Resume

Sahana Samuel

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer with over 9+ 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. Increasingly focused on integrating AI-enabled tools into research synthesis, exploration, and iteration to improve clarity and decision-making. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and leveraging user research to drive clarity, adoption, and business results.

Experience

Real Estate Platform

Remote

Design Consultant (Independent)

Nov 2025 – Present

  • Leading UX for an AI-powered real estate platform, defining core workflows, information architecture, and AI-driven interaction patterns to enhance property discovery and decision-making.

WorkSpan

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.

Tailor & Circus

Remote

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 Design

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.

Early Career

Bangalore & Noida, India

Fashion Designer

Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Contributed to seasonal apparel collections at Myntra (Roadster) and Varun & Nidhika, supporting product development, trend research, production coordination, and campaign delivery.

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

Get In Touch

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

Resume

Sahana Samuel

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer with over 9+ 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. Increasingly focused on integrating AI-enabled tools into research synthesis, exploration, and iteration to improve clarity and decision-making. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and leveraging user research to drive clarity, adoption, and business results.

Experience

WorkSpan

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.

Tailor & Circus

Remote

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 Design

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.

Real Estate Platform

Remore

Design Consultant (Independent)

Nov 2025 – Present

  • Leading UX for an AI-powered real estate platform, defining core workflows, information architecture, and AI-driven interaction patterns to enhance property discovery and decision-making.

Early Career

Bangalore & Noida, India

Fashion Designer

Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

Contributed to seasonal apparel collections at Myntra (Roadster) and Varun & Nidhika, supporting product development, trend research, production coordination, and campaign delivery.

Education

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

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

Get In Touch

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

Resume

Sahana Samuel

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer with over 9+ 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. Increasingly focused on integrating AI-enabled tools into research synthesis, exploration, and iteration to improve clarity and decision-making. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and leveraging user research to drive clarity, adoption, and business results.

Experience

WorkSpan

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.

Tailor & Circus

Remote

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.

Real Estate Platform

Remote

Design Consultant
(Independent)

Nov 2025 – Present

Leading UX for an AI-powered real estate platform, defining core workflows, information architecture, and AI-driven interaction patterns to enhance property discovery and decision-making.

Dressire

Bangalore, India

Head of Design

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.

Early Career

Bangalore & Noida, India

Fashion Designer

Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Contributed to seasonal apparel collections at Myntra (Roadster) and Varun & Nidhika, supporting product development, trend research, production coordination, and campaign delivery.

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

Education

Bangalore, India | Jul 2012 - Jun 2016

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

/

B.Des (Fashion Design)

Get In Touch

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

Resume

Sahana Samuel

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer with over 9+ 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. Increasingly focused on integrating AI-enabled tools into research synthesis, exploration, and iteration to improve clarity and decision-making. 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.

Real Estate Platform

Remote

Design Consultant (Independent)

Nov 2025 – Present

Leading UX for an AI-powered real estate platform, defining core workflows, information architecture, and AI-driven interaction patterns to enhance property discovery and decision-making.

Dressire

Bangalore, India

Head of Design

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.

Early Career

Bangalore & Noida, India

Fashion Designer

Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

Contributed to seasonal apparel collections at Myntra (Roadster) and Varun & Nidhika, supporting product development, trend research, production coordination, and campaign delivery.

Education

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

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

Get In Touch

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