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Sakshi
Hi, I'm Sakshi ๐Ÿ‘‹
My story, communities, and everything I do
Strategy Research Curiosity
Playground
side projects ยท experiments ยท vibes
Hastamudra
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How I work with AI
four practices I lean on
01Pattern-finding across messy inputs
02Drafting + pressure-testing copy
03Quick prototypes that test a feeling
04What I don't outsource
At the beach

hey there!

In New York

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

Northwestern grad era

In my grad era

Floating around ideas

Floating around ideas

A different perspective

Always having a different perspective

Hi, I'm Sakshi!

Designing where research, strategy, and empathy meet.

I'm fascinated by how good products can quietly shape the way we live, the kind of design that feels obvious once you see it, but only because someone put in the work to make it simple. That's what drew me into product design: the chance to take messy, complex problems and turn them into something people actually enjoy using.

What grounds my work is the conviction that the best decisions come from listening hard, to users, to data, and to people across the table with very different priorities. I'm at my best in cross-functional teams where empathy and analytical rigor pull in the same direction.

Experience

40Grid Senior Product Designer
Sep 2026 to present
CGI Product Designer ยท Capstone
Sep 2025 to May 2026
IBM Product Designer ยท UX Researcher
Jan 2022 to Dec 2024
Other Internships HumanX, Ellicium Solutions, Zostel, Osprey Media, Headstart Network
2019 to 2022

Education

Northwestern University Master's of Product Design & Development
Jun 2026
Avantika University Bachelor's of Design
Jun 2022

Activities

Kellogg School of Management Design Coach
Apr 2026 to present
Segal Institute Design Coach
Jan 2026 to present
SubjectToClimate Agentic User Researcher
Oct 2025 to present
๐ŸŽจ FriendsOfFigma Mumbai

Part of the core organizing team for a Figma-backed design community of 3,000+ members, leading events and workshops to foster creativity, knowledge-sharing, and networking. Contributed to scaling community engagement and growing the chapter's reach across diverse design professionals.

FriendsOfFigma Mumbai watch party team photo
๐ŸŽ“ McCormick Leadership Graduate Council

Working closely with the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science's administrators and the Dean's Office to plan and facilitate events for McCormick graduate students, including circles within tenure-track faculty and alumni connections through formal and informal networking events.

McCormick Leadership Graduate Council
๐Ÿ“š Enrich Lives Foundation

Volunteer teaching staff for underprivileged children in India's slums. Learning alongside them was one of the most rewarding things I've done.

Enrich Lives Foundation volunteer teaching

I keep a running list of cafรฉs worth coming back to in every city I've lived in.

Two 10Ks down. A half-marathon next on the list.

I'm always game for a new experience, the unfamiliar ones especially.

I make desserts especially for the people I love.