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Sayali

Dhake

Sayali Dhake — I design digital systems that feel human — from research to code handoff.

Five years of end-to-end product work across luxury, nonprofit, and consumer apps. I’ve been the only designer in the room, partnered with engineers and PMs, and shipped work that got tested with real users. Looking to bring that into a full-time team.

Featured Work

Hero Project

Unlabeled: Digitizing a Luxury Styling Empire

Redesigned a 20+ question onboarding flow so it felt like a stylist conversation — not a form. Built for women 30–65 who had never used a styling app before.

Inclusive Design Stakeholder Strategy Luxury Branding
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United Way of Atlanta Portal

Admin tasks that took hours now take minutes — measured with the same admin users before and after. Replaced 3 legacy systems with one unified portal.

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Fresco

Replaced a 3-app workflow (recipe app → notes → grocery list) with one continuous flow — confirmed in usability testing.

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Atlanta Film Festival

Built film discovery and checkout for 100+ films across 5 venues, optimised for mobile-first use in the festival queue.

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Cut-N-Run

90% task success rate across 30 usability tests. On-demand barber booking designed during COVID, where trust — not just convenience — was the core UX problem.

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I believe luxury UX is about invisible technology—where the expert's human touch remains the star of the show.

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I design the unglamorous 80%

The edge cases, error states, and handoff flows that determine whether a product actually works — not just whether it looks good in a Figma presentation.

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WCAG 2.2 is a floor, not a finish line

I design for real people — which means accessibility decisions happen in Figma, not as a last-minute audit before launch.

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I stay in the room until it ships

Research, strategy, wireframes, high-fidelity, handoff. I don't hand off a brief and disappear — the work doesn't get lost in translation.