Chaitanya Prashant

Hey there 👋 I'm a graduate student in Human Computer Interaction at DePaul, and a Chicago based product designer and builder with an HCI and Computer Science background at UC San Diego. I'm keen on grappling with complex systems and pressing people problems to design simple solutions.

I’ve been lucky to have diverse experiences as a product designer and engineer, being able to take a product from ideation to conception at Minds , Curology , CBRE , Wizehire and Pagerduty.

I’m actively seeking internship roles in design, UX engineering and product for summer 2025, and am open to freelance opportunities. Feel free to look at my work below, or view this resume.

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🚢 Shipped work

I've had the awesome privilege of designing products for both consumer and SaaS verticals, with a focus on driving tangible impact across the full stack. I have made contributions across research, ideation, interaction design and web development.

💡 Designing a scalable SaaS product experience for custom social networks

2023-24

Minds

Product design

💡 Designing a scalable SaaS product experience for custom social networks

I co-led discovery, prototyping and design for Minds Networks, a SaaS platform empowering creators to build and monetize their own social networks. Within months, we onboarded 20+ new business clients, including independent media brands like Tablet magazine.

2024

Minds

Design engineering

🚀 Boosting Minds Networks' value and reach with a new marketing page

I helped lead design and development of the Minds Networks website using Astro and Typescript, leading to a 35% increase in trial ratios and a 22% uptick in closed sales - all within the first two months since launch.

2022-23

Minds

Design systems

🎨 Releasing a unified design system for Minds

I spearheaded the creation of a unified design system for Minds, helping to increase front-end velocity by 36%.

Summer 2020

Curology

Product design

🧴 Increasing Curology's subscription retention with smart UX

Users in many cases weren't sticking to Curology's default subscription plan. I designed a flexible frequency adjustment flow, allowing patients to personalize deliveries - resulting in better adherence and higher retention.

Summer 2019

Wizehire

Growth design

📈 Optimizing Wizehire's referral system for growth

I redesigned Wizehire's referral program to drive new user growth, focusing on product incentives and seamless sharing. The initiative also uncovered new impact areas that helped strengthen user acquisition.

Summer 2018

Pagerduty

UX design

🔥 Making incident management smarter at Pagerduty

At Pagerduty, I redesigned a key enterprise feature to enhance incident management workflows, helping admins make data-driven decisions with greater confidence.

🕹️ Work X play

Interaction design, visual design, design systems, design engineering, marketing and more. Passionate about designing and building meaningful products in a multidisciplinary setting, and having fun doing so.

One of various reusable marketing assets for Minds Networks.

The Wizhire design system in action. I was able to contribute to this effort closely with our head of product and engineering lead.

Designed and helped implement a new segmented controls component for Curology's Radiance UI.

Co-designed and prototyped the Highlights feature with Ida Strom at Curology, as part of the provider timeline for internal users.