✦ Welcome! People of the internet.
I'm Vishal - A human who designs screens, survives on caffeine, takes road trips, and can't wait for GTA VI to drop.
Crafting intuitive digital experiences wasn’t always the plan. I started out as an engineer, fascinated by the circuits behind our favorite devices. But it was the human side of technology that pulled me in - how people feel, act and connect with what they use.
✦ My Journey
Fun Fact:
🎧 You’ll always find me with AirPods on.
🎶 Still can’t fall asleep without music.
I have always been wired a little differently - not just by circuits or electronics, but by curiosity.
As a kid raised on a steady diet of music and motherboards, I wasn’t just grown playing with toys - I was dissecting them. From remote-controlled cars to DVD players, iPods to iPhones, radios to flip phones, I witnessed technology transform in front of my eyes - and I wanted to understand it all.
That fascination led me to pursue Electrical & Electronics Engineering,  a place where logic ruled. But somewhere between the circuits and code, I realized what truly moved me wasn’t just building systems… it was building experiences. I craved something more human, more intuitive.
Design found me when logic stopped being enough.
✦ How I Started
I didn’t wait for permission to learn.
I taught myself everything - from pushing pixels in Photoshop to prototyping in Figma, XD, Framer, and animating with Rive.
Each screen I designed pulled me closer to people, and further away from just “features.”
It stopped being a tool - it became a craft.That hunger led me to pursue a Master’s in Interaction & Experience Design at Touro University, where I refined my process - marrying research, storytelling, and systems thinking into one cohesive language of experience.
✦ Where I Am Now
With over 3+ years of experience, I have designed full-stack digital products, systems, and interfaces from 0→1. Whether it’s shaping strategy or simplifying flows, I always lean on:
Empathy, clarity and care.
I don’t just make things work. I make them feel right.
✦ Experience
2024 – Ongoing
Sanzuma – User Experience Designer II
Refined cross-platform design systems and led user research in food equity and education. Bonus: mentored interns and made dev handoffs painless.
2022 - 2024
Touro University – Visual Designer & Teaching Assistant
Designed large-scale ad campaigns, led student engagement, and taught freshmen how to design (and debug) their first prototypes.
Touro University - Graduate School – UX Design Intern ( Marketing )
Improved information architecture, reduced bounce rates, and built consistent UI systems across multi-campus platforms.
2021 – 2022
OpenText – User Experience Designer ( Core Capture )
Redesigned enterprise data tools and worked on scalable, WCAG-compliant prototypes used by thousands of users globally.
2020 - 2021
WallMag – UI/UX Design Intern
Built marketplace experiences and optimized user retention for a creative community platform of 75,000+ artists and raised.
✦ Education
2022 – 2024
Touro University - New York, United States
Master’s in Interaction & User Experience Design
GPA:
3.61/4.0
2017 – 2021
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering - Hyderabad, India
Bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
GPA:
3.0/4.0
✦ Life Moments
Preserving joyful memories