Praveen Tewatia

Head of Design

New Delhi, Delhi, India16 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 16+ years in consumer strategy and product design.
  • Expert in Omni-channel user experiences and mentorship.
  • Proven track record in scaling digital platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UX and Product Design expert in B2C digital platforms.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design LeadershipProduct DesignCustomer Experience

Other Skills

Augmented Reality (AR)CSSCard SortingCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Content DesignData-Driven ApproachDesign ManagementDesign StrategyDesign Team CoordinationDesign ThinkingDreamweaverFlashFlash AnimationGraphic DesignGraphics

About

Praveen Tewatia has acquired extensive expertise over 16+ years, crafting dedicated consumer strategies. Leading product design and digital customer experiences at esteemed internet and digital platform companies in India, USA, and Germany, he scaled Dainik Jagran's Digital presence, TimesInternet, Snapdeal.com, Goibibo, Lifecare Health, INDmoney, Sixt, Lyft, Rupifi, and Google India. He specializes in leading multi-functional teams to craft the best user experience practices. Praveen excels in delivering lovable Omni-channel experiences based on consumer personas and behaviors. He mentors start-ups and makes strategic investments too. Key Strengths: - Launching new products/geographies & achieving Product-Market Fit: Praveen joined Dainik Jagran's digital arm in 2009, building offline to online presence. Implementing strategies for Vernacular News, Health, Education, Lifestyle, he reached 40M users. He launched multiple products/new geographies for businesses. - Growth/Marketing & Strategy/PnL Management: Praveen drove growth at Lifecare. Setting up digital marketing and growth channels, orders grew from 800 to 6K daily with Rs900+ AOV under Rs140 CAC. - Entrepreneurship and Start-up Mentorship: Praveen founded & led Carepulse & Lifecare. He led a 30+ team, achieving cash flow positivity. He mentored start-ups and was offered co-founder roles. - Strategic Consultation and Conceptualization: Collaborating with Ashish Kashyap, Praveen shaped ideas around family office, leading to INDmoney/wealth. He excels as a consultant for effective business strategies. In conclusion, Praveen's extensive experience, leadership skills, and entrepreneurial spirit make him an exceptional asset. He thrives in product design, digital customer experiences, and growth-oriented strategies, making him influential in consumer-focused businesses.

Experience

Lity

Keepsme (Lity)

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · India

Customer Experience

Prudential plc

Head of Design - India

May 2021Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design LeadershipProduct DesignUX ResearchDesign ThinkingContent DesignSystems Design+3

Milkbasket

Design Head Consultant - Advisor

Apr 2021Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Customer ExperienceDesign ManagementDesign Strategy

Sixt

Head of UX & Design - India

Sep 2018Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Define & optimise seamless user experiences to increase engagement, conversions, and sales.
  • Enabling product, business, and engineering team to collaborate with the design team to
  • own research & deliver design solutions for both users and businesses.
  • Established intake process with an agreement between stakeholders and the design team.
  • Enabling team to Identify, define and simplify UX for the various user and customer touchpoints.
Customer Experience

Lifcare

Director/Core Team Member (Head UI/UX & Digital Marketing)

Apr 2016Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Responsible for all product initiatives across LifCare and own following functional areas at Lifecare Health:
  • Design
  • Product Marketing
  • Analytics
  • Growth
  • Identify untapped opportunities for user-value within products and services.
Customer Experience

Goibibo

Associate Director - User Experience

Oct 2015Mar 2016 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Responsible for overall User Interface and User Experience Design of the Goibibo mobile products.
Customer Experience

Snapdeal

Lead Product Designer UI/UX

Oct 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

  • Responsible for the overall User Interface and User Experience Design of the product (both web as well as mobile).
  • Collaborated with a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of product managers, engineering and developers to conceptualize, build and validate new product concepts.
  • Lead the redesign working with teams. During this time we also rebuilt the interactive charts to modernize the interface, improve performance and user experience.
  • Post-acquisition of Freecharge in March 2015, I was given the charter to define and launched Freecharge Wallet Experience - Worked on Strategic Projects to improve the Payment Experience for Indian Consumers.
Customer Experience

Dainik jagran

Head: UI and UX

Dec 2009May 2014 · 4 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Conceptualized and built the core UI/UX design team from scratch to 22+ associates.
  • Lead design of jagran.com on the web, mobile, and the apps for Android, iOS and Windows
  • Lead interaction design strategy from a piece of rich content to a native app to a website, and steward UX strategy through design and development
  • Estimated Interaction Design efforts involved in scoping and facilitated decision-making with the creative, content, and technology areas
  • Collaborated with a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of product managers, engineering and developers to conceptualize, build and validate new product concepts
  • Planned, delegated, oversaw, finalized, and presented ID team deliverables
  • Managed and mentored new hires and junior members of the growing IxD team
  • Designed for affiliates, ERP and CRM platform by working closely with the creative team, strategists, and technologists to create impactful designs that supported business, brand, and customer
  • Created customer journeys, experience maps, ecosystem diagrams that account for different users, channels, screen and customer journeys within multiple contexts
  • Developed detailed navigation flows, site maps, wireframes and interface design/ functional specifications that capture site processes and all user interaction points within the system
  • Developed research objectives and conducted research to uncover customer needs and behaviors
Customer Experience

Photosindia com private limited

Sr. UI/UX Designer

Jul 2007Nov 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Accountable for designing projects for clients in the USA and India.
  • Entrusted with developing & finalization of designs and artwork.
  • Instrumental in Flash Animation, sketching and Web Designing with the table-less layout.
  • Instrumental in Drupal Themes and Flax layout Designs.
Customer Experience

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Higher Diploma — Business Management and Digital Marketing

Jan 2018Jan 2018

University of Michigan

User Experience Research & Design Specialization — User Experience Research & Design Specialization

Jan 2021Present

Oxford Software Institute

Diploma

Jan 2007Jan 2008

Delhi University

Bachelor of Arts

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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