Sonali Sampat, Mps, Psu I Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, US

• Founded and run a human experience agency specializing in creating inclusive digital and physical products and cultivating supportive & productive workplace cultures.
• Drive the strategic vision and operations, leading to the development of products and services that enhance user satisfaction and team experiences.
• Establish partnerships and client relationships that align with the agency’s mission of inclusivity and exceptional experiences.

All Around, US

• Lead strategic client and employee experience initiatives, enhancing operational efficiency and team satisfaction.
• Collaborate with COO and CEO to establish and refine company-wide policies and structures.
• Manage and mentor mid-level mentors and junior ‘inturn’ talent, driving professional development and skill growth.
• Play a key role in sales conversations, talent acquisition, and UX/UI research and design direction for B2B and B2C projects.
• 79% of Inturns identify as someone from a historically excluded group, and 88% skipped a traditional internship and went straight into a full-time role at places like Google, Disney, 72andSunny, and more.

All Around, US

All Around, US

• Provided personalized career guidance and mentorship to assigned 'Inturns,' supporting their professional development.
• Reviewed portfolios, resumes, and work-in-progress, delivering actionable feedback that enhanced their job-readiness and design skills.
• Collaborated with leads to monitor and communicate 'Inturn' progress, ensuring alignment with industry standards and improving placement outcomes.

Eugene, OR, US

• Developed and taught curriculum for UX and UI Design Studio to university students.
• Emphasized industry-standard practices in User Research Methods, Design Thinking, Inclusive Design, and Agile methodologies.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Mentor high school students in the TiE Young Entrepreneurs program, guiding them through every stage of their entrepreneurial journey.
• Deliver one-on-one and team mentoring, focusing on lean UX and agile methodologies, digital product design, UX/UI design, and user-centered research and testing.
• Conduct class-wide workshops on team and project management, advertising, marketing, and presentation skills, preparing students for global competition.
• Empower the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing practical, real-world insights and fostering a growth mindset.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Led a team of 4 senior designers in creating complex internal software ecosystems.
• Implemented agile, end-to-end UX research & design processes, resulting in over 80% positive product adoption.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with Product Management, Frontend and Backend Engineering, Learning & Development, and Organization Leadership, as well as end users.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Partnered with the Senior Researcher to design a cohesive internal software ecosystem.
• Delivered user experience and interface designs that enhanced product usability.

• Provide comprehensive design services to private clients, including UX/UI design, graphic and layout design, identity design, and responsive website creation.
• Develop interactive and fillable PDFs, ensuring user-friendly and accessible digital forms.
• Create impactful advertising and branding strategies tailored to client needs, enhancing brand visibility and market positioning.
• Deliver customized solutions across diverse industries, including media/entertainment, healthcare/medical, technology, education, and non-profits.
• Utilize a user-centered approach to design, consistently achieving client satisfaction and repeat business.

• Contributed to the development of standardizing global requirements non-degree granting design education.
• Collaborated with industry leaders under the direction of Don Norman and Karel Vredenburg.
• Findings published in She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 9, Issue 2

Portland, Oregon, US

• Led UX Design and provided SME consultation for a blockchain startup focused on supply chain transparency.
• Designed an MVP dashboard, and audited previous designs for usability and inclusivity.
• Evangelized Lean UX and Agile best practices to drive product innovation.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Led UX team in executing ethical, human-centered research and design for B2C SaaS products.
• Defined mobile-first UX standards, enhancing business scalability and efficiency.
• Collaborated closely with Product and Project Management, Engineering, external stakeholders, clients, and users to deliver impactful products.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Assisted in the design and enhancement of complex B2C SaaS products.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality user experiences.

Eugene, OR, US

Teaching students foundations of user experience research and design, user interface design and development during a 24-week UX/UI Bootcamp.

Portland, Oregon, US

As the Associate UX Designer, I maintained our interactive design prototypes in Axure, I wrote user experience design documentation and reviewed PM stories in order to design new features, participated in collaborative brainstorming and other design activities, mocked up new design ideas in Axure, and managed our summer intern. Zapproved is the leading.

Eugene, OR, US

Reset the Code is a campaign created by students, for students, in response to the growing tension and intolerance steadily permeating the University of Oregon campus. The campaign was broken into three sections: Provoke, Reset, Commit. In less than 48 hours, we had 1000 pledges. In just one week, our Facebook page alone reached 150,000 people, our videos.

Eugene, OR, US

Eugene, OR, US

Allen Hall Advertising is a full-service, student-run advertising agency in Eugene, Oregon. Responsibilities included: written and verbal communication with clients, writing invoices, tracking project progress and results, writing meeting minutes, managing events calendar and scheduling advertising campaigns, project management, team management, review.

• An App Developer & Designer for OR Magazine, the University of Oregon's award-winning digital publication.
• Design the interactions and navigation for the mobile application using the Adobe Indesign Interactive Digital Publishing tools
• Implement cinemagraphs in the mobile digital publication
• Collaborate with the app development team to determine consistent layouts and navigationThis issue of the magazine was among the ten nationwide winners of the Gold Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

• Siri Vik is an award-winning vocalist based in Eugene, Oregon. She hired me to:
• Design an interactive digital press kit to market the Siri Vik brand
• Consult on the content and architecture of the new website
• Manage outreach and scheduling of the tour

Eugene, OR, US

• Administrative assistant for the University of Oregon School of Architecture & Allied Arts. Responsibilities included:
• Communicating regularly with prospective and current students, administrative staff, and faculty
• Managing event and room reservation calendars
• Organizing student files and data
• Tracking and organizing an email database of thousands
• Writing activity reports

• As a professional vocalist and vocal coach, I sang jazz and contemporary music at venues throughout Oregon.
• Performing music with a diverse collection of musicians and bands
• Studying music throughout middle school, high school, and college.
• Teaching private lessons on music theory, performance, and vocal technique.

• During my senior year of high school, I taught pre-algebra to 12 middle school students between the ages of 10 and 14. During my first semester, I taught alongside the teacher. The second semester, another student.
• Developing lesson plans within the scope determined by the main teacher
• Creating stimulating in-class examples and activities
• Assigning and tracking homework
• Conducting one-on-one conferencing
• Facilitating mediation of conflict and pursuing disciplinary action when necessary

Master'S Degree, Communication Design

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Advertising

High School