Aaina Sharma
Head Of Design at Unmind
Moved back to San Francisco • Taking a break
Unmind
https://www.linkedin.com/company/unmindhq
After my first meeting with the co-founders, I instantly fell in love with the company's vision: create a world where mental health is universally understood, nurtured, and celebrated.

I joined as their Head of Design back in 2018 to create a brand that spoke to our vision and deliver on a world-class user experience. During my (almost) 4 years at Unmind, I hired a team of Product Designers, visual designers, and user researchers to help us in fulfilling our grand mission.
London, United Kingdom
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Head Of Design
Neem
https://www.linkedin.com/company/neem
Neem was a long-term dream that I decided to start working on in Spring of 2016. The idea was simple, help organizations host company socials centered around Indian drinks like Chai, Mango Lassi, etc. One of the main motivators for me was to minimize the need to always have social events focused around alcohol. Another reason I wanted to introduce Neem to the world was so people could connect over something delicious and unexpected. I worked on Neem for about 18 months and eventually decided it wasn't something I wanted to continue pursuing. These 18 months were tough but also very rewarding in terms of all the learnings that I took away from this experience.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Founder
HelloSign
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellosign
I was approached by the founder to help them define a vision for Design at HelloSign (acquired by Dropbox in 2019). I decided to join the team as their founding designer/head of design to oversee the progression of our brand and user experience while building out a strong design team and culture.

A few key projects I led on:
• A full rebrand
• Platform redesign revisiting core functionality conception
• Branding and designing the platform for a brand new product offering called HelloWorks under the HelloSign product umbrella
• Strategic vision and advocacy for consistency in the brand and user experience
San Francisco Bay Area
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Founding Designer • Head Of Design
Zendesk
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zendesk
Zendesk was my proper introduction to the tech world. This is where I started to gain an understanding of how a B2B SaaS business operates. I joined Zendesk when the Design team was still quite small which gave me an opportunity to collaborate with Toke Nygaard, our Chief Creative Officer. Although I joined Zendesk as a Visual Designer, soon after joining I started to get interested in how the Product Design & User Research teams worked to craft a better user experience.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Visual Designer
IDEO
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideo
Led on the discovery phase of a key client project. Ran research sessions, planned and moderated workshops to better understand the problem, and delivered on prototypes to be further tested with users.
Palo Alto/San Francisco, CA
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Design Consultant
Philippe Becker Design
https://www.linkedin.com/company/philippe-becker
Worked as a graphic/packaging designer. Worked on multiple packaging design projects for T-Mobile's devices (smart phones and tablets). Also worked on brands like Safeway, Petco and Ling Ling.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Freelance Graphic Designer
Yes To Inc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/yes-to-inc
Job responsibilities:

• Meeting clients to discuss projects
• Developing design briefs by gathering information
• Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts
• Using innovation to redefine a design brief and meet the constraints of cost, time and client
• Multi-tasking: working on multiple projects at one time
• Using a wide range of media including photography, illustrations, etc.
• Working well in a team, with printers, copywriters, photographers, other designers, account executives, website designers and marketing specialists
• Working in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines.

Production skills:

• Produce Mechanicals, review proofs for color and copywriting, prepare files as per specifications from printers, research and implement creative printing/binding techniques
San Francisco Bay Area
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Graphic Designer
TCHO Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tchochocolate
Job responsibilities:

• Helping the design team (including Erik Spiekermann!) come up with creative ideas for packaging and print pieces.
• Comping gift kits and other packaging
• Preparing presentations
• Helping out with design related production tasks
• Helping the team with photo shoots

Production skills:

• Produced Mechanicals, reviewed proofs for color and copywriting, prepared files as per specifications from printers.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Graphic Design Intern
BFA
Graphic Design
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Academy of Art University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/academy-of-art-university/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emil-gallardo-5ba43234
Oakland, CA
Emil Gallardo
Writer / Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-gough-091b6111
San Francisco, CA
Steve Gough
General Manager, Direct to Consumer at Updater
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginalau19
Los Angeles, CA
Gina Lau
Leadership, Culture, & Inclusivity Strategist | Recent Fellow in Public Affairs | Former Head of People
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmpaul
San Francisco, CA
Chris Paul
Engineering Manager at Block
https://www.linkedin.com/in/billfarrellpm
Boston, MA
Bill Farrell
Product Leader & Advisor - Currently @ Wayfair, Former HelloSign + InVision VP
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ceciliadobbs
London
Cecilia Marie D.
Researching and writing about domestic abuse from an anti-oppressive perspective
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjdezi
Phoenix, AZ
Benjamin Dezile
Senior Software Engineer at Newfront Insurance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stepheneisenhauer
San Francisco, CA
Stephen Eisenhauer
Staff Software Engineer at HelloSign
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelafield
San Francisco Bay Area
Angela Field
Lead Software Engineer at HelloSign, a Dropbox Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramizfaragalla
Staten Island, NY
Ramiz Faragalla
Student at City University of New York-College of Staten Island
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-sprang-90362337
Brookings, SD
Jonathan Sprang
Salesforce Pre-Sales Technical Consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobarnall
Seattle, WA
Jacob Arnall
Technical Recruiting Manager - Engineering at DoorDash
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tori-moss-06486b3b
Brooklyn, NY
Tori Moss
VP Revenue Operations @ Greenhouse -- Hire for what's next
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marandaanndziekonski
San Francisco Bay Area
Maranda Dziekonski (she/her)
Chief Customer Officer at Swiftly, Inc., Top 25 Customer Success Influencer, Podcast Host from There To Here
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cait-griffin
London
Cait Griffin
Senior User Researcher at Unmind
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/terovaananen
Greater Leeds Area
Tero Väänänen
Head of Design at NHS Digital
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sebastianrkdesigns
London
Sebastian Kosmin
Head of Design at OJ Brands
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alefilippi83
London
Alessandro Filippi
Head of Design at Plentific
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        I have worked closely with Aaina for 3+ years as a Product Manager at HelloSign. We have collaborated on numerous projects of varying scope and complexity and with every project, Aaina consistently brings passion, a critical eye, and commitment to seeing it through. I attribute the success we've had working together to her creativity, openness and professionalism.

Aaina is unique in her ability to balance art with objectiveness and reality. She receives feedback extremely well, is realistic about the time she needs to complete her work, and is not afraid to offer solutions alternative to the ones proposed. 

Working with her has made me a better Product Manager and I could not recommend Aaina more highly. Joseph Walla
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        It’s been an absolute privilege working with Aaina for the past 3 years. When she joined, we had a really inconsistent design experience, with a lot of different people having contributed over the years. She came in, helped us build out a consistent brand we could stand by. 3 years later, I look at our brand and still see it as a spot on representation of our identity. On the product front, she highly values the customer and sees design as an enabler for a highly intuitive user experience, versus something of value in of itself. That’s produced a really clean ascetic that’s about helping the user achieve their objectives in the simplest way possible. Outside of design, she’s been an incredible contributor to our culture - whether helping start our internal culture committee meetings, design swag that helps build our internal sense of company identity, design our office and give feedback on what we could do better as a company and culture. It’s been a pleasure working with her and I’m excited to see what she does next!
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Mumbai
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Senior Associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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New Zealand
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Nz Courier Post
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Sydney, NS
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Technical Lead at Westpac Group
Communication Arts
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AIGA San Francisco
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Graphic Designer & Art Director
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