University of Notre Dame
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | South Bend, Indiana, United States
• Created new curricula for visual design courses - Digital Media Design and Motion Graphics - that enabled students to enhance Design Thinking and UX Research skills, while improving technological proficiency.
•  Spearheaded multiple design workshops for students. The topics included Freelancing in Design, The Power of Typography and Principles of Visual Design.

### Design Instructor @ University of Notre Dame
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
•  Interaction Design Course: Created an environment of productivity and personal accountability that was instrumental in students’ growth as a UX Researcher.
•  Fundamentals of Visual Communication Design Course: Encouraged students to generate creative ideas and guided them in using Adobe Softwares to support their design research.

### UI Designer @ Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
-  Successfully influenced the Design Lead to allocate company’s limited budget for UX Research. The newly allocated budget enabled the design team to conduct interviews with 20 participants.
-  Directed the UX research to develop four different personas, empathy maps and consumer journeys which revealed website's user pain points, for example time spent on navigation and issues with content accessibility.
-  Developed low-fi wireframes that reduced the content by 40-60 percent on average, enabling optimized user navigation and smoother user flow.

### Jr. Associate Creative Director on Coca-Cola Account @ Ogilvy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Pakistan
•  Created Coca-Cola Company’s culturally relevant direct response marketing and brand marketing campaigns that increased the total customer base by 20%.
•  Used market research and design thinking approach to generate creative solutions for client’s creative briefs which led to a 4% increase in market share.
•  Collaborated with a team of copywriters, designers, and vendor partners to create multiple cohesive brand campaigns that increased the brand love by 15%.


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Design and Visual Communications, General
University of Notre Dame

### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Graphic Design
National College of Arts


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sana-khan-hussaini-ab9b95148
- Portfolio: https://sanakhandesign.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13