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I am a lead product designer based in Dubai. I started my career in visual design, moved into UI/UX, and now I find myself exploring what it means to design experiences where AI agents act on our behalf. Through these shifts, “product designer” has felt like the most natural description of what I do.

Much of my experience has been in large enterprise environments, including work at EY on cloud platforms for VMware, logistics tools for Dell, and support experiences for Oracle. Working in these firms taught me to consider business priorities, technical constraints, and human needs together, and to make thoughtful decisions when they compete.

My interest in psychology and neuroscience keeps me curious about how people understand information, make decisions, and develop trust. As the work changes, I keep revisiting my assumptions, sharpening my craft, and building things that challenge what I know.

Currently
UX Design Lead, EY
Previously
Senior UX Designer, EY
Expertise
Enterprise SaaS, design systems and AI experiences
Based in
Dubai
Shanica Roy at her desk
Cloud Service Portal (Enterprise Saas Solution)

VMware - 2023

Cloud Service Portal (Enterprise Saas Solution)

Maze Booth

UXDX Berlin - 2023

Maze Booth

Live demo design discussion

Future Product Days - 2023

Live demo design discussion

Facilitating UX Design Sprints

Bhanzu - 2023

Facilitating UX Design Sprints

Roundtable discussion

EY - 2023

Roundtable discussion

How my desk looks like

Bhanzu - 2023

How my desk looks like

People Leadership

Design leadership compounds when knowledge, judgment, and confidence move through a team.

TALKS

15+

Talks delivered

Mentoring designers across UX craft, product thinking, portfolios, career decisions, and professional growth.

MENTORSHIP

5,000+

people taught

Teaching design through structured programs, workshops, critique, and practical project work.

COMMUNITY

49,000+

LinkedIn

Building spaces where designers can learn from one another and develop stronger professional judgment.

My Design Philosophy

My approach to design is greatly influenced by my background from earlier in my career as a front-end developer, which is to say that I leverage systems thinking wherever possible – and think about each design decision within the context of the rest of the product.

I particularly excel where I can lead projects that impact multiple surfaces of the product or organization. Whether it’s helping shape product strategy, conducting research, prototyping interface, pairing directly with analysts or engineers, QAing the product, or simply iterating on feature releases: I enjoy working across the product lifecycle in whatever format is necessary for the team.

I strive to create design that is backed in discovery, data, a strong understanding of technical constraints, and the priorities of the business.

Shanica Roy working