Ishita Jain

Hello :)

As a researcher and user-experience designer on the Sustainability and Foundation team at Autodesk, I support the team in understanding the needs of our customers (grantees and partners) and articulating insights to the team. I pilot, test and co-create solutions that help, build and communicate our value proposition and support services. I am also responsible for the Foundation’s complete customer data capture (both qualitative and quantitative) and visualization for the team to easily make sense of it.

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I am passionate about using design as a tool for social impact. In 2018, I graduated with a Master's in Design for Social Innovation developing skills in ethnographic research, facilitation, UX, mapping complex systems, data visualization, social entrepreneurship, and leadership. For my thesis, I worked directly with informal recyclers to reduce the criminalization they face and spark conversations about the relationship between social inclusion and environmental sustainability in New York City. Check it out here - https://dsi.sva.edu/project/canversation/

I am an industrial designer by training and have more than three years experience designing and manufacturing products in India. In the past, I have worked with a number of local communities in India focusing on design as a tool for community empowerment, developing strategies for incomes augmentation and self-reliance. My thesis project ‘Design for Change’ was selected among the top 10 projects in Asia and consequently won the Design for Asia Student Award in 2012 at HKDC, Hong Kong.

Currently, I work at the Autodesk Foundation, where I use my skills to support entrepreneurs and innovators who are creating innovative design solutions to the world's most pressing social and environmental challenges. Looking forward to working with you all!

Skills:
- Design: Human-Centered Design Workshop Planning and Facilitation, Research, User Experience, Service, Product+Manufacturing

- Technology: Adobe Suite, Sketch, InVision

- Impact: Theory of Change

- Project Management: Strategy, Execution 

- Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali