Manya Anand

Hi there, I am a  👧  𝐔𝐗 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟐+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of educational & professional experience in the UX design industry.

What do I do?  🖧 
Solve problems with a 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, craft thoughtful user experiences, and design great looking products.  

My beliefs: 🧡 
Collaborating and sharing ideas
Learning & becoming better

What do I know? 🖳 
An understanding of the end-to-end  𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 including how to develop and use design research, job stories, journey mapping, wire-framing, prototyping, user testing, and high-fidelity visuals to achieve solutions.

My favourite design tool 🧰 is 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚.

What do I bring? 🤝 
After years of effective communication with customers, these are some of the transferable skills that I bring to my current role:

Empathizing
Collaboration
Attention to detail
Problem-solving
Teamwork

Industries I have worked in:
Telecommunications
Automobile
Insurance
Retail Stores
Food chains

Throughout my journey, I have worked on many projects, which helped me to gain experience in different design domains and industries.

I am actively looking for UX design opportunities at the moment.

Warewood shoemakers, Freelance, Toronto — UX designer

SEP 2022 - PRESENT

Designed a responsive website for the retail shoe-selling store that previously had no online presence.

Lead design from exploration and ideation to high-fidelity design comps and prototypes for testing and handoff.

Improved task completion rate by 25% through user testing and design iteration.

Designlab, Online Bootcamp — UX Academy

DEC 2021-JAN 2023

500+ hours of work User experience coursework and projects completed.

Comprehensive understanding of ux needs by attending design thinking crits, performing user research, conducting user tests, and designing rich interactive experiences.

Used user research methods to develop information architecture, user goals, user personas, task flows, and design wireframes &  visual interfaces using design systems for various projects.