Ramakrishna V

Head of Design

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 12 years of design leadership experience
Led teams of 60+ in diverse design disciplines
Passionate about mentoring and community contribution

Stackforce AI infers this person is a design leader in the SaaS and travel industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design LeadershipProduct DesignUser Interaction DesignGraphic DesignTeam LeadershipDesign Collaboration

Other Skills

Brand designData analysisDesign engineeringMobile app designProject deliveryPrototypingResearchUX writing

About

I’m Ramakrishna—an engineer-turned-designer shaped by curiosity, craft, and culture. What began as a self-taught journey has grown into 12+ years of building design teams, products, and systems that scale. Over the years, I’ve led teams of 60+ across product design, brand, motion, illustration, UX writing, and design engineering. Today, I head design at Headout, where we create experiences for millions of travelers worldwide—helping them discover, book, and remember the best moments of their lives. My approach to design blends creative instinct with data awareness, grounding ideas in real user behavior while keeping the craft uncompromised. At the core, my philosophy rests on two simple beliefs: - Design should delight. - Form and function live as one. Having traveled to 40+ countries, I draw inspiration from every place I visit—from the streets of Barcelona to the systems of Tokyo. These experiences shape how I think about people, products, and the role of design in everyday life. I believe good work comes from the right mix of smart effort and hard effort—not one without the other. That mindset shows up in how I lead teams, build culture, and take products from zero to one. Outside of work, I contribute actively to the design community through blogs and mentoring. For me, design should be shared, not stored—and the best way to grow is to teach what you learn.

Experience

7 yrs 2 mos

Zeta Suite

– Present

1 yr

Housing.com

– Present

Headout

Senior Director of Design

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · India · Hybrid

Leading the design function at Headout across product, brand, UX writing, and design engineering. The team is responsible for shaping experiences used by millions of travelers and thousands of partners across the world.
The focus is on building a design org that’s fast, curious, and grounded in real-world impact. We combine research, data, and craft to create products that drive both user delight and business growth. Internally, we’ve built tools and systems that streamline operations, unlock speed, and improve decision-making across teams.
The culture is one of ownership, continuous learning, and using AI thoughtfully—not as a trend, but as a practical lever to design and build better.

Design leadershipProduct designBrand designUX writingDesign engineeringResearch+1

Zoho corporation

User Interaction Designer

May 2013 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Chennai Area, India

Worked on one of the flagship and revenue giving products called Zoho creator. Made it mobile friendly and created a new sub-product called mCreator where users can build mobile apps within our platform with ease. I have been working on User interaction design, graphic design and working prototype that adhere to corresponding guidelines and best practices. Experienced in designing for desktop, Mobile devices, Tablet, and web applications, from storyboard creation to detailed Prototype Design. Inhibiting in-depth knowledge on colors, typography, wearable devices, gamification, Affordance and NoUI.

User interaction designGraphic designPrototypingMobile app design

Daksh 7

Design Lead

May 2012 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

I was leading a team of 20 members while collectively collaborating with them in delivering the design materials required for the work. Successfully completed and delivered many projects including banners, posters, logos, flex prints, and many design deliverables individually in my period.

Team leadershipDesign collaborationProject delivery