Chayananda Nagesh
M.Des Interaction Design, National Institute of Design · 2014 batch

Calm, clear products for complex enterprise work.

I'm Chaya, a Senior Product Designer who makes complex enterprise work feel simple: taking timesheets for 600,000+ TCS employees to mobile, bringing Jira into Nokia's GenAI assistant, making Quality Fees clear for Hilton hotel owners and designing an MCP integration for PMI. 8 years in, trained at the National Institute of Design.

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Open to Lead / Senior roles Bengaluru, India Senior Product Designer at Brillio
600K+Users on products I've shippedTCS Timesheet, 46 countries
10Companies and clientsNokia · Hilton · PMI · TCS · BMS
−80%Client onboarding timeImpakt IQ, 0→1 in 16 weeks
2GenAI products designedNokiaGPT × Jira · PMI MCP

Companies and clients I've worked with

  • Brillio
  • Impakt IQ
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Hilton
  • Nokia
  • Project Management Institute
  • Schneider Electric
  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Urban Ladder
Selected work

Shipped products, measured outcomes.

Six case studies across web, mobile and tablet, with more on the way. Each one starts with the problem, then shows how I worked and what changed.

Brillio for Impakt IQ0→1ESGB2B SaaSDesign system

Turning a spreadsheet-and-email ESG audit into one platform, from zero to MVP in 16 weeks

A 0→1 web platform that onboards companies, maps ESG KPIs and runs audit questionnaires in one place, replacing email threads and scattered workbooks.

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−80%client onboarding time
2.3×audits run per analyst
16 wkkickoff to MVP
Tata Consultancy ServicesEnterprise mobile600K+ usersUsability testing

Taking timesheets for 600,000+ TCS employees from desktop-only to a one-minute mobile habit

A hybrid mobile timesheet for Tata Consultancy Services that lets employees in 46 countries log, copy and submit their day from a phone.

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600K+employees
−76%time to log a day
100%task success in testing
Urban Ladder0→13D toolingRetailNID project

Giving Urban Ladder's art directors a virtual photo studio on iPad to launch products faster

An iPad app that lets art directors stage furniture in a 3D studio, compose shots and push renders to approval without a physical photoshoot.

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20stakeholder interviews
−64%image turnaround
−55%cost per hero shot
HiltonProject EchoFinancial reportingRole-based

Making Hilton's Quality Fees and Incentives clear to the hotel owners they apply to

A web and mobile SaaS platform where BOSS users and hotel owners see the Quality Fees and Incentives on their properties, and drill into how each one was calculated.

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2user groups: BOSS users and hotel owners
Web + appone platform
Fee-leveldrill-down
HiltonBOSSDesign systemComing soon

Hilton BOSS Design System

The full case study is being written up. Check back soon.

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Coming soonCase study in progress
PMIMCPAIComing soon

PMI MCP Integration

The full case study is being written up. Check back soon.

Preview project
Coming soonCase study in progress
NokiaGenAIConversational UXJira

Letting Nokia teams ask Jira anything in plain language, inside NokiaGPT

A Jira integration for NokiaGPT, Nokia's internal GenAI assistant: ask, summarize and update tickets in plain language, kept fresh by a scheduled crawler admins set up.

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15+Jira use cases mapped
3personas: users, project owners, admins
0query language needed
Brillio for BRAC BankDesign systemAccessibilityMulti-theme

Rebuilding BRAC Bank's design system so one library serves every theme, device and banking segment

A documented Atomic Design System for BRAC Bank's app, with brand-correct tokens and themes for dark/light, desktop/mobile and the Core, Tara and Platinum segments.

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100%brand alignment
AAWCAG 2.1 built into tokens
2–3×team productivity
Education

I studied how software works.
Then who it's for.

A B.E in Computer Science, then an M.Des in Interaction Design at NID. Tilt the badges, or tap one to spin it.

2014 — 2017
Postgraduate · 2.5 years M.Des Interaction Design National Institute of Design

2014 — 2017 · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2009 — 2013
Undergraduate · 4 years B.E Computer Science & Engineering Visvesvaraya Technological University

2009 — 2013 · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

National Institute of Design

India's premier design school, and where my practice began.

NID's studio method shapes how I work: start with people and context, make things to think, and critique in the open.

  • M.Des in Interaction Design, 2014–2017
  • Graduation project with Urban Ladder became UL Studio
  • Studio training in research, systems thinking and prototyping
  • Engineering + NID: designs that respect how products get built
How I work

Four habits behind every project.

Make it obvious

Products that look good, read clearly and work without a manual.

Design by elimination

I explore widely, then remove options until the strongest one is left.

Push the product forward

I bring emerging patterns and tech to teams and stakeholders early.

Leave a clear trail

Documented decisions and tracked work so teams know what changed and why.

Experience

8 years, four companies.

Full profile
Feb 2024 — Now

Senior Product Designer

Brillio · Hyderabad

Design lead on enterprise SaaS and AI products for global clients, including the Impakt IQ ESG platform. Own research, IA, interaction design and design systems from discovery to handoff.

Sep 2022 — Jul 2023

UX Design Specialist

Schneider Electric · Bengaluru

Designed workflows for energy management and building automation software used by facility and operations teams.

Jul 2018 — Sep 2022

UX Designer

Tata Consultancy Services · Thane

Designed employee-facing products on the Ultimatix platform, including the mobile timesheet used by 600,000+ employees, plus HR and intranet portals.

Jun 2016 — Jan 2017

UX Design Intern

Urban Ladder · Bengaluru

Built UL Studio, an iPad virtual photo studio for art directors, as my NID graduation project.

2014 — 2017

M.Des, Interaction Design

National Institute of Design (NID) · Bengaluru

Two and a half years of studio-based training in interaction design, research and systems thinking at India's premier design school.

Open to Lead & Senior roles

Let's build something people finish using.

I'm looking for senior and lead product design roles on complex enterprise and AI products. Based in Bengaluru, open to hybrid and remote.