Mugdha Joshi

About

UI/UX designer and Assistant Professor with experience in user research, interaction design, design systems, and AI-assisted design workflows. Experienced in teaching and mentoring students while delivering end-to-end product design work across academic and volunteer projects.

Experience

• Assistant Professor
  MIT WPU College
  Jul 2026 – Present
• UI/UX Volunteer Designer
  JobScout
  Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
• UX Designer (Capstone Project)
  FMX Company
  Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

Education

• Master of Science
  North Carolina State University
  Computer Science · Aug 2023 – May 2025
• Bachelor of Engineering
  Savitribai Phule Pune University
  Computer Science and Engineering · Jul 2017 – May 2021

Skills

• Typography
• Interaction Design
• Framer
• User flows
• Usability Testing
• Information architecture
• Scrum
• Visual Hierarchy
• AI-assisted workflows
• User Research
• Design Systems
• Product Design
• Agile
• Journey mapping
• High-fidelity mockups
• Heuristic evaluation
• WCAG Accessibility Standards

Projects

• Thrive Ventures
  Figma

  Conducted user research and designed an accessible mobile experience supporting formerly incarcerated individuals through AI-assisted guidance, personalized profiles, and event discovery. Created user flows, high-fidelity interfaces, and interactive Figma prototypes, focusing on intuitive navigation and user-centered design principles.

• Skill-O-Gram
  Figma

  Conducted user research, developed personas, and designed user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes for a peer-to-peer learning platform with a gamified skill-point system. Performed A/B testing and usability testing to validate design decisions, iterating on the experience to improve user engagement and learning outcomes.

Courses & certifications

• Google UX Design Certificate
• Introduction to Psychology · Yale
• User Research and Design · Minnesota