Product Design

Divya Mehra

I'm a UX designer who codes and works with data which means I can prototype at real fidelity and back design decisions with data, not just intuition.

01 — Gigafact / PolitiQuote Live

Turning Hours of Political Video Into Searchable, Sourced Claims

UX/UI DesignVisual Design
[ Replace with hero screenshot — Parser or PolitiQuote interface ]

Problem

Placeholder — describe the noise/complexity problem journalists and fact-checkers faced before this tool existed.

My role

Placeholder — clarify what you personally designed vs. what existed already (e.g. the underlying AI parser).

Process

Placeholder — walk through at least one real decision point: an alternative you considered and why you didn't choose it.

e.g. "The AI output was information-dense by nature — the design job was subtraction, not addition."

Outcome

Placeholder — what changed? Adoption, feedback, time saved, anything directional if exact numbers aren't available.

02 — Third Act In progress

Designing a Content System to Balance Central Brand and Volunteer-Run Microsites

UX ResearchContent StrategySystems Design
[ Replace with screenshot(s) — working groups page, style guide, or system diagram ]

Problem

Placeholder — state the central-vs-local tension plainly, with the real scale (70,000+ volunteers, 34 microsites).

Constraints

Placeholder — what made this hard? Resourcing, who maintains the sites, need for a lightweight system.

Architecture

Placeholder — describe the actual system: what's centrally controlled, what's locally flexible, and the reasoning behind the split.

Status

Placeholder — state current rollout status honestly. In-progress work is fine to show; just don't overstate it.

03 — Teaching Portal In progress

A Retro-Styled Course Site Built for Clarity

UI DesignSystems / ComponentsFront-End Build
[ Replace with screenshot once built — nav, assignment list, class selector ]

Problem

Placeholder — describe what students needed: a single place to find their class, lectures, and assignments.

Approach

Placeholder — explain the retro aesthetic as a deliberate choice, then the real structure underneath: class selector, assignment states, nav.

  • Class selector — placeholder
  • Assignment states (upcoming / due / submitted) — placeholder
  • Navigation pattern — placeholder

Status

Placeholder — in development; update once live for your students.

04 — Equitable Syllabus Project, NYU ITP/IMA Archived

Turning a Lonely, Ad-Hoc Process Into a Structured Syllabus Toolkit

UX ResearchInformation ArchitectureEquity & Inclusion Design
[ Replace with screenshot from your version, circa your involvement — not necessarily the current live site if it has diverged ]

Problem

Placeholder — the real problem: building an equitable syllabus was unstructured and isolating for instructors, with no shared framework.

My role

Placeholder — you led research and designed the system architecture (guide, database, request service).

Approach

Placeholder — walk through how the guide, database, and research service were structured to meet different instructor needs.

Status & note

I led research and initial design for this project; it has continued to evolve under the current team since I left.