Pooja Katara

FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Pooja Katara is an architect and immersive experience designer based in Glasgow, with a background in urban design and spatial storytelling.

With professional experience spanning India and Spain, Pooja has worked across diverse contexts, ranging from architectural design and small-scale urban interventions to public art installations and participatory placemaking. Her early work explored how physical environments shape social interactions, and she continues to bring this perspective into her creative practice today.

Trained as an architect, Pooja received the Chairman’s Medal and was awarded a scholarship for her master’s studies at the Glasgow School of Art, where she specialised in Creative Urban Practices. Her approach is grounded in human-centred design, spatial awareness, and a sensitivity to cultural context, drawing on a blend of research, speculative design, and real-world experimentation.

Her work has been showcased at major international platforms like SXSW and Slush, and supported by leading innovation bodies including Innovate UK, Scottish EDGE, and EIT Digital.

Pooja is passionate about using technology as a tool for inclusion, imagination, and storytelling. Her areas of expertise include experience design, augmented reality, urban narratives, and the design of public-facing digital interfaces that are intuitive, meaningful, and socially resonant.

Meet the Team

  • Melissa Sully

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Melissa believes that every great experience begins with a story. With a foundation in Art and Design and a passion for visual communication, her journey started with sketchbooks and curiosity, and has grown into a career centred around shaping meaningful, creative encounters.

    As Chief Operating Officer at SENSEcity, driven by a love for collaboration and innovation, she helps bring immersive ideas to life ensuring every project, from concept to execution, holds onto the heart of what makes it matter: the story at its core.

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  • Harshi Chandwani

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Harshi joined SENSEcity in 2019 as one of its first team members, starting as a Marketing and Communications Intern. She returned in 2022 as a freelance consultant and later became Chief Marketing Officer.

    With a Master’s in Digital Media Design and a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Harshi leads SENSEcity’s creative and strategic marketing. She believes storytelling transforms experiences—turning a scope into a time machine, a blog into reflection, and a campaign into a shared journey.

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  • Emese Stork

    EXPERIENCE DESIGNER

    Emese is a multidisciplinary designer with a background in design research and service design, focusing on civic technologies, participation and public life. With a master’s in Design Innovation and Citizenship, she works across research, strategy and visual communication to support socially driven projects.

    At SENSEcity, Emese shapes the research and systemic thinking behind immersive experiences. She sees storytelling as a way to connect people to systems, places and each other, making complex ideas more tangible and emotionally resonant.

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  • Tiomoid Foley

    HERITAGE ADVISOR

    Tiomóid studied at Queens University of Belfast where he completed a degree in Archaeology with Heritage Science that looked at digital applications and innovation within these sectors. Tiomóid has worked in the innovation, archaeology and conservation space where he has employed scientific methodologies to assist in the innovation process. At SENSEcity, he applies his skills and training to heritage consultation, this is to help make the innovation process more efficient.

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  • Anirudhan Iyengar

    CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

    Anirudhan Iyengar is an Architect, Experimental interaction designer and educator based in Austria. Originally from Mumbai, India to London The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL to Innsbruck, Austria, he is enthusiastic about experimenting with space and technology to create more possibilities. His interest lies in speculative & interaction design, human-machine collaboration & Virtual reality & architecture. His work has been exhibited in London, Moscow, Beijing, Mumbai, Delhi & Innsbruck.

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Join Our Team’s Story

We’re always looking for creative minds, designers, developers, and storytellers to help reimagine how people connect with places and history. If you're passionate about blending technology, narrative, and design, we’d love to hear from you.

Even if we’re not hiring right now, we welcome speculative applications—every great collaboration starts with a conversation.

📩 Send your CV and portfolio to hello@sensecity.co

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