Gauri Rao

About

I'm a product designer with a strong foundation in visual design and user experience, now pursuing a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction at California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco. My experience spans nearly 3 years at Cognizant, where I designed for enterprise products across industries — including leading a redesign of a legacy retail application. That role taught me how to balance user needs with business constraints, work cross-functionally, and deliver design at scale. What drives me is the space where good design and good business overlap. I bring both the craft- research, interaction design, visual UI- and the strategic thinking to know why a product decision matters beyond the screen. I'm currently open to Product Designer and Interaction Designer roles at early-stage to growth-stage startups where design is treated as a core function — not an afterthought. If you're building something meaningful, let's connect. Total Experience: 3 years and 2 months

Experience

• Exhibitions Gallery Assistant · California College of the Arts01-01-2026

  Department: Customer Service • Level: Specialist California College of the Arts is a higher education institution. Human Resources at California College of the Arts is a company that provides human resources services to the college of the arts. They offer hiring opportunities and provide information on current openings and benefits for faculty, staff, and students. California College of the Arts employs 825 people (-1.5% YoY, -18 people) and has an annual revenue of $130.0M, founded in 1907. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, operates in 11 countries (including China, United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, and Romania).

• Experience (unspecified on profile page) · US Army Corps of EngineersUnknown

  Listed under Experience with location: San Francisco Bay Area. US Army Corps of Engineers is a government agency. US Army Corps of Engineers employs 12,771 people (-1.0% YoY, -278 people), founded in 1776. Headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, operates in 57 countries (including Germany, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, and Afghanistan).

• User Experience Designer · Cognizant10-01-2022 – 05-31-2025

  Department: Design • Level: Specialist Cognizant (CTSH) is a IT Services and IT Consulting company. Cognizant provides multi-agent services to harness scalable agents for unmatched efficiency. They enable adaptive operations to personalize customer experiences in the future of enterprise ai. Cognizant employs 248,146 people (+8.0% YoY, +26693 people) and has an annual revenue of $21.1B. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, operates in 120 countries (including India, United Kingdom, Canada, Philippines, and Poland). Has $11.7M in total funding, with 2 prior funding rounds.

• Visual Designer · The Design Trip01-01-2022 – 04-30-2022

  Department: Design • Level: Specialist The Design Trip is a Design Services company. The design trip is a creative design agency and user interface design and UI design studio in Pune. It means the visual layout of the elements that a user love and interact with in a website. The Design Trip employs 35 people (+4.9% YoY, +2 people), founded in 2017. Headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India, with presence in Australia and United Kingdom.

• Graphic Designer · Graf Media06-01-2021 – 07-31-2021

  Department: Design • Level: Specialist Graf Media is a Photography company. Graf Media employs 6 people, founded in 2005. Headquartered in India, with presence in United States.

Education

• California College of the ArtsMaster's degree, Human Computer Interaction
• Unitedworld Institute Of DesignBachelor of Design (BDes), Visual Communication Design

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