Maya Pillai

Product Designer

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland12 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over six years of experience in user experience design.
  • Led design for a healthcare mobile app enhancing patient care.
  • Championed user-focused design thinking across organizations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UX designer specializing in healthcare applications and design systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignProduct Design

Other Skills

Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopArtArt DirectionBrochuresCommercial PhotographyConcept DevelopmentCorporate IdentityCreative DirectionDesign ResearchDesign ThinkingDesign system developmentDesign system managementDesign systemsDigital Photography

About

With over six years of experience in user experience design, I am passionate about creating products that improve people's lives and health. Currently, I am a senior UX designer at Elekta, where I lead the design for Kaiku Health's patient experience, a digital platform that connects cancer patients with their care teams. In my role, I navigate an ambiguous problem space to create a clear product vision rooted in user insights and data. I influence product and engineering to incorporate impactful features into product roadmaps and evangelise user-focused thinking across the organisation. I also design the Kaiku Health mobile app for patients and facilitate the development of the internal design system. Some of the skills I use daily are creative direction, user research, user testing, user interface design, and user flow design.

Experience

Ōura

Product Designer

Nov 2025Present · 4 mos

Elekta

2 roles

Senior UX Designer

Promoted

Oct 2022Oct 2025 · 3 yrs

  • Lead the design of Kaiku Health's mobile app for patients and web software for healthcare professionals, ensuring a user-centered approach throughout the development process.
  • Influence product and engineering teams to integrate impactful features into product roadmaps, enhancing overall user experience and functionality.
  • Champion user-focused thinking across the organization, fostering a culture of empathy and understanding for end-users.
  • Lead the Elekta design system by improving workflows and establishing processes that ensure alignment with product team needs, contributions and business goals.
  • Collaborate with the user research team on discovery research, documenting and presenting usability findings to inform and guide product decisions.
User experience designMobile app designWeb software designUser-centered designProduct roadmapsDesign system management+3

UX Designer

Aug 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Designing the Kaiku Health mobile app for patients and facilitating the development of the internal design system
User experience designMobile app designDesign system developmentProduct design

Houston inc.

UX Designer

May 2018Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

  • User experience design for enterprise products and design systems.
  • I worked closely with business managers to design products that benefit the end customer and prioritise features based on user needs. I facilitated co-creation workshops and worked closely with developers to design accessible and usable digital interfaces.
  • My daily work involved designing user flows and interfaces, conducting user tests and iterating and crafting products that take user feedback into account. As part of a design system team for a client I also facilitated sessions within the team to better our ways of working.
User experience designDesign systemsUser testingUser flow designProduct design

Aalto university

Research Assisstant

Mar 2017Mar 2018 · 1 yr · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Webmaster and social media manager for the research group — Design Driven Value Chains in the World of Cellulose (A Tekes Funded Collaboration between Aalto University, VTT, Tampere University of Technology & University of Vaasa )
  • http://cellulosefromfinland.fi

Creya learning & research

Education Program Manager

Jan 2014May 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad

  • Part of the startup team of the company and was actively engaged in building and strengthening the strategies, processes and systems from scratch
  • Managed a team of 10 to develop and deliver a Professional Development Program for K-10 educators.
  • Conducted user studies and research with teachers in the areas of experiential learning in classrooms
  • Designed and conducted workshops on Design Thinking and Photography for K-10 educators from across the country.
  • Critically studied the quality of the delivery of Creya XEL at schools across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with key stakeholders by understanding their needs and vision for the Creya XEL program at their schools.

Gaatha handicrafts

Product Photographer

May 2013Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

  • Developed a photography brand language
  • Conceptualized and photographed products for the company's e-commerce website

Freelance

Freelance Visual Designer

Nov 2012Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Branding & Identity Design for startups
  • Game art and Interface Design of casual games for mobile devices

The republic

Graphic Designer

Jun 2010Mar 2011 · 9 mos · Mumbai, India

  • Conceptualized and created magazine and newspaper ads for clients
  • Created E-mailers and flyers for promotional events
  • Co-ordinated and art directed a photo shoot for hotel, home and bath products
  • These photos were subsequently used to design multiple standard and festive brochures.

Mccann healthcare, shanghai

Graphic Design Intern

May 2009Jun 2009 · 1 mo · Shanghai, China

  • Attended and contributed in ideating sessions for a new product launch
  • Collected and curated stock image library for internal usage

Education

Aalto University

Master of Arts (MA) — New Media Design

Jan 2016Jan 2019

National Institute of Design

Post Graduate Diploma — Photography

Jan 2011Jan 2013

University for the Creative Arts

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) — Photography

Jan 2011Jan 2013

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

B.Des — Communication Design

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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