Resume

Sahana Samuel

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer with over 8+ years of experience designing intuitive, data-informed solutions for B2B SaaS and consumer products.

Skilled at simplifying complex workflows, leading impactful redesigns, and scaling design systems. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and leveraging user research to drive clarity, adoption, and business results.

Experience

Bangalore, India

Senior UX Designer

Mar 2023 - May 2025

  • Increased engagement by 28% and made key data 2x faster to access by redesigning core product pages, improving task completion and insight discovery.

  • Launched a design backlog system to track 80+ UX issues, achieving a 65% closure rate. Improved prioritization and accountability across product and engineering.

  • Improved team velocity by mentoring designers, leading hiring efforts, and standardizing onboarding and design ops documentation.

  • Elevated design visibility and cross-functional trust by setting up QA workflows, aligning with leadership, and advocating design’s role in business outcomes.

UX Designer

May 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Simplified complex workflows by partnering with PMs and engineers, reducing time-to-completion for power users. Improvements were validated by customers like Cisco, Deloitte, and SAP.

  • Scaled a platform-wide design system used by 200+ companies. Reduced UI debt and maintained visual consistency across enterprise solutions.

  • Increased adoption and reduced friction by validating key flows through data, stakeholder interviews, and usability testing across regions.

Product Manager (Part-time Consultant)

Sep 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Led UX roadmap planning and partnered with tech/design teams to deliver personalized, customer-first experiences for a growing DTC brand.

  • Conducted user interviews and testing with top customers to inform a major site revamp and validate early design decisions.

  • Improved website checkout flow and set up the brand’s online storefront, enhancing conversion and expanding digital presence.

Dressire

Bangalore, India

Head of Fashion & Content/UX Designer

Jan 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Co-designed UX for an AI-powered virtual stylist using 100+ product attributes to personalize experiences for 1M+ users across India and Europe.

  • Improved conversions by 57% and basket size by 47% by shaping key flows for StyleAdvisor and OutfitBuilder during pilot rollouts with top retailers.

  • Led content strategy and creative ops, aligning UI storytelling across campaigns and personalization flows for global retail markets.

  • Took ownership of setting up a fashion training program with a non-profit to upskill tailors in tier 3 & 4 cities. Enabled sustainable livelihoods and integration into a tech-enabled supply chain.

Noida, India

Assistant Designer

Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Designed AW16 Couture and SS17 Pret collections, showcased at Amazon Fashion Week SS17.

  • Led embroidery sampling, discharge printing, and coordinating garment production.

  • Enhanced campaign delivery by designing the seasonal lookbook and supporting photoshoot styling and production.

Bangalore, India

Design Intern

Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  • Assisted in designing and developing Roadster’s (in-house brand) seasonal apparel collections.

  • Supported product concepts through trend research, mood boards, and design storytelling.

Education

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

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B.Des (Fashion Design)

Bangalore, India | Jul 2012 - Jun 2016

Skills & Tools
  • UX & Strategy: User Research, Interaction Design, UX Writing, Product Strategy

  • Execution & Delivery: Prototyping, Wireframing, Visual Design

  • Leadership: Design Mentorship, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Design Evangelism

  • Domain Expertise: B2B SaaS, Design Systems, Data-Driven UX

  • Tools: Figma, InVision, Photoshop, Illustrator, Notion, Jira

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Get In Touch

Inbox open for UX opportunities, travel recs, or totally unnecessary deep dives into pop culture. Come say hi!