Prerana Mulay

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Experience & Skills

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Product / UI-UX Designer with 2 years of experience building and scaling digital products across fintech and food-tech domains. Experienced in product design, merchant platform ,Al-powered chatbot UX, and admin /super-admin systems. Strong systems thinking backed by an architecture + UX background.

Experience

Sep 2024-Nov 2025

Product Designer

Amealio · Pune, India

  • Revamped the brand identity by redesigning the logo, color palette, and visual language, creating a more cohesive brand system used across 100% of merchant- and admin-facing touchpoints.
  • Built the design system from scratch, defining reusable components, typography, colors, and interaction patterns, reducing design inconsistencies and improving design-to-development handoff efficiency by ~30%.
  • Conducted user and merchant research through interviews and usability discussions, synthesizing insights from 10+ stakeholders to identify key usability and operational pain points.
  • Structured the information architecture for merchant and admin platforms, simplifying complex workflows and reducing the average number of steps per core task by ~25–30%.
  • Designed critical merchant and admin flows, including tracking and operational journeys, improving task clarity and reducing user errors in internal testing.
  • Created WhatsApp and email notification templates for updates, reminders, and alerts, contributing to improved communication consistency and faster merchant response times.
  • Designed abandoned cart recovery flows, helping support higher conversion and re-engagement rates by addressing key drop-off points in the user journey.
  • Designed AI chatbot interfaces and defined conversation logic, including fallback scenarios and basic personalization, improving first-level query resolution and reducing dependency on manual support.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and marketing, delivering

June 24 - September 2024

UX Intern

HDFC Bank · Mumbai, India

  • Conducted user research and journey mapping to identify pain points in internal banking tools and customer-facing workflows.
  • Analyzed complex, regulation-heavy processes to simplify flows while maintaining compliance and accuracy.
  • Created wireframes and interaction flows focused on reducing errors, cognitive load, and task completion time.
  • Worked on enterprise-scale UX problems, gaining exposure to real-world banking systems and operational realities.

Feb 25 - April 2025

UX Designer - Freelance

Swastha App · Remote

  • Structured task-based journeys to help users easily discover doctors, select services, and complete bookings
  • Collaborated directly with the client, translating requirements into usable, production-ready designs
  • Delivered wireframes, UI screens, and handoff assets for development

June 2022 — December 2022

Junior Architect

Archion Design · Pune, India

  • Conducted user and site analysis to understand context, constraints, and real-world usage patterns
  • Translated requirements into structured layouts, flows, and spatial hierarchies, strengthening skills in information architecture and systems thinking
  • Collaborated with senior architects and consultants, working within technical, regulatory, and real-world constraints
  • Prepared drawings and documentation with a strong focus on clarity, usability, and accuracy

Skills & Tools

Skills

Product discoveryUX researchUser testingUser journey mappingInformation architectureWireframingPrototypingUI designService DesignIllustrationDesign systemDesign sprintsA/B testingKanban, agile & scrumProduct management

Tools

FigmaSketchAdobe IllustratorPhotoshopPremier ProHeygenFramerMiroNotionJiraUX PilotRhinoAutocad3dsmax

Soft Skills

CommunicationPeople ManagementEnterprise-focused design thinking

Education

May 2023 — May 2024

UI/UX Innovation Programme

MIT Institute of Design · Pune, India

Sep 2018 — Jun 2023

Bachelor's of Architecture

Dr.Bhanuben nanavati college of architecture · Pune, India

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