A real day in my life as a Senior UX consultant (it's not what you think)
A real day in my life as a senior UX consultant in India — and it's not what most UX videos show you.
I spent 8 hours working yesterday. Only 2 of those hours were in Figma.
In this video I walk you through the full day - a client call where I helped them cut features instead of add them, 3 hours of user research synthesis, a stakeholder presentation where design was barely mentioned, and finally 2 hours of actual design work.
The big insight: senior UX designers spend more time translating than designing. Translating user needs into business language, data into decisions, design choices into outcomes that non-designers can act on.
If you're a UX designer in India trying to grow past ₹8–12 LPA — this video shows you exactly what the jump to senior actually looks like. Not the aesthetic version. The real one.
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⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 — Why most UX day-in-my-life videos are misleading
0:45 — 8:30am: The client call (they wanted more features - I helped them cut two)
3:30 — 10:00am: User research synthesis - 11 recordings, 3 hours, 2 insights
7:00 — 1:00pm: The stakeholder presentation (design was barely mentioned)
10:30 — 3:00pm: Finally, Figma - only 2 hours out of 8
13:45 — 5:00pm: Mentoring call + the real skill nobody teaches you
16:30 — The translation skill that separates junior from senior
17:45 — What I'm building for designers who want this faster
18:30 — Final thoughts
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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
Join the UX Design Accelerator Cohort (Live webinar, max 20 people):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeosnzyX5GjP_hzPI5hptb5nMsxVojfczR6CrSyYOWaoi2kgQ/viewform?usp=dialog
The core problem it solves: Most UX designers know the process but can't translate their work into business outcomes. They're stuck not because of skill gaps, but because nobody's ever watched them work and told them specifically what to change.
Book a 1:1 Intact call: A 60 mins call + Multiple follow ups
https://topmate.io/tharani_subramanian/2063460?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&utm_campaign=tharani_subramanian&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn81EpB92HXgUiNHLegK15AcYpSKnaLsuTPE2lrWEt0QWS9LQRkidAAf2hrU0_aem_S1DAS25E6w8tP9DpC7_qSA
Free UX portfolio checklist - DM me on Instagram with the word CHECKLIST:
@tharani_into_uxuidesign
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👋 WHO AM I?
I'm Tharani - senior UX designer and consultant with 8+ years of experience. I work with product teams to figure out what to build and why, and I create content for designers who want to grow faster than the usual trial-and-error timeline.
This channel is for UX designers in India (and everywhere) who want real craft, real business thinking, and honest feedback on what it actually takes to level up.
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📌 FOLLOW ME
→ Instagram: @tharani_into_uxuidesign
→ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tharanins
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I spent 8 hours working yesterday. Only 2 of those hours were in Figma.
In this video I walk you through the full day - a client call where I helped them cut features instead of add them, 3 hours of user research synthesis, a stakeholder presentation where design was barely mentioned, and finally 2 hours of actual design work.
The big insight: senior UX designers spend more time translating than designing. Translating user needs into business language, data into decisions, design choices into outcomes that non-designers can act on.
If you're a UX designer in India trying to grow past ₹8–12 LPA — this video shows you exactly what the jump to senior actually looks like. Not the aesthetic version. The real one.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 — Why most UX day-in-my-life videos are misleading
0:45 — 8:30am: The client call (they wanted more features - I helped them cut two)
3:30 — 10:00am: User research synthesis - 11 recordings, 3 hours, 2 insights
7:00 — 1:00pm: The stakeholder presentation (design was barely mentioned)
10:30 — 3:00pm: Finally, Figma - only 2 hours out of 8
13:45 — 5:00pm: Mentoring call + the real skill nobody teaches you
16:30 — The translation skill that separates junior from senior
17:45 — What I'm building for designers who want this faster
18:30 — Final thoughts
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
Join the UX Design Accelerator Cohort (Live webinar, max 20 people):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeosnzyX5GjP_hzPI5hptb5nMsxVojfczR6CrSyYOWaoi2kgQ/viewform?usp=dialog
The core problem it solves: Most UX designers know the process but can't translate their work into business outcomes. They're stuck not because of skill gaps, but because nobody's ever watched them work and told them specifically what to change.
Book a 1:1 Intact call: A 60 mins call + Multiple follow ups
https://topmate.io/tharani_subramanian/2063460?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&utm_campaign=tharani_subramanian&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn81EpB92HXgUiNHLegK15AcYpSKnaLsuTPE2lrWEt0QWS9LQRkidAAf2hrU0_aem_S1DAS25E6w8tP9DpC7_qSA
Free UX portfolio checklist - DM me on Instagram with the word CHECKLIST:
@tharani_into_uxuidesign
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
👋 WHO AM I?
I'm Tharani - senior UX designer and consultant with 8+ years of experience. I work with product teams to figure out what to build and why, and I create content for designers who want to grow faster than the usual trial-and-error timeline.
This channel is for UX designers in India (and everywhere) who want real craft, real business thinking, and honest feedback on what it actually takes to level up.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📌 FOLLOW ME
→ Instagram: @tharani_into_uxuidesign
→ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tharanins
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If this video helped you — subscribe. More videos like this coming every week.
#uxdesign #uxdesigner #dayinmylife #uxcareer #uxindia #senioruxdesigner #productdesign #figma #userresearch #uxportfolio #designcareer #uxmentor #designthinking #uxconsultant #uxdesignertips
Follow me on
https://www.instagram.com/tharani_into_uxuidesign/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tharanins/
#uxui
#ux
#ui
#uxuidesign