Anish Dasgupta
 
 

I’m a product designer based in San Francisco. I’ve spent the last 11+ years designing digital products and brands, leading high impact projects across consumer, enterprise and SaaS products.

Outside of work. I teach and write music, design furniture, and play Pickleball.


Work Experience

GLBT Museum, San Francisco
Lead Designer + Strategist
Jan 2023 - Present


Compass Real Estate
Senior Product Designer II
July 2021 - Aug 2022

Led design on the Finances vertical that saw customer adoption grow 60% over a period of 8 months


Microsoft
Product Designer: Lead, Unified Search
Feb 2019 - July 2021

Led design and research from on the product; 600+ enterprise contracts within 9 months of its launch


Independent Design Consultant
2015 - 2019

Helped companies build award-winning products and brands, like Deccan Herald, one of India’s leading newspaper companies. Also managed products and teams


Postman
Lead Product Designer
2014 - 2015 

As Postman’s first designer, helped them grow to over 2 million users, and launch paid memberships


Adobe
UX Designer
2013 - 2014 

Part of the core team that pioneered an e-learning platform called Adobe KnowHow that grew to over 1 million users


Music Teacher
Accel Montessori, Violin Teacher, Part-time
2018 — present

Created a violin program and taught a group of 5 students of various ages. Focused on helping students compose, play by ear and develop a distinctive style


Education

California College of the Arts
Master’s in Interaction Design (HCI) and Strategy [San Francisco, Aug 2022 – Aug 2023]

National Institute of Design
Bachelor’s in Graphic Design [Ahmedabad, India, Jun 2008 – Dec 2012]