# Shivani Kannan

> Product Design at Navan | Prev. Walmart | Carnegie Mellon’25

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

I am a product designer with 4yrs of professional experience. I build agentic AI experiences to simplify day-to-day work in finance, commerce, and productivity.

With a background in graphic & motion design and design systems, I care about evolving the systems behind the products I work with. I’m also curious about HCI as a field and enjoy reading about and experimenting with emerging tech for fun. 

Outside of work, I’m a co-founder of the NGO Thraahi, a gamer, runner and amateur potterer!

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Navan
Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
Designing core agentic AI features to automate day-to-day expense & accounting workflows.

### Researcher, Human-AI Collaboration @ CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States
Researching the use of Human-Centered Generative AI to support creativity. Building desktop design tools with Zapier and Google AI studio.

### Product Designer, Design Systems @ Eightfold
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Led end-to-end design of a WCAG AAA accessibility motion design system for the AI-powered HR SaaS product suite, from concept to engineering and adoption support. Projected to enhance internal workflow efficiency by 35% and client user retention by 7%.

• Organized 12+ workshops to identify pain points, defined human-AI experience goals, designed a scalable system and transition pattern library, prototyped animations, and built reusable design tokens with advanced Figma capabilities to drive adoption, and delivered HTML/CSS Storybook documentation.

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | United States

### Senior Product Designer @ Flipkart
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Owned end-to-end redesign of EMI payments, increasing adoption by 2.8% to 0.56 million users. Collaborated with business and product managers to shape product strategy. Utilized data-driven insights from analytics and usability testing to design user flow and information architecture, simplifying complexity. Partnered with fintech engineers to ship scalable designs.

• Led 0-to-1 design of a sale monetization fee, boosting revenue while sustaining user engagement. Delivered legally compliant designs and conducted A/B and usability tests to optimize designs, ensuring business goals aligned with user needs.

• Built a design system from 0-to-1 for a premium shopping experience, 'Mall Mode', boosting user conversion. Analyzed competitor visual design, problem-solved constraints, and delivered a library of components, colors, typography, layout, and iconography.

### Product Designer 1 @ Flipkart
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Shipped 17+ mobile and web consumer-facing e-commerce projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Impacted Flipkart’s 167 million active users, earning the Above and Beyond Performance Award and Teamwork and Collaboration Award.
• Owned design for a gamified grocery offer unlocking experience, increasing GMV by 1.4% and conversion by 1.1%. Authored PRD, crafted wireframes and Figma prototypes, iterated based on 8+ eye-tracking tests, and shipped high-fidelity screens.
• Led team to victory in Flipkart Hackathon, ahead of 170+ teams, and in Flipkart Design Jam, outperforming 50+ teams.

### Visual Designer @ WeBeCray
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Designed brand identity, logo, marketing, and strategy for clients Furlenco, Nommers, Locally, and Qraft, enabling business launch.

### Product Designer @ Godrej Industries Group
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Led 0-to-1 design of an AI-powered multi-tissue analysis feature in a desktop pathology SaaS product, driving client clinic acquisition.
• Navigated ambiguity by conducting expert interviews, competitor analysis, and aligning business needs with technical capabilities.


## Education
### Master of Design in Interaction Design (Human Computer Interaction)
Carnegie Mellon University

### Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication and Strategic Branding (Graphic Design)
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13