Hi, I am Paulami.
A New York-based Product Designer who loves design ops, startups, civic-tech and personal finance.
I am an end-to-end designer who engages with the entire product lifecycle, working at every stage, from guiding projects to supporting teams with strategy, research & prototypes to design handoffs.
Currently collaborating with Studio 3x3. Previously with Microsoft Teams and Lantern.io among others.
Work
DISCOVER . 2021-23
Designing for Growth
Designing Discover, a decentralized tool, to keep the Internet open
Lantern is a censorship circumvention platform that helps people access the open internet. I led the design for Discover, which is a unique feature in the Lantern platform that helps people access news content. It mitigates some of the challenges of accessing the open internet during censorship.
Role
- End-to-end design
- User research
- 0 > 1 Product strategy
⌚ 5.30 min read
MICROSOFT . 2017-18
Improving productivity
Designing the early version of Microsoft Teams
I led the design for Slash ‘/’ command for task creation + navigation; & Task app for personal task creation – gained alignment with multiple partner teams and supported it through handoff.
Role
- Project scoping and alignment
- End-to-end design
⌚ 2:35 min read
ENGLISH DOST . 2016-17
Helping improve the livelihood of million-plus folks
Designing an award-winning app to learn English
EnglishDost (2014-17) was an award-winning app to learn conversational English speaking skills through regional Indian languages for blue-collared workers using storytelling. More than 1 million people used the product and it had organic growth of 70%. The startup won many accolades including "Top 8" at Google Launchpad and was part of Facebook India's SMB council. It was also featured and covered by multiple publications such as Yourstory, Quartz, inc42 etc.
Role
- UX Research: contextual enquiry + user analytics
- Usability testing
- End-to-end design
⌚ 4:30 min read
