Hello, I am Rutuja Chavan.
A product designer who works end-to-end — research to shipped design.
5+ years of experience across various industries, trained in Human-Computer Interaction and Product Design. I translate complex, multi-stakeholder problems into systems that work — for the people inside them and the people they serve.
Hello, I am Rutuja Chavan.
A product designer who works end-to-end — research to shipped design.
5+ years of experience across various industries, trained in Human-Computer Interaction and Product Design. I translate complex, multi-stakeholder problems into systems that work — for the people inside them and the people they serve.
Hello, I am Rutuja Chavan.
A product designer who works end-to-end— research to shipped design.
5+ years of experience across various industries, trained in Human-Computer Interaction and Product Design. I translate complex, multi-stakeholder problems into systems that work — for the people inside them and the people they serve.
Featured work
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StreetWise: A civic tech tool helping stormwater crews shift from reactive cleanup to early prevention
A predictive flood-response platform designed for the
City of Savannah's stormwater crews. By integrating real-time sensor data, resident reports, and drainage conditions into one tool, StreetWise helps crews prevent flooding before it reaches residents' streets — projected to shift the city from 80% reactive to over 50% proactive flood response.
Product Design | UX Research | UX Design
Food Waste Prevention Pathways for the
City of Chicago
Partnering with the City of Chicago and NRDC Food Matters, this project mapped Chicago's fragmented food waste system and identified where reduction, rescue, and recycling could work together — addressing both the 66 million tons of food sent to landfills each year and the food insecurity faced by 1 in 5 Chicagoans.
Product Design | UX Research | UX Design
From Google Maps to a Hawaiian lens — designing an interactive way to experience land, place, and culture at UH Mānoa.
An app designed with and for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to help non-native students experience Hawaiian concepts of land, place, and community — built through research with cultural experts, students, and university leadership, and grounded in the ethos of Respectful Design.
Product Design | UX Research | UX Design
