Mehul Sharma

Head of Design

Greater Vancouver, Canada8 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 8+ years of experience in diverse industries.
  • Led design initiatives for Microsoft Azure Stack Suite.
  • Co-founded successful startups with significant user engagement.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS design expert with extensive experience in user-centered design and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design LeadershipProduct DesignDesign StrategyUser-centered DesignProject ManagementUser Interface DesignProduct DevelopmentMarketing StrategyGraphic DesignBusiness StrategyEvent Planning

Other Skills

Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopConcept DevelopmentDesign ThinkingEnthnographyIllustratorInDesignInformation ArchitectureManagementMarketingPhotographyPhotoshopPrototypingPublic SpeakingRapid Prototyping

About

Senior designer at Microsoft with 8+ years of experience in designing cohesive products across technology, retail, education, finance, events, and entertainment. Currently designing experiences for the Microsoft Azure Stack Suite. Prior to working for Microsoft, I was a design lead at Walmart in their enterprise UX team. Previously, I have launched 2 startups and worked for 3 of the biggest conglomerates in India. I enjoy hearing multiple perspectives and identifying opportunities by uncovering unmet customer needs. My experience with startups has enabled me to develop big-picture thinking; while not losing sight of the details. I have come to realize that I actually enjoy ambiguity. As a broad T-shaped individual I try to find analogs from various fields and I am always on the lookout to try something new.

Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Senior Designer (64) - Design lead

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Leading design for Azure Local and Azure Arc Site Manager to monitor, update, remediate at scale
  • Leading design for the lifecycle management of Azure Stack Hyper Converged Infrastructure
  • Designing disconnected scenarios for Azure Local Disconnected Operations
Systems ThinkingDesign StrategyProduct DesignDesign Leadership

Senior Designer (63)

Promoted

Mar 2022Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Lead designer for Azure Stack HCI, actively driving and supporting more than 10 scenarios ranging across Azure Stack HCIs Lifecycle Management including deployment, updates, registration, networking etc.
  • Led 5 designers, and collaborated with 2 content designers, 8 researchers, 20+ developers and 30+ Product Managers across multiple products in the Azure Edge and Platform.
  • Collaborated extensively across 5 geo locations and 6 design teams to create alignment on designs
  • Supported Microsofts D&I initiatives by contributing across multiple initiatives such as the D&I Day of Learning, Microsoft Leap Mentorship Program, Microsoft REACH etc
  • Led initiatives to foster learning across the larger design and research org
Design StrategyUser-centered DesignTeam FacilitationProduct Design

Designer 2

Jun 2021Feb 2022 · 8 mos

  • Supporting Microsoft Azure's hybrid cloud initiatives across Azure Stack by creating end-to-end customer experiences.
Design StrategyProduct DesignDesign ThinkingInformation ArchitectureUsability Testing

Walmart

2 roles

Design Lead - Collab X

Dec 2020May 2021 · 5 mos · Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

  • Pod leader for a pod of 5 designers working on Walmarts Future Ways of Working and Return to Campus initiatives
  • Led the design for 7 enterprise products in return to campus, future ways of working, HR, communications, visitor management system, wayfinding, and campus applications
  • Led and created the Illustration guidelines for Enterprise UX in Walmart
  • Led the research effort to understand the pain points of designers creating illustrations for enterprise UX.
  • Awarded the Making a Difference award for associates who went above and beyond to provide a significant impact to other Walmart associates for my work in creating the illustration guidelines and repository for Enterprise UX.
Project ManagementManagementDesign StrategyDesign LeadershipTeam ManagementProduct Design

Product Designer

Aug 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

  • Designed Walmarts Distribution List product, campus navigation, internal navigation, HR search tool, and more.
  • Conducted usability testing and benchmarking for the products
  • Net NPS increase of +139.5 for the redesigned communications product
  • Average 105% increase in ease of use and satisfaction scores in redesigned products
  • Ran the department UX Sprint planning sessions
User Interface DesignGraphic DesignProduct DesignDesign ThinkingUser Experience Design (UED)

Bank novo

Product Management Intern

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · Greater New York City Area

  • Analyze & optimize client onboarding process to allow for scalability
Product DevelopmentDesign StrategyProduct Design

Rewise me

Co-Founder

Apr 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • ReWise Me is an EdTech startup that gamifies the process of preparing for exams.
  • · Conducted primary and secondary research to understand user needs and pain points
  • · Designed version 1.0 of the application including UX, UI, visual design, and handoff
  • · Conceptualised marketing strategies and reached 50,000+ downloads on Google Play
  • · Led agile ceremonies such as backlog refinement, sprint planning and daily standups.
Design StrategyMarketing StrategyDesign LeadershipTeam ManagementBusiness StrategyDesign Thinking

The new school

Student Communications Designer

Feb 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Broadened scope and identified potential employers of interest
  • Helped organize and promote nearly 200 career events
  • Designed 300+ communications and graphics for the career related events in the department
  • Organized and interacted with a cohort of 2500+ incoming students

Topya!

Social Media Consultant

Nov 2016Jan 2017 · 2 mos

  • Analysed earlier communications
  • Enhanced brand awareness
  • Contributed to the marketing strategy
  • Conceptualised campaigns for Social Media.
MarketingMarketing StrategyGraphic DesignBusiness StrategySocial Media Marketing

Nugami exports

Design and Marketing Consultant

Aug 2016Jul 2017 · 11 mos · Lucknow Area, India

  • Collaborated on the design of their products and catalogue
  • Enabled the startup to acquire their first project of $10,000
Social MediaMarketingMarketing StrategyGraphic DesignSocial Media Marketing

Ombre a-fair

Co Founder

Aug 2015Aug 2016 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

  • Executed one of the largest creative exhibitions in New Delhi with several workshops, performances, and fashion shows spread over 3 days and a footfall of 70,000+ visitors.
  • Managed a team of five members and 9 vendors
  • Created a design language for communications
  • Created UI and UX for the website
  • Converted over 70 clients and 3 major sponsors
  • Increased our online presence to 10,000+ followers
  • Made a 3000+ designer database
  • Created vision, mission statements
  • Made numerous sales pitches and cold calls
Event PlanningProject ManagementManagementMarketing StrategyDesign LeadershipTeam Management

Mahindra retail pvt.ltd

Marketing Intern

Dec 2014Jun 2015 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Developed a pilot project aimed to create ‘Fun & Quirkiness’ during motherhood.
  • Conceptualized a jewellery collection for various stages of motherhood.
  • Designed 60+ products/communications.

Madura fashion & lifestyle (aditya birla fashion & retail ltd.)

Design Intern

Jun 2014Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Developed 3 ranges of consumer handbags
  • Label Design, packaging, invitations, and in-store elements for Peter England

Star tv network

Campus Manager (Marketing Intern)

Sep 2012Jan 2013 · 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Resonance consulting

Intern

Jun 2012Jul 2012 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Education

Parsons School of Design - The New School

Master of Science - MS — Strategic Design Management

Harvard Business School Online

CORE

National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore

Bachelor of Design — Accessories Design

Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj

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