Vandana (Vinni) Munjal
USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
Professional Experience
Jun 2023 - Present
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Jan 2018 - Jul 2021
Apr 2016 - Nov 2017
User Experience Designer
The Heritage Group
Redesigned the Total Rewards & Benefits Portal, improving navigation, discoverability, and employee self-service while cutting $40K in print costs through a fully digital solution. Also built a real-time marketing dashboard and a scalable content governance system adopted across HR and marketing.​
User Experience Designer
Infor
Delivered end-to-end UX design for a behavioral assessment product and modernized high-friction form workflows, aligning with dev limitations in a legacy stack and advocating for backend updates. Built developer-focused design documentation for consistent UI implementation.​
Senior User Experience Developer
GreyB Research
Built UX foundations as GreyB’s first UX hire, scaling UX maturity across teams and leading the design of multiple flagship products like Slate 2.0 and PQAI. Delivered UX strategy, systems, and development while embedding user feedback loops to drive continuous product improvement.​
Software Developer
Utrade Solutions
Developed and customized Utrade trading platform with SCSS-based theming and one-click trade interactions​
Academic Experience
Aug 2021 - May 2023
Aug 2021 - May 2024
Aug 2022 - May 2023
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction
Indiana University
UX Researcher, Teaching Assistant & Graduate Ambassador
Indiana University
Led UX research for an NSF-funded healthcare project, conducting IRB-approved usability studies and thematic analysis with 25+ participants to inform improvements for Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB).
Supported graduate-level HCI education as a Teaching Assistant and strengthened campus engagement through student outreach, advising, and event coordination as a Graduate Ambassador.
UX Researcher and Designer
Eli Lilly
Shifted the narrative of a PMAD awareness product from moms to their support network based on SME and user insights. Designed an interactive, decision-based VR experience rooted in ethical design, participatory methods, and collaborative storytelling.
Product Designer
Endress+Hauser Group
Created a sustainability dashboard featuring the “Memory Palace” annotation system and a report automation feature, reducing reporting time by 70+ hours. Prototype validated with utility clients and positively received for its decision-support capabilities.​
Aug 2013 - Jun 2017
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering
Chitkara University
Skills and Expertise
Research Methods
Affinity Mapping
Field Observations
User Observations
Competitive Analysis
Storyboards
User Personas
Customer Journey Mapping
Thematic Analysis
Empathy Mapping
User Interviews
Design and Prototyping
Adobe XD
Heuristic Evaluation
Low-Fidelity Prototyping
Usability Testing
Balsamiq
High-Fidelity Prototyping
Sketching
Wireframing
Design Thinking
Information Architecture
User Flows
Figma
Interaction Design
User Scenario
Programming
CSS
jQuery
PostgreSQL
VueJS
GIT
Jira
Python
HTML
Metabase
SASS
JavaScript
PHP
SQL