UX AND DESIGN STRATEGY

Howdy, I'm Vinita.

aka vinnyteee | she/her | vi • nee • ta (rhymes with fajita 🌮)

I am a designer and leader with over 10+ years of global experience in aviation, mobility, and commercial domains. I’m currently working at Qantas, driving data-driven solutions for pilots, based in Sydney, Australia.

Selected work

At a glance

SUPERPOWERS

Strategic Initiator

Challenging established thinking and developing new approaches across multiple stakeholder levels with researched options

Creative facilitator

Breaking down concepts into digestible chunks of information while understanding system-wide interconnections

Thoughtful Doer

Transforming discussions into viable and feasible plans across the design proces and championing a collaborative culture

MOST PROUD OF

Design Outlook 2023

Spoke about the Duality of Design in Melbourne, Australia in May 2023.

EFB UX Consortium

Founding a global community of UX leaders, designers, researchers, and design-adjacent professionals in the aviation operations space

IxDA Sydney Podcast

Produced 2 seasons of the IxDA Sydney Podcast alongside 2 collaborators. 

THREADS IN MY CAREER

Data-driven

From conducting audits within the Alexa Information domain team to working within the flight data team at Qantas

Centenary companies

3 out of 4 long-term gigs have been for 100+ year old companies (think "digital transformation")

Regulated environments

From aviation to urban design and public transit, assessing risk is critical to implementation

RECENT EXPERIENCE

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Qantas Group

Leading a growth product team, I've added  change management, program delivery, and product management to my skillset.

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Amazon Alexa

Working on the Alexa Information team, I honed my capabilities at content creation, multi-modal experiences, and designing for emerging tech.

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Ford (GFL)

I sharpened my research, prototyping, and storytelling abilities while diving into the world of urban design and mobility.

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General Electric (GE)

I worked across different business verticals supporting digital transformation projects, focusing on aviation.

I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians on whose land I live, play, and work. I pay my deepest respects to all Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging.

© Feb 2024 Vinita Israni
No programmers were harmed in the making of this website 

Questions, criticism, and gibberish are always appreciated.

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