Jiya Damania

I'm currently a junior at SCAD studying user experience design, which has a lot to do with designing products and services. I work in collaboration with other kinds of designers and major companies like Kohler and Deloitte through SCAD's collaboration program called SCAD Pros. These are 10-week projects where you work directly with a client, and it counts towards your class credit. My work focuses heavily on using AI in design, specifically applied AI, which is about integrating it into your workflow rather than just using it to generate things. It's very exciting right now because I get to see not only the foundation of AI emerging into UX, but also how we can take it further and integrate it in a way that's ethical and won't kick us out of the job market. Design has always been my passion - anything visual art-related was always the way to go for me. I've taken on projects in areas I'd never experimented with before, like aviation and neurodivergence, and it's something you just learn and go. You talk to people who are your seniors, take their advice, put your head down, and do it.