Saud Bakhar

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

10+ years in product design and strategy.
Co-founded a startup acquired by BookMyShow.
Led teams to enhance user experiences in SaaS products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech product design expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

Contact

saud@ema.co LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignTeam LeadershipUser Experience DesignEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

AI features conceptualizationAI product designAI-powered SEO toolsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCMS integrationCSSCSS3Content marketing platform designCustomer ExperienceDesign ConsultingDesign LeadershipDesign ManagementDesign Team CoordinationDesign system execution

About

10+ years of experience in strategizing and designing products for both consumers and enterprises. ‍ My passion lies in building and enhancing the UI/UX of SaaS products. Additionally, I have more than five years of experience in guiding and mentoring designers in the process of building products. My primary focus is on aligning teams, stakeholders, and user experiences to drive successful businesses and ensure customer satisfaction. Co-founded several startups in the past, one of which was successfully acquired by Bookmyshow(India’s largest movies & events ticketing platform).

Experience

Ema unlimited

Founding Product Designer

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Pepper content

3 roles

Director of Product Design

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led a team of product designers in conceptualising & designing AI features for a content marketing platform, including AI-driven SEO automation, website and blog audits with AI-generated recommendations, and content ROI analytics.
Partnered with designers and developers to plan and execute a comprehensive design system.
Collaborated & strategised with founders and team leaders to construct the annual product roadmap.

AI features conceptualizationDesign system executionTeam collaborationProduct roadmap constructionProduct DesignTeam Leadership

Associate Director - Product Design

Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr

With comprehensive research, revamped the user flow of the content ordering form, resulting in a remarkable 40% increase in the form completion rate.
Strategised with the product team in designing and shipping a new content marketing platform with a range of features to assist users in content strategy, creation, and analysis. The platform included AI-powered SEO tools.

User flow revampContent marketing platform designAI-powered SEO toolsProduct DesignUser Experience Design

Senior Product Designer

Dec 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

Designed and shipped the AI-powered product in a month, Peppertype.ai, aimed at rapid market entry. The swift implementation led to substantial user engagement, with a daily traffic surge of 100,000 users. G2 acknowledged Peppertype as one of the best-designed AI products.
Redesigned the Peppercontent marketplace dashboard, resulting in a 60% increase in adoption due to its enhanced intuitiveness and efficiency, making it more appealing to users.
Developed a strategic plan for the product teams structure and conducted interviews to hire multiple product managers and designers

AI product designMarketplace dashboard redesignStrategic planningProduct DesignUser Experience Design

Razorpay

Senior Product Designer

Dec 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Strategised and designed the overall flow for enabling International Payments on the payment Gateway which increased the gateway GMV by 20%.
Built end-to-end flows for various products and projects (2 Factor authentication, Referral program, Reports page revamp, Redesigning Account settings page, International activation, Onboarding for Partner program, Razorpay s Onboarding revamp)
Was responsible for handling the overall Merchant dashboard experience working along with the Product and Tech team.

International payments strategyEnd-to-end flow designMerchant dashboard experienceProduct DesignUser Experience Design

Bookmyshow

Design Manager

Feb 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Designed movie ratings and reviews flow which helped the company achieve 250% growth in user ratings and reviews, surpassing IMDB review/rating count for indian movies
Revamped movies and events synopsis pages for consistency, integrated with a CMS, enabling the Bookmyshow team to create pages in just a minute, down from 4 days.
Worked in partnership with PMs in designing and successfully shipping projects such as the company’s CMS for events and movies, Jukebox-music streaming service, Events/Movies synopsis page designs.

Movie ratings flow designCMS integrationProject shippingProduct DesignUser Experience Design

Eventifier

Co-founder and Design Head

Jun 2012 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Designed & developed the platform from scratch that helped the company raise $500k funding.
Worked as a product design head and led a team of 2 designers and 2 FE developers in scaling the product and building new features.
Designed the integration strategy for BookMyShow and Eventifier which led the company to a successful exit.
Represented Eventifier at IMEX2014 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany.

Platform designTeam leadershipFunding strategyProduct DesignEntrepreneurship