Rajat Sahu

UX designer focused on the unglamorous parts of design — navigation, systems, crossfunctional collaboration, and ambiguity. For the last 5+ years, I've worked at the intersection of people, business, and technology — designing AI-powered conversational interfaces, CMS, design systems, web apps and mobile apps. My experience comprises a breadth of industries and products with clients like Canon, Stanford, UNDP, UN IOM, ILAO, and Dr.

Reddy's. Combining a deep agency foundation with design education from IIT Guwahati and complex AI workflow design at Microsoft, I build for the future with evolving technologies.

Product Design Intern at Microsoft (2025-05 – 2025-07)

I navigated a high-ambiguity product space to define the foundational interaction models for real-time voice-chat and proactive AI on M365 Copilot for Windows. Working closely with product and engineering teams, I synthesised early-stage user data into high-fidelity interactive prototypes that validated future feature roadmaps and aligned stakeholders on the core UX vision.

User Experience Designer at QED42 (2020-02 – 2024-04)

• Ownership: Autonomously drove the product discovery and design execution for 10+ web and mobile products for global organisations (Canon, Stanford GSB, UNDP, UN IOM, ILAO) to transform complex requirements into shipped web and mobile experiences.
• Scalable Systems: Established robust, reusable Figma design systems to aid services: 400+ components, documented libraries, and video guides. It accelerated frontend implementation and cut engineering handoff timelines by up to 30%, on 15+ projects.
• Design Mentorship: Guided and upskilled junior designers, raising the standard of visual craft, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Graphic Designer at Fisheye Design (2018-07 – 2019-07)

Designed and managed the corporate communication ecosystem for Indus Towers — from everyday communication to events, annual reports, and brand language.

MDes in Design – IIT Guwahati (2024 – 2026)

BFA in Visual Communication – College of Art, University of Delhi (2014 – 2018)