hi, i'm Damini ("daa-mini")

Case Studies

Explore my work in UX Research, UX Design, and Product Management.

TrailVault

As part of the User-Centered Design course at UW, I collaborated on a project focused on hiking inspired by our love for nature and sustainability. We identified barriers like limited rental options and designed a locker-based gear-sharing system.

Furniture Repair Bank

As a part of Design for Passion'24 at UW, I volunteered to transform the NGO's website by tackling key user frustrations around finding essential information. By conducting in-depth UX Research and a thoughtful Redesign, we streamlined the site’s structure and presentation, delivering a more intuitive experience that significantly reduced confusion and inquiries.

Citi Commercial Banking

Collaborated with designers to prototype and refine UI/UX, boosting user engagement of CitiBusinessOnline portal by 32%. Conducted usability studies to enhance accessibility, achieving 90% ADA compliance using NVDA and aXe tools.

Citigroup - Product Owner

Led and executed 12+ Agile projects, improving data accuracy from 70% to 98% by analyzing inconsistencies with custom scripts, benefiting 40+ downstream data consumers and Citibank end users.

Citigroup - Frontend Developer

Collaborated with UX designers to create wireframes for CitiBusinessOnline website, prioritized features through user story mapping, enhancing user engagement by 32%, & achieved 90% ADA compliance using NVDA, aXe, and React.

Experience Overview

CIRCLE Student Advisory Board (SAB) is an international student committee that offers guidance to CIRCLE’s professional staff on dealing with the unique needs of the international students at the University of Washington.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives

CIRCLE Member

#IamRemarkable

Gold Tier Facilitator

#IamRemarkable is a global Google initiative empowering everyone, particularly underrepresented groups, to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond.

I conducted 12+ workshops, training over 150 employees globally at Citi, and earned a place in the exclusive Gold Tier Facilitators community of #IamRemarkable.

Additionally, I held a workshop for 40 custodians at Citi’s Pune (India) office, delivering the workshop in their regional language to ensure inclusivity and engagement.

Mentor - Bridge

100 hours. 100 women.

Citi Pune partners with Cummins College of Engineering for Women to trains 100 girls studying in the pre-final year for a dynamic 100 hours of technical and financial training to implement a real world business problem.
As the mentor for 20 girls, I guided them from requirement gathering phase to ideation, customer research, web development, testing & deployment to give them a taste of what actual industry projects look like and encourage more women to pursue technology.

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