Microsoft

Windows & Devices Org

Product Design Internship (2025)

AI, Cloud, Devices, & Experiences Team ⚡️


UI/UX Design Internship (2024)

Visual Design Team 🎨

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Designing the experience

  • Rebuilt the troubleshooting logic into simplified, decision-driven flows.

  • Created iterative Figma prototypes aligned with the Microsoft design system.

  • Collaborated with engineering to validate logic, edge cases, and scalability across Cloud PC environments.

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Cross-functional collaboration

  • Ran design reviews with 20+ stakeholders.

  • Integrated feedback balancing user clarity, AI behavior, and technical constraints.

  • Aligned the organization around a consistent interaction model and product direction.

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Understanding the problem

  • Analyzed 40+ customer + IT support insights to uncover where Cloud PC troubleshooting was breaking down.

  • Identified the highest-impact friction points affecting resolution time and IT workload.

  • Mapped the troubleshooting ecosystem to surface inefficiencies and gaps in guidance.

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Framing the opportunity

  • Defined opportunity: enable faster, clearer troubleshooting with AI-assisted guidance.

  • Established design goals and success measures with PM + engineering partners.

  • Prioritized scenarios with the strongest potential to reduce downtime and cost of ownership.

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Finalizing the solution

  • Delivered a polished, interactive AI-powered troubleshooting prototype.

  • Documented detailed states and behaviors, and various use-case scenarios.

  • Informed a solution for the product roadmap and product documentation.

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Measurable impact

  • Projected 40% reduction in troubleshooting resolution time.

  • Shortened approval + decision cycles by 25% through tighter alignment.

  • Established a scalable foundation that improves IT efficiency and lowers costs.

Product Design

Summer 2025 | AI, Cloud, Devices, & Experiences

A quick overview of how I designed an AI-powered troubleshooting experience that streamlines Cloud PC issue resolution and reduces IT downtime. ⚡️

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UI/UX Design

Tools

Summer 2024 | Visual Design Team

Figma

AfterEffects

Photoshop

Illustrator

Crafted UI & narrative visuals reaching 2 million+ users for Windows feature launches, driving clarity & user engagement.

Campaign design

Created UI and visual assets for 5 global launch campaigns

Explored gradients, color treatments, and composition directions to match each campaign’s tone

Partnered with art directors and motion designers to align on storytelling arcs and key visual moments

Design system building

Defined the aesthetic system for consistent application across videos, product shots, and promotional visuals

Built reusable assets and templates to streamline production

Reduced retrieval and iteration time across an 11-person design + motion team by 30%

Tools & production

Produced high-quality assets using Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Developed motion-ready components and templates for faster collaboration with motion designers

Ensured assets strengthened narrative storytelling and campaign reach (2M+ users)

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