Hello, I’m Sampada

Hello, I’m Sampada

Hello, I’m Sampada

product designer, systems thinker,

product designer, systems thinker,

product designer, systems thinker,

aspiring artist*

aspiring artist*

aspiring artist*

I’m a child of many cities, which means I tend to collect stories, languages, and way too many postcards.

I’m a child of many cities, which means I tend to collect stories, languages, and way too many postcards.

I’m a child of many cities, which means I tend to collect stories, languages, and way too many postcards.

I studied Graphic Design in Pune (2021) and freelanced my way through books and brand identities.

Somewhere along the way, I traded kerning for UX, shipping products in ed-tech, governance, housing, and cybersecurity.

A Masters in Service Design in Glasgow (2024) cracked open the world of designing at the messy intersection of systems and people.

Currently, I’m a senior product designer at Plazza.

When I’m not designing, I’m reading history or fiction, watching true crime, and slowly building my small art business.
When I’m not designing, I’m reading history or fiction, watching true crime, and slowly building my small art business.
When I’m not designing, I’m reading history or fiction, watching true crime, and slowly building my small art business.
Things I

make & collect

EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Designer - Plazza

Bengaluru, India

Mar 2025 — Present

Lead UX Designer - Monsoonfish Studio

Pune, India

Sep 2021 — Oct 2022

Product Designer - OneCard

Pune, India

Dec 2021 — Feb 2022

UX Design Intern - Leaf Design

Mumbai, India

Jan 2021 — Apr 2021

Research Intern - Think Design

Bangalore, India

May 2020 — Jun 2020

Freelance Graphic Designer

Nov 2020 — May 2023

EDUCATION
M.Des Innovation & Service Design

University of Glasgow & Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

2023 — 2024

B.Des Graphic Design

MIT Institute of Design, India

2017 — 2021

CERTIFICATIONS
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Google

Modern Art & Ideas

Museum of Modern Art

SKILLS

End-to-End Product Design

Design Systems

User Research

UX Strategy & Architecture

Cross-platform Design

Visual Identity Design

Graphic Design & Illustration

Problem Solving

Journey Mapping

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Systems Thinking

RECOGNITIONS & PROJECTS
TypoDay 2019

Designed an Arabic typeface showcased at TypoDay 2019, IIT Bombay, under the theme "Experimental Typography.”

Think Design Collaborative 2020

Contributed to a collective research initiative on behavior shifts during crises, published on Think Design's website.

Creative Gaga Magazine 2021

Featured in the Graduate Projects Showcase for two of my publication design projects.

Let's build something meaningful

Let's build something meaningful

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