# Shivanshi Gupta > Product Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shivanshigupta Navigating the intersection of technology, design, and policy, I’ve cultivated a diverse skillset that enables me to create user-centric solutions with a meaningful impact. As a Product Designer, I excel in collaborative environments, tackling industry challenges head-on. My approach combines creative problem-solving with a thorough understanding of user needs, ensuring that the workflows I design are both effective and functional. Throughout my career, I’ve contributed to governance and environmental research, led communications and community activities, and ideated user experiences for an Edtech product. Currently, I’m channeling this experience into the Fintech sector, driving financial solutions and social impact, specifically in Home Improvement. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Upgrade, Inc. Jan 2024 – Present | United States Working cross-functionally with product, engineering and senior designers to incorporate new UX UI features in the Home Improvement segment of mobile and web experiences. Creating user flows and high-fidelity prototypes by using a combination of data analytics, user testing and research to validate design decisions in Home Improvement projects for users aged 40-75. Contributing best UX UI practices to design system. ### User Experience Associate @ Kira Learning Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Menlo Park, California, United States ### User Experience Intern @ Kira Learning Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, CA Elevated learning experiences for elementary school students by designing interactive graphic visuals for 30+ video lesson plans that increased students’ online engagement and comprehension on the Kira platform. Collaborated on wireframes and user flows alongside enhancing the design systems with Senior Designer. Leveraged skills in infographic design through independent learning of visual design principles, ensuring the application of UI practices in the platform. ### Product Designer @ Keysight Technologies Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States Creation of comprehensive user personas and validated workflows through internal user interviews. Conducted a thorough competitive analysis and heuristic evaluation to gain a holistic view of the current landscape. Utilized findings to recommend strategic UX improvements. ### Product Designer @ Myna Mahila Foundation Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Rani Application (Volunteering Project) ### Community Engagement Manager @ University of California, Santa Cruz Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Silicon Valley, California, United States Distinguished as the top choice from a pool of 20+ graduate students to spearhead community activities within the department, serving as the primary liaison between UX industry professionals and students in the Bay Area. Orchestrated networking opportunities by coordinating Zoom and in-person seminars with over 12 UX designers, Product Managers, and Program Managers, fostering valuable mentor-mentee relationships that enriched the academic experience. ### UX Trainee @ Designerrs | UI UX Design Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ### Product Development Associate @ SHYAM FERROUS LIMITED Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Bengaluru, Karnataka ### Communications and Content Strategy, Lead @ Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Led a single point of contact for social media strategy by creating compelling social media and email newsletter content designed to increase the online engagement rate by 80%. • Supervised three on-site events for donor engagement & stakeholder participation for contribution to research projects. • Performed budget analysis for two donor proposals enabling external funding for the organisation’s advocacy project. • Headed an evaluative research study on decentralised governance that helped find the best candidates for the governance award in India. • Conducted field visits and interviewed stakeholders for research on sewerage systems that worked as secondary evidence to the overall research work of the ASICS 2019 report. ### Research Associate Intern @ Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru Area, India Teams: Advocacy & Reforms, and Municipal Finance • Researched and maintained evidence records for the report, titled the ‘Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS), 2017. • Assisted the Municipal Finance Team in analysing the reports of the 12th, 13th & 14th Finance Commission of India. • Developed and maintained contact depository of governments and media spokespersons. ### Graduate Student Researcher @ ActionAid India Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru Area, India Researched and analyzed the status of domestic workers in Bangalore for my dissertation "The Struggles and Activism of Domestic Workers in India" under the guidance of Mr Kshithij Urs (former head of ActionAid Association, Bangalore). ### Summer Intern @ ActionAid India Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru Area, India • Participated in a ‘Green Bengaluru Campaign’ and developed an on-ground presence for influencing the urban ecology agenda of the BBMP, the local government. • Initiated the online promotion of the campaign on social media to increase user outreach and awareness. • Conducted visits to four plant nurseries and interviewed ecologists and government officials. • Partially involved in analysing the gender stereotypes in Hindi NCERT classes 4 and 5 to recognise gender biases in such books. ### Community Development Intern @ Namma Bengaluru Foundation Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Led research for conducting surveys of two water bodies (Doddabommasandra and Madiwala lakes) and Sewage Treatment Plants; the project involved conducting interviews with subject matter experts. • Drafted a paper on the deteriorating condition of the lakes and STPs. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Human Computer Interaction University of California, Santa Cruz Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Master of Arts - MA in Public Policy Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ### Bachelor’s Degree in History Lady Shri Ram College For Women Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 ### High School in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities La Martiniere Girls'​ College, Lucknow Jan 2000 – Jan 2012 ### Junior School in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Delhi Public School, Kanpur Jan 1995 – Jan 2000 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gupta7shivanshi - Website: https://shivanshigupta.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/shivanshigupta JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shivanshigupta/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07