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Riya Piyush

@riyapiyush

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Research-grounded product designer shipping SaaS experiences, design systems, and AI-enabled workflows.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where design thinking is built into product decisions from day one. I want to own end-to-end discovery-to-handoff work, use research and analytics to drive improvements, and build systems that help teams move faster.

I’m a product designer with 3+ years working in small, high-velocity teams where my scope goes beyond pixels. At Swazei, I operated without a product manager—writing PRDs, owning client communication, running post-development QA, and shipping 10 products across a SaaS POS ecosystem and a domain intelligence platform.

My process is research-grounded and systems-oriented: I build for edge cases, document for engineers, and pressure-test assumptions before production. I’ve led CRO and usability work using analytics tools, built a Figma design system from scratch, and embedded AI into my workflow to compress iteration cycles—because I’m drawn to teams where design thinking is embedded in product decisions from day one.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Designer

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Swazei

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Shipped 10 products across a SaaS POS ecosystem and a domain intelligence platform, owning end-to-end design for part of the portfolio. Filled the product manager gap by writing PRDs/UX specs, managing the design backlog in JIRA, serving as the client point of contact, and running post-development QA.

Product Design Jira Client Communication Design Systems Figma Social Media Design AI assisted Design Midjourney

UI/UX Designer

Mulmul

Jul 2023 - Mar 2024 (8 months)

Owned UX for a B2C domestic website and ran CRO initiatives using analytics to identify purchase-funnel friction. Designed localized prototypes for four international markets and ran usability testing and A/B experiments to improve inventory management and conversion.

UX Design CRO Google Analytics Microsoft Clarity Localization Prototyping Usability Testing A B Testing

UI/UX Designer

Transformative Learning Solutions

Jan 2023 - Jun 2023 (5 months)

Redesigned core product interfaces using structured user research and iterative stakeholder feedback sessions. Designed showcase projects for COSMOPROF Bologna and produced 50+ digital and print assets, including Meta ad campaigns for Facebook and Instagram.

UI UX Design User Research Interface Design Digital Campaigns Meta Ads Facebook Ads Instagram Ads

UI/UX Design Intern

Sambhaj

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 (4 months)

Revamped the company website with a focus on transparency and user trust. Produced 30+ social media creatives.

Social Media Creative

UI/UX Design Intern

Street Style Store

May 2022 - Jul 2022 (2 months)

Redesigned the B2C website using primary and secondary research. Reduced development cycle time using HTML/CSS frameworks.

UI UX Design Primary Research HTML CSS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

Bachelor of Design, Fashion Communication

2019 - 2023

Grade: CGPA: 8.4

Activities and societies: NIFT Sarthak Merit Scholarship; relevant coursework included UX Design, Interaction Design, and Design Thinking.

Completed a Bachelor of Design in Fashion Communication at NIFT (Delhi) from 2019 to 2023. Earned a CGPA of 8.4 and received the NIFT Sarthak Merit Scholarship.