Hi LinkedIn
I AM SHIVANI
Shivani Thakur
Shivani Thakur

Just wanted to get your attention for a few minutes to tell you who I am and why I might be a good fit for LinkedIn

Shivani Thakur
Here’s hoping!
:):)
Projects that you may like to see
Get a glimpse of some projects I have worked on recently across desktop and mobile.

Less talk. More show.
Why I’d be a good fit
I have prior experience in social having identified the opportunity and creating a social network tailored to shopping for Walmart as part of my internship (see project below).

The underlying goal of my design work so far has been fixing user needs with creative solutions which can make make a product sticky and increase user retention. I believe I can bring this experience gained from working at a startup to my work at LinkedIn.
What excites me about LinkedIn
Having spoken to designers and following LinkedIn’s design blog, what stands out and inspires me the most is LinkedIn’s design culture.

Having worked in a startup where the design process was more adhoc, I am inspired by how LinkedIn has over time nurtured design as an institution and am would love to contribute and be a part of it.
@Design School
I started out with a Masters in Interaction Design from National Institute of Design in India.

The courses were built around everything from Fundamentals of Design like color theory and typography to Usability, Universal Design and Ethnographic Research.
I am…
A product designer currently working in a meal-kit delivery startup– Green Chef since close to 2 years.

The design philosophy that drives me is to adapt systems to ways people think rather than people having to adapt to systems.
I do design
...and some more
My focus is Interaction design and you'll usually find me  manipulating user needs into pixels. But I am also heavily involved in product strategy, user research and visual design.

Being a sole product designer at a startup, you pick up things.