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Riya Shrestha

Riya Shrestha

Product Designer

New York ·

Designer working across complex systems, AI-powered experiences, and workflows that need a little untangling.

Widget Builder: Making Clevero dashboards configurable without code

Clevero's clients needed developer help to customize their dashboards. As sole designer, I built a widget system that let them build views around their own business records — no code, no dev ticket.

FEATURES

Design Systems

B2B SaaS

Configuration UI

Progressive Disclosure

IMPACT

Heavy

daily use reported by customers post-launch

Kurti Video Agent: Turning raw footage into TikTok-ready videos in 7 minutes

My dad runs a clothing business in Nepal with ~15,000 TikTok followers, and spent 1–2 hours a night editing his own videos. I built an AI agent that turns his raw footage into a short-form video with a ready-to-copy caption — sent and received over WhatsApp.

FEATURES

AI Agents

WhatsApp Automation

Video Pipeline

Solo Build

IMPACT

~7 min

down from 1–2 hours of nightly editing

PRO Data Dashboard: Making product data accessible across Programiz

An internal KPI dashboard covering user growth, sales, support and traffic, cutting analyst data requests by 50–75% and letting teams check performance themselves.

FEATURES

Data Visualization

User Research

Iteration

Internal Tools

IMPACT

50–75%

reduction in analyst data requests

Programiz PRO Challenges: Fighting a 3-month user lifetime with gamified coding challenges

The average Programiz PRO subscriber learned a language, then left within 3 months. I led design on PRO Challenges — XP, a leaderboard and streaks — from concept through a public alpha that solved 500+ challenges on day one.

FEATURES

Gamification

EdTech

Reward Systems

0→1 Feature

IMPACT

500+

challenges solved on day one of the alpha

Pinterest Basket: Designing for how people actually think

A speculative Pinterest feature that lets users drop pins into a basket before committing to a board, with 90% of workshop participants saying they'd use it.

FEATURES

User Research

Interaction Design

AI Integration

Prototyping

IMPACT

90%

of participants said they would use Basket

Found: Sharing real-world inspiration, pinned to where you found it

My thesis at Parsons: a community app where designers share the inspiration they spot in everyday life — a photo, where they found it and why it inspired them. I designed and built it solo, from research to a live app, with Claude Code, Supabase and Vercel.

FEATURES

Social App

Location-based

Community Discovery

Solo Build

IMPACT

19+

users on launch day, showcased at Index Chinatown

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