Anurag Rai
Anurag Rai
(uh - noo - raag)

My background (TL;DR version)

 

Design Lead

Lead and mentor designers while balancing business goals and technical realities to deliver high-quality design outcomes.

Product Strategy

Enjoy spending time with users, bringing back insights, drive discovery sessions to ultimately support the creation of a product strategy.

Enterprise UX

Designed for some of Canada’s largest organizations such as CN and Canada Life — for complex, data-heavy systems.

Accessibility

Trained in accessible design principles and WCAG standards, ensuring digital products are inclusive, usable, and meaningful for all users.

  • Extensive experience in modernizing legacy applications.

  • I bring over 8 years of experience overall.

  • To learn more about my background please download my resume below.

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Past Experience

 
 

Canadian National Railway

As a Lead Designer at CN, I guided the direction for large-scale modernization of their legacy systems. I led and mentored designers, collaborated closely with Product Managers, Developers and CN’s internal design system team.

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Digital Hub @ Canada Life Assurance Company

I designed digital experiences that supported millions of Canadians in managing their insurance and financial products. I was an active member of their internal design system team. Creating, moderating and managing the governance of this initiative.

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Libro Credit Union

I designed and maintained Libro’s digital platforms with cross-functional teams. Helped train the staff in Human-Centred Design through Innovation workshops and talks.

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GSPA @ University of Waterloo

I helped build UX strategies to make it easier for a student to sign up & engage with a multimedia based thesis dissemination competition.

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Education


  • Accessibility

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  • Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI)

    GPA: 3.7/4


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  • Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Animation and Multimedia

    CGPA: 8.1/10

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