NIDHI DESAI

Digital & Graphic Designer
Harrison, New Jersey
linkedin.com/in/nidhihdesai
hellonidhidesai@gmail.com
980-337-9531
Visual Designer with over six years of experience translating complex ideas into engaging, user-centered designs for digital and print media, elevating brand presence and communication.

Work Experience

Graphic and UX Designer

United Nations Global Compact

Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
  • Developed brand guidelines and redesigned logo for Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI), creating impactful visuals that challenged stereotypes and increased digital engagement by 40%.
  • Led website overhaul project for GABI, optimizing navigation, usability, and visual elements to enhance user experience and engagement.
  • Designed end-to-end editorial resources, including research papers, e-books, page layouts, and infographics, translating complex ideas into visually engaging and accessible print and digital materials.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including marketing, communications, and executive leadership, to create cohesive brand-aligned materials and strengthen visual consistency across platforms.
  • Designed presentation decks, digital content, and event branding materials, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and enhancing storytelling for diverse audiences.

Graphic Design Manager

May 2022 - Feb 2024
  • Designed visuals for a life-science organization, translating complex information into ebooks, event graphics, social media assets, event graphics, and presentation templates to drive lead generation through cohesive branding.
  • Led end-to-end design projects, maintaining a 98% on-time completion rate while adhering to strict timelines, budgets, and brand standards.
  • Designed templates for non-designers into Bynder— a Digital Asset Management System to streamline workflows, maintaining visual consistency and cohesiveness across brand materials.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product, and engineering, to create 100+ print and digital assets within 8 months that transformed complex concepts into clear, accessible designs.
  • Enhanced user engagement by optimizing visual elements for clarity and comprehension across digital platforms.

Social Impact Fellow

Oct 2021 - May 2022
  • Assisted in developing communication and outreach strategies for high-impact initiatives like LAvsHate, MTV’s Mental Health is Health, securing media coverage in major publications.
  • Conducted competitors analysis and market research to identify key partnerships, increasing collaboration efforts to drive social impact.

Education

MFA Design for Social Innovation

School of Visual Arts

New York City

Aug 2019 - May 2021

UX Design

BrainStation

New York City

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

Skills

  • Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Accessibility Design
  • User Research
  • Usability Study
  • Typography
  • Color
  • Brand Development
  • Perfomance Metrics
  • Print Production
  • Wireframes
  • Prototyping
  • Editorial Design

Projects

Design Researcher

Nov 2020 - May 2021

Designed and implemented a nutrition-focused community engagement program, that helped parents and caregivers increase nutrition security for underserved children in the South Bronx in 2021.

UX Designer

May 2024 - Current
  • Designed an end-to-end iOS mobile app along with design systems, branding and marketing website to bridge gap in postpartum care for new mothers.
  • Conducted user research with 10+ new parents, develop information architecture, user goals, journey maps, designed wireframes and visual interfaces for Nura Health App to simplify postpartum care.
  • Presented findings and key pain points to the stakeholders to improve the products.