Priyanka Ahuja

University of Wyoming Extension & College of Agriculture · Laramie, Wyoming

24+ statewide platforms · 80K+ annual users · Public sector & agriculture

• Lead design and development for 24+ high-visibility platforms across UW Extension and the College of Agriculture, serving 80K+ annual users. Act as the primary UX and development authority, defining strategy, architecture, and accessibility while keeping platforms consistent across distributed teams.
• Built a scalable UX system of reusable layouts, page templates, and content architectures that cut time-to-launch by 34% across major initiatives, including Wyoming State 4-H, Harvest Wyoming, the Senior Nutrition Blog, Homestead Conference, Ag & Art Tour, and Wyoming Bee College, all to WCAG standards.
• Led crisis-response delivery for the Wyoming Emergency Hay Assistance platform after the 2025 wildfires, launching within 48 hours to match hay donors with ranchers statewide (20+ offer and request listings); publicly recognized by the Governor of Wyoming and cited by multiple news outlets.
• Used AI-assisted workflows (Claude) to audit and restructure large-scale nutrition content, defining taxonomy, improving searchability, and cutting manual content processing time by 100+ hours.
• Ran a 44-response reader survey for UW AgNews (80% of readers 55+, 43% arriving via Google) and used the findings to consolidate 8 categories into 6 and flag 530+ of 589 tags as unused, improving findability and SEO.
• Design, build, and ship custom tools, including a livestock gestation calculator in ReactJS for lambing-season planning, reducing design-to-engineering rework by 32%.
• Received the ACE Professional Conference Bronze Award for the Homestead Conference website, and mentor a web design intern and part-time staff on UX and accessibility standards.

Greenstand · Remote, USA

Global tree-tracking & environmental fintech · Accessibility-first design system

• Led product design and research for core workflows (tree capture, matching, monitoring, and verification), shaping end-to-end flows for globally distributed contributor groups.
• Improved tree-planting and monitoring efficiency by 28% with a data-rich web mapping experience that streamlined search, comparison, and decision-making.
• Designed a digital wallet for gifting and managing tree tokens, prioritizing clarity and trust to support adoption.
• Designed and scaled an accessibility-tested design system, standardizing typography, color, and components across products.
• Supervised 2 part-time team members, providing design direction and feedback.

The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, Maine

Enterprise scientific e-commerce · 1.5M+ global users

• Worked with stakeholders on research, requirements, and pain-points assessment to improve the search and pricing experience for experimental mice, resulting in a 35% increase in user satisfaction.
• Built comprehensive user flows for mobile pricing screens for 1.5M+ users globally, letting people browse mouse pricing on the go.
• Used Maze and Figma to analyze behavior and inform product requirements and UI, communicated to senior executives and stakeholders.

Remote

B2B/B2C manufacturing platform · Building-materials e-commerce

• Owned end-to-end UX and UI for a B2B/B2C manufacturing platform and a building-materials e-commerce client, turning business requirements into production-ready designs.
• Increased conversion by up to 30% by optimizing checkout flows and product discovery, validated through usability testing.
• Ran WCAG accessibility audits and turned findings into prioritized design improvements.

ICICI Bank · New Delhi, India

Mobile banking & internal financial systems

• Supported UX research and usability testing for mobile banking and internal financial systems, drawing on user feedback, behavioral data, and relationships with 350+ clients to find usability gaps.
• Implemented research-driven interface improvements across key flows, increasing user satisfaction by 36%.