Megha Satish is a multidisciplinary designer and strategist with 12 years of experience across branding, industrial design, customer experience, and marketing, having worked with 250+ brands across 15+ industries and 10 countries. Raised in Dubai, she brings a naturally cross-cultural, globally-minded lens to her work, one that shows up in how she approaches brands built for diverse, international audiences.
Background
- Certificate in Design Thinking, IIT Bombay
- Masters in Industrial Design, Florence Design Academy, Italy
- BSc in Information Systems and Management, Manipal University, Dubai Campus
Career Highlights
- Started in industrial design, creating signage systems for luxury hotels, hospitals, and entertainment spaces, and luxury ceramic tiles for brands like RAK Ceramics
- Co-founded two creative studios, Design Makers (Dubai & Bangalore) and Kreatr, leading brand identity, packaging, and strategy for clients including Emirates, Barakat, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Dubai Safari, and Majid Al Futtaim
- Currently runs an independent design practice, UrbnBrnd, and continues to take on select branding and strategy projects
Recent Work & Specialization
Her practice has recently evolved into neurodesign and neuromarketing, applying the science of how the brain perceives and responds to visual communication to branding and packaging decisions, so design choices are grounded in psychology as much as aesthetics.
Teaching
- Conducted 25+ independent workshops and 7 workshops across 5 educational institutions, training 1,200+ students and professionals
- Invited as workshop lead and jury member by institutions including SJB School of Architecture and Planning and JD School of Design
- Brings a cross-functional, systems-driven approach to the classroom, encouraging students to see design as the connective tissue between strategy, psychology, and human experience