drishti vidyarthi
education
University of Washington Seattle -
BS in Human Computer Interaction
December 2021
Dean's List Recipient & Purple and Gold Scholar
GPA: 3.8
Relevant Courses: Computer Programming I & II, Designing for Health, Technologies for Biology and Health, Designing for Evil, Gender and Technology, Client-Side Development, Information Ethics, Design Methods
work experience
IBM - UX Designer, San Francisco
Telosity at Vinaj Ventures - Ambassador, Remote
MANNMUKTI - Partnerships and Podcast Productions, Remote
Beginning Jun 2021
Beginning January 2022
February 2021 - Present
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Led and organized 1 month long sexual assault awareness social media campaign with anonymous stories and testimonials organized by themes such as anger, grief, fear, et.
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Produced series of podcast episodes on trauma and therapy by interviewing to speak up about the mental health stigma in South Asian communities
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Wrote article series on the origins of stigma in South Asian culture through an interview with a licensed therapist and secondary research
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Reach out to external organizations to create lasting partnerships for future collaborations and reach out to other guests to host on the podcast
IBM - UX Design Intern, Remote
June 2021 - August 2021
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Completed 6 week design project to design UI on Sketch with 30+ screens for Watson Innovation’s global table extraction tool to be engaging for users and showcase AI-based natural language interface
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Created empathy maps, personas, storyboards, wireframes, and more to design solution through enterprise design thinking process
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Conducted 20+ user interviews to understand persona and 6 + usability tests and received positive feedback from users on simplicity of design
Grit Digital Health - Product Design Intern, Remote
March 2021 - June 2021
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Conducted 20+ interviews and synthesized findings by creating mental models and personas to make platform more interactive and engaging.
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Led three design sprint workshops using Mural with 8 employees to ideate from research findings and then synthesized further
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Prototyped new feature from design sprint with 8+ screens to be implemented on platform.
PATH. - UX Design Intern, Remote
June 2020 - October 2020
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Redesigned web development modules in Wagtail to increase engagement by 30% from 60+ users uploading content to official website.
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Created brand-new site map in Figma for comms department (to be used by all PATH worldwide employees) that ensured cleaner organization and accessibility of resources by reducing clicks from 4 to 1 and time spent navigating on website.
UW Information School. - User Research Assistant, Seattle, WA
March 2020 - June 2021
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Collaborated with 8 UW & USCD professors, 3 PHD students, and 2 undergrad students to design tool to prevent bias from medical providers.
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Performed qualitative user research by designing interview guide and survey, recruiting diverse participants, and conducting 40+ user interviews
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Analyzed 30+ transcripts of interviews with codes and tags to find similar patterns/experiences and understand user needs.
UW Information School. - Teaching Assistant, Seattle, WA
June 2020 - June 2021
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Taught a weekly section of 30 students through concepts in informatics (cybersecurity, design thinking, data science, and IA).
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Lead 6 groups of students through a 11 week long project through design thinking process to develop solutions for different problem space, two
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of which won final awards from professor.
projects
"Shh!: A Conversation about Stigma", Article Series - Mannmukti, Writer
September 2021- Present
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Co-Authoring 4 part article series that explains the origins of mental health stigma in South Asian Culture
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Interviewed licensed therapist and completed secondary research to break down mental health stigma into three core themes to explain how it manifests in our society today.
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Article series covers topics around shame, body image, and working conditions.
"Keep it Quiet", Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign - Mannmukti, Project Lead
March 2021- May 2021
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Lead month long Instagram campaign to break the silence around sexual assault
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Collected and organized anonymous testimonials from survivors
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Each week, testimonials were organized by themes to increase awareness around sexual assault and increase empathy and understanding for survivors.
Powbility, Accessibility for Power BI - Microsoft, Design Lead
December 2020 - June 2021
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Created chrome accessibility checker with team of 5 students for Power BI through Microsoft that checks for 5 different tests and a best practices document with accessibility guidelines for users with the goal of moving accessibility to the forefront of the design process in report creation
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Completed market research, literature research, competitive analysis and 10 interviews for user research and then synthesized findings on Miro
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Completed 3 rounds of user testing and iterated on design with feedback from Microsoft developers
King County Opioid Epidemic - Project Lead, Design for America
November 2019 - June 2020
Seattle, WA
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Lead team of 6 students through design thinking process on 7 month long project to help patients prescribed opioids for manage their medication and reduce likelihood of addiction.
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Presented the project to 5 designers at Artefact (Design Firm) and received praise for navigation through design process and creativity of solution.
skills
Design
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Interaction Design
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UX Design
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UI Design
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Wireframing
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Prototyping
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Design Thinking
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Visual Design
Advocacy
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Writing
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Podcast production
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Event-planning
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Campaign-planning
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Outreach
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Partnerships
Research
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User Research
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Survey/Interview Design
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Interviewing
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Usability Testing
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Qualitative Analysis
Technical
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Front End Development
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Product Management
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Data Visualization
Tools
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Sketch, Figma, InVision: 3+ years
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Adobe XD: 2+ years
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Adobe Creative Suite: 5+ years
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Power BI: <1 year
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Audacity: 1 year
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Canva: 5+ years