I'm Ashrita, a Brooklyn-based strategist and designer.
I shape inclusive, joyful, and
climate-friendly cities globally.
Obsessed with people-first mobility + blue-green infrastructure, health + wellbeing, participatory public service delivery, and vibrant public life. I ask a lot of questions, think in systems, and love a good brainstorm.
Get in touch for full-time, contract, and consulting work.
Obsessed with people-first mobility + blue-green infrastructure, health + wellbeing, participatory public service delivery, and vibrant public life. I ask a lot of questions, think in systems, and love a good brainstorm.
Get in touch for full-time, contract, and consulting work.
CASE STUDIES
I bring nearly a decade of experience serving public, private, and nonprofit sector organizations. I blend skills from my background in qualitative research, experience design (physical + digital), and strategic planning to create thoughtful solutions at the intersection of people, place, and policy.
I bring nearly a decade of experience serving public, private, and nonprofit sector organizations. I blend skills from my background in qualitative research, experience design (physical + digital), and strategic planning to create thoughtful solutions at the intersection of people, place, and policy.
I bring nearly a decade of experience serving public, private, and nonprofit sector organizations. I blend skills from my background in qualitative research, experience design (physical + digital), and strategic planning to create thoughtful solutions at the intersection of people, place, and policy.
WHAT I DO
I wear many hats from vision through implementation.
I bring clarity for decision-makers and teams around:
I bring clarity for decision-makers and teams around:
What to buildHow to bring it to lifeWhether it's creating social, environmental, and financial value
I wear many hats from vision through implementation.
I partner with decision-makers and teams to figure out:
+ What to build
+ How to bring it to life
+ Whether it's creating social, environmental, and financial value
I wear many hats from vision through implementation.
I partner with decision-makers and teams to figure out:
I partner with decision-makers and teams to figure out:
What to buildHow to bring it to lifeWhether it's creating social, environmental, and financial value
Research + Advisory
Every project begins with collective sense-making from high level to eye level. I tailor multi-method research protocols to provide insights that range from how how design, policy, power, and governance shape quality of life to how people actually navigate and use their environments and tools.
Research + Advisory
Every project begins with collective sense-making from high level to eye level. I tailor multi-method research protocols to provide insights that range from how how design, policy, power, and governance shape quality of life to how people actually navigate and use their environments and tools.
Research + Advisory
Discover. Every project begins with hands-on research and collective sense-making of human experience and behavior.
Strategic Design + Planning
Research finds its form in strategy. I design programs, policies, services, and experiences that meet people where they are while building toward more sustainable futures.
Strategic Design + Planning
Research finds its form in strategy. I design programs, policies, services, and experiences that meet people where they are while building toward more sustainable futures.
Strategic Design + Planning
Enact. Insight become solutions through through stakeholder visioning, participatory design, dialogue, and storytelling.
Implementation + Activation
Lasting change requires stewardship. I turn plans into action by collaborating closely with implementation teams, whether that involves internal capacity building or public-facing pilots that test and improve on ideas before scaling.
Implementation + Activation
Lasting change requires stewardship. I turn plans into action by collaborating closely with implementation teams, whether that involves internal capacity building or public-facing pilots that test and improve on ideas before scaling.
Implementation + Activation
Lasting change requires stewardship. I turn plans into action by collaborating closely with implementation teams, whether that involves internal capacity building or public-facing pilots that test and improve on ideas before scaling.
Testimonial
"Ashrita has a strong intuition for business and project management and is conscious of budgets, designer time and project outcomes from the perspective of building value."
"Ashrita has a strong intuition for business and project management and is conscious of budgets, designer time and project outcomes from the perspective of building value."