Sep 2022 – Nov 2022 · 2 mos · Helsinki Metropolitan Area

• Delivered end-to-end designs for a collaboration tool between brands and TikTok creators through ideation, research, and testing — all within a month.
• Employed the full extent of Figma's prototyping and Design System capabilities to communicate ideas, accelerate design execution, and aid development.

Sep 2022 – Oct 2022 · 1 mo

• Guided leadership on product strategy using research and data.
• Consolidated and rebranded features to improve coherence and reinforce value propositions.

Apr 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

• Helped define product strategy to personalize the platform and increase teacher engagement, growing the community to thousands of users in multiple countries.
• Improved the platform's focus on collaboration by designing a new content format and publishing tools - enabling teachers to go beyond idea-sharing and networking.

Sep 2018 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

• Helped set up and execute the design recruiting process. Hired, onboarded, and trained 20 designers remotely during the pandemic.
• Built and led the Design System team. Evangelized best practices, up-skilled designers, and developed a partnership model with a dozen cross-functional teams.
• Designed foundational frameworks for Ad creation and automation tools - harmonizing the experience across multiple product offerings.

Jan 2018 – Jul 2018 · 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Designed solutions to track the growing competencies of sales teams, improving the in-house team's prototyping and testing practices in the process.

Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Conceptualized and designed the UX for the health and wellbeing app.
• Developed the product roadmap, closely coordinating with leadership, sales, health experts, and external clients.

Apr 2017 – Sep 2017 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked closely with leadership to conduct market research and develop product strategy.
• Led user interviews and built multiple investing tools for users with varying financial expertise.

Oct 2016 – Jan 2017 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Defined the design strategy to create service blueprints, journey maps, and tools - automating several processes, ensuring timely troubleshooting, and promoting community living.

Jul 2016 – Oct 2016 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Hired designers; built the design team and processes. Advocated the role of design to elevate the design thinking of the product team.
• Scaled the centralized design function to provide thought leadership for branding, marketing, research, and UX.

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Designed flows to make basic banking services like remittances, deposits & withdrawals accessible to Indian rural masses via local shops.
• Built the UX design and foundations for 2 mobile apps for consumer and business end users.

Apr 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Built and mentored a design team of 12. Created processes and rituals to facilitate peer learning and continuous experimentation.
• Led the research and design for a suite of consumer and business-facing products, serving a million users.