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Maanik Sinha

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Designed products with 50M+ MAU.
  • Led design for multiple successful consumer products.
  • Mentored a team of 15 designers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned User Experience Designer with expertise in Entertainment and Fintech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignDesign ManagementUx ResearchMobile App Development

Other Skills

AndroidAndroid SDKCC++Change ManagementCommercial PhotographyCore JavaCross-functional Team LeadershipDesign ThinkingHTML 5HTML5JSPJavaJavaScriptOrganizational Leadership

About

A growth-centric designer, with 8 years in solving complex problems in Entertainment, Home services, and Financial Services. Built consumer products with 50M+ MAU & business products for 8M+ MSMEs.

Experience

Kotak securities

VP of Product Design

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Airtel

2 roles

Principal Lead, Head of Design @ Airtel Xstream Play

Nov 2023May 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Led cross-functional team in redesigning Xstream Play OTT for mobile, web, and large screens, resulting in a 1.5x increase in average screen-time and a 10% growth in subscriptions.
  • Led the design for Wynk Studio from inception, contributing to 5% of total music streams.
  • Led the design from inception for Airtel Gaming MVP and scaled it to 50k organic users.
  • Manage and mentor a team of 15 designers, grow them to meet their aspirations.
User Experience DesignDesign Management

Senior Lead Product Design

Jun 2021Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Leading vision & strategy to deliver the customer centric experience for Xstream Play OTT, Xstream DTH TV, Wynk Music, Wynk for Artist & Airtel Gaming. Driving user engagement as the north star metric and prioritising user retention as the ultimate goal.
  • Partner with external stakeholders (e.g., Sony, Lionsgate, etc.) and internal teams (product, content curation, growth, marketing), to define and gain buy-in on product strategy.
  • Collaborate with other leads and program management staff to establish clear design tasks, schedules, and expectations.
  • Engage in frequent feedback to raise the bar on quality through collaboration.
  • Hire, mentor, and manage future designers, enabling them to reach their potential.
User Experience DesignDesign Management

Urban company (formerly urbanclap)

Senior Product Designer

Nov 2019May 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Led the re-design for post booking and service delivery experience, increased
  • Delivered NPS by 10%.
  • Revamped the service rating and feedback collection system, resulting in a
  • 42% decrease in negative ratings and a 4.8% increase in repeat bookings.
  • Revamped the subscription selling experience, increased subscription rate by
  • 6.2%.
User Experience DesignDesign Management

Paytm

User Experience Designer

Jan 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Led research and design for Paytm POS machine from scratch, now utilized
  • by over 8 million merchants in India.
  • Built multiple products from the ground up, including Paytm Bank, Paytm for
  • Business, Hotels, and Customer Lifecycle Manager.
  • Present the research findings to the CEO, align stakeholders, and design solutions to the identified problems.
User Experience DesignUX Research

Sahapedia.org

UX Designer

Oct 2017Jan 2018 · 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Created onboarding, curation, and exploration experiences for India Heritage
  • Walk Festivals 2018.
  • Designed web experience for museums to establish their online presence for
  • the Museum of India program.
User Experience DesignUX Research

Unhcr, the un refugee agency

Design Intern

Feb 2017Jun 2017 · 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Built experiences for Afghan children to empower them, fostering lasting societal change.
UX Research

Tarantula labs

Co-founder Technology Operations

Apr 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gandhinagar

  • Design & developed the 'Kidoro Health' app for expectant mothers, integrating diverse healthcare services at one place.
UX Research

Nepal photo project

User Experience Designer Intern

Jan 2015Apr 2015 · 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Document and design a real-time web feed capturing the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal earthquake, featured in global media like Washington Post & NY Times.
UX Research

Infosys technologies ltd

Sr. Mobile App Developer

Mar 2012Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Developed mobile apps like ANZ Insurance, My Stocks, and My Expenses for clients such as ANZ Bank and Cisco.
Mobile App Development

Education

National Institute of Design

Master's degree — Photography Design

Jan 2014Jan 2017

University for the Creative Arts

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) — Photography

Jan 2016Jan 2016

Jaipur Engineering College, kukas

B-Tech — Computer Science

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Adarsh Vidhya Bhavan Public Shool

Intermediate

Jan 2005Jan 2007

St. Mary's Convent School

High school

Jan 1992Jan 2005

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