Karen Manhas

UX Designer

United Kingdom7 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Top Performer at Vodafone for impactful UX designs.
  • Improved usability of internal tools at GSK.
  • Led design initiatives driving user engagement at Eurosport.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UX Designer with experience across Retail, Pharmaceuticals, and Media industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience Design (ued)Interaction DesignUx ResearchStakeholder Management

Other Skills

Cross-team CollaborationUser-centered DesignMobile Application DesignUsability TestingPresentation SkillsPrototypingWireframesA/B TestingInformation ArchitectureFigma (Software)User FlowsExperience DesignMaze (Software)Content DesignMiro Collaboration Platform

About

👋🏼 Ahoy there, I’m Karen! A people person who enjoys collaboration and being a feedback advocate. I’m the type of UX Designer who prefers to solve for root causes, not symptoms as well as creating impactful, optimised experiences through research, design and testing. With a background in mechanical engineering, I approach design with a data driven mindset, focused on solving root causes and driving measurable results. I have a wide range of experience working across various industries, such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, media & entertainment, energy, and currently in retail (groceries). Key highlights: → Ranked Top Performer at Vodafone, delivering impactful UX designs that drove key product improvements. → Recognised regularly for teamwork and collaborative skills at GSK. → Improved the SUS score for an internal timesheet tool at GSK by streamlining complex workflows, and enhancing usability. → Enhanced reporting tools at GSK that empowered programme managers to make better, data-driven decisions for multi-million pound pharmaceutical portfolios. → Led design initiatives at Eurosport such as increasing app downloads and creating foundational features like Eurosport Stories and Eurosport Moments, driving cross-platform user engagement. → Award-winning UX design templates on Miroverse, used over 1,800+ times. Currently at Tesco, working in Enterprise UX, focusing on improving internal processes & routines for optimisation, efficiency and compliance, benefiting our 350,000 store colleagues and 4,000 office colleagues. In my spare time, I post about design on LinkedIn, help organise in-person events for Ladies that UX London, (used to) run the book club at Product Design Ladies, create UX Design templates on Miroverse and mentor students & young adults at Stemettes. You can always find me at a design event in London. 🏃🏽‍♀️ A regular 10k runner, with a growing interest in half marathons.

Experience

7 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Tesco

2 roles

Senior UX Designer (Enterprise UX)

Promoted

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Currently working on Data Led Replenishment.
  • Previously: Stock Surplus Movement area - Waste Traceability, Targeted Reductions, Automated Clear as you Go, Food Donation and Total Loss.

UX Designer (Enterprise UX)

Feb 2024Feb 2025 · 1 yr

  • Working within the in-store operations team under Colleague Experience; (to tangibly enhance and improve the working life of 350,000 store colleagues and 4000 office colleagues).

Warner bros. discovery

UX Designer

Apr 2023Aug 2023 · 4 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Working on multiple projects cross platform (desktop, web responsive and native apps) within the Eurosport Digital Design Team under WBD Sports. I was responsible for conducting research, interaction design, prototyping and conducting usability testing. Collaborated as part of a multidisciplinary team with product, frontend development, backend development, SEO specialists, editors and the data team.
Cross-team CollaborationUser-centered DesignMobile Application DesignUsability TestingPresentation SkillsPrototyping+9

Kaluza

UX Designer (Enterprise UX)

Oct 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Working on research based (Jobs to be Done, tree testing, user interviews) and proof of concept projects for internal stakeholders and external Kaluza customers to improve customer understanding, workflow efficiency, reduce average handling time and decrease cost-to-serve. Also, co-creating with product managers and senior engineering managers during problem focus, service design and team strategy workshops. Along with presenting to Executive Leadership for internal documentation improvements.
Content DesignUser Experience Design (UED)Miro Collaboration PlatformWorkshop DevelopmentFacilitationUserTesting (Software)+6

Gsk

Product Designer (Enterprise UX)

Sep 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr

  • Working on multiple projects within the R&D Operations area for GSK's Pharmaceutical division, I was the sole designer within project Effort Tracking timesheet, leading the design activities for improving the application's user experience for 12,000+ users. Within project Operational Analytics reporting, working with internal business customers for their critical requirements (including data visualisations) to deliver Spotfire reports to drive financial and project/portfolio management decisions.
User JourneysUser-centered DesignUser RequirementsFacilitationUsability TestingAgile Methodologies+6

Vodafone

5 roles

UX Designer, Product Specification Database (Enterprise UX)

Apr 2020Aug 2020 · 4 mos

  • Responsible for user research, information architecture and visual design.
  • Gathered and evaluated requirements in collaboration with the business analyst.
  • Created high fidelity wireframes in line with Vodafone design guidelines.
  • Working closely with the development team to implement the vision and design.
  • Conducted usability testing for validation and improvements.

UX Designer, Welcome to Vodafone app (graduate project)

Nov 2019May 2020 · 6 mos

  • Designed the team logo
  • Conducted user research and analysis
  • Detailed out app information architecture
  • Created and developed low and high fidelity wireframes
  • Team won best logo design within the Techboost Programme
  • Team came 1st place within the Techboost Programme and recognised by Vodafone Group CTO Johan Wibergh

Vodafone Business Platform and Solutions - Service Design, Vodafone Business IT

Oct 2019Aug 2020 · 10 mos

  • Owned and implemented detailed customer journeys for new and existing customers across all products and services
  • Created a framework to capture all customer journeys for the entire programme
  • Standardised customer journeys to ensure consistency across all products and services
  • Carried out a business change transformation role within an IT delivery environment against measurable outcomes

Vodafone Global Cyber Security, Scrum Master, Delivery

Apr 2019Sep 2019 · 5 mos

  • Worked with the project manager to understand business requirements
  • Broke down work into manageable and well-understood estimated user stories
  • Wrote and developed user stories that supported the objectives of the project
  • Managed the product backlog and sprint commitments
  • Resource and project prioritisation

Vodafone Business Platform and Solutions - IT Architect, Internet of Things

Sep 2018Mar 2019 · 6 mos

  • Improved simplification of team communication
  • Day to day support to technical lead incl technical API diagrams
  • Facilitated meetings with vendors and project teams
  • Used Confluence and Jira for project management activities
  • Working in an NPD and agile environment

Chromalloy

Project Engineer - Summer Internship

Jul 2017Sep 2017 · 2 mos · Derby, United Kingdom

  • Audited aerospace parts and generated Method Change Requests (MCRs)
  • Worked with Rolls Royce documentation on different projects to meet specifications
  • Planned projects test runs to verify conformance of parts against specifications
  • Led the implementation of the Frame 9 FA NGV3 assembly project
  • Completed on the job training and awareness of the different coating processes at CUK

Edf energy

Project Engineer - Industrial Placement

Oct 2015Sep 2016 · 11 mos · Suffolk, United Kingdom

  • Projects include:
  • Generator Transformer 1 Exchange (Close out phase)
  • Collated lessons learned records for the close out process and ensured easy access and application of the information during the next exchange project (Generator Transformer 2)
  • Generated the Lifetime Record Pack (LTRP) from documentation such as test sheets, certificates and technical queries.
  • Generator Transformer 2 Exchange (Implementation and Close out phase)
  • Wrote the Contract Enquiry Technical Specification (CETS); a tender documentation that detailed the project requirements, scope, installation, testing and quality requirements.
  • Wrote the Pre Construction and Construction information documents detailing the health and safety requirements of the project.
  • Managed and supervised contractors in the installation and commissioning phases during a busy station outage period.
  • Liaised with Operations and Maintenance team for project support
  • Worked with the System Owner (the Project Customer) to solve and close out any Technical Queries
  • Supported project close out activities by collating lessons learned reports and generating LTRP (Lifetime Record Pack)
  • Recorded COSHH and MSDS spreadsheets for onsite usage for Contractors
  • Reserve Ultimate Heat Sink (RUHS) Refurbishment Project (Implementation phase)
  • Wrote documentation such as Pre Construction and Construction information documents and the Project Waste Management Plan (PWMP)
  • Additional Experiences:
  • Delivered safety messages during morning team briefs
  • Represented Investment Delivery (Projects) Department during World Quality Day event at the station. Manned the stand and engaged with visitors
  • Attended training courses including Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) training to enhance my plant knowledge

Education

City St George’s, University of London

Master of Engineering — MEng Mechanical Engineering with Hons.

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