Nihara Kurian🇺🇸

About Nihara Kurian

Lead Business Solution Architect at Deloitte & Touche LLP

I'm a designer whose expertise lies across UX, Service, and Industrial design, with experience across domains and the product lifecycle. 🚀 🐙 A seasoned Design Facilitator experienced in the design process, I have been a researcher, designer, product manager, and strategist. 🕵🏽‍♀️ As a system thinker with boundless curiosity, I enjoy navigating ways to balance and integrate design, tech, engineering, and business.

I adore animals 🐾, riddles/puzzles 🧩, and traveling 🧳, and I am always trying my hand at new recipes. 🧁

💬⚡ Always energized to meet fellow designers/generalists and hope to build a community of growth and support. Excited to connect with you and help you hone your superpower 💎

Expertise

Sessions with Nihara Kurian

• Portfolio Review & Revamp (30 min): In these mentorship, we'll review your existing portfolio and provide constructive feedback for improvement. You'll receive guidance on enhancing visual appeal, organizing content, and targeting specific audiences. Revamp your portfolio to make a lasting impression and increase your chances of landing dream projects or job opportunities.
• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“I spoke to Nihara towards the end of last year when I was beginning a project in the topic of design advocacy. Nihara listened to me, gave advice and followed up with me to provide me with quality resources to overcome the challenges I was facing then. In retrospect, I have come a long way and she is definitely a huge contributor to the success in that project!”

“Nihara provided good framing for projects I've worked on in terms of talking to specific design decisions among other things. She provided good feedback in terms of bringing things to a close in the end.”

“I had an amazing talk with Nihara. She's a very encouraging and insightful mentor. She gave constructive feedback that could help to improve the way I structure my case study. I'm also really inspired by her story of how she embraces her diverse background and use that as a super power. Thank you for the great session and am looking forward to learn from you again.”