Meet Nina
My work has always been about people: Customers, teams, and the impact on our shared society. I bring 20+ years of designing software, e-commerce platforms, marketing materials, design systems, and good ol fashioned newsprint to my creative approach.
Highlights of my career include scaling the design team and practice at Pivotal Labs across 12+ office worldwide and building out three sub brands and the design system at Mailchimp. My work at Stripe, Twilio, and Faire focused on bringing a consumer experience and thoughtful AI to technical tools. I’m driven to build software that absorb complexity and put screens in the background. I’m energized by building up emerging design leaders at all levels in service of software that shapes a better society. Across this site, look for photography from my travels that shaped my visual perspective of our world and my work.
I live in Brooklyn, New York and bring a global lens after building out an office in Berlin, working for a nimble startup in Tokyo, designing magazines in London, designing print for the widest circulated newspaper in Indiana, and spending nearly a decade in Silicon Valley—though I’m a proud Chicago gal.
I read tarot cards and spend time surfing at the Rockaways, listening to techno, and musing psychoanalysis.
Design Pairing
Mailchimp's Nina Mehta believes that design pairing can improve work quality and save time. Here, she shares how to structure it, plus tips for convincing your boss that it's a good idea.
Building Teams
Overviews of offices, teams, and communities Nina has built out for inhouse and consulting companies around the world. It all starts with great people and efficient operations to focus on community and delivering great work.
Working with Nina, my design leadership goals
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ByDesign Conference: Shipping Better Products Faster
UX Specialized event focused on design and digital journeys in Prague, CZ. People often think of designers as creative visionaries. But our job is to fall in love with problems not solutions. In this talk, learn collaboration techniques you can use tomorrow to get good ideas on the table earlier and ship better products faster.
Communities
Designer Fund - Design focused venture partner that invests in early-stage tech companies that design to improve health, sustainability, and prosperity for all people.
Leading Design - A supportive community nurturing design leadership through inspiring and engaging events, conferences and retreats