Akhil Patel

Product Manager

San Francisco, California, United States7 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Designed experiences for products used by millions.
Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on user experience.
Expert in tackling complex interaction problems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Designer with a strong focus on SaaS and Tech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignInteraction DesignDesign SystemVisual DesignChatbot Design

Other Skills

Brand IdentityPrototypingProject ManagementLeadershipDesign ThinkingUser-centered DesignHuman Computer InteractionDesign ResearchInformation ArchitectureAdobe Creative Suite

About

Hi, I’m Akhil. Designing in pixels & thinking in systems. My strength lies in storytelling, architecting systems, and crafting gripping visuals+interactions. I have an entrepreneurial mindset and I thrive in complexity, ambiguity, constraints, and ambitious teams. I've always had a knack for improving product experiences, even before I entered the design domain. And naturally, designing digital experiences, later on, felt like home to me. Over the years, I've developed an affinity for tackling complex interaction and behavioral problems. I can think in various levels of abstraction, ranging from micro-level visual design & interactions to macro-level system challenges. I've created 0→1 experiences as well as owned design for products used by 100s of millions of people. My goal is to positively touch a billion lives and I believe there isn't a better time to do that.

Experience

Hero assistant

Founding Designer - Mobile / Voice / AI

May 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Founding designer (first US hire) for a one of a kind, all-in-one daily assistant powered by voice and AI auto-complete. 500,000+ users with 4.9⭐️ rating on the app store. Consistently ranked within the top #200 productivity apps. Designed the e2e UX, brand identity, design system, and everything in between. Supported the team go from whiteboard to launch to product-market-fit.

User Experience DesignDesign SystemBrand Identity

Ramp

Senior Product Designer - Advisor Console & Growth

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 · 6 mos

Worked briefly on Growth acquisition efforts and helped design the Ramp Advisor Console.

User Experience Design

Boompop

Senior Product Designer - Platform

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Microsoft

3 roles

Product Designer II - Search / Ads

Sep 2020 – Aug 2021 · 11 mos

Product Designer I - Search / E-commerce / Ads

Jun 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

I work on the retail segment of Microsoft Bing, crafting e-commerce focused scalable experiences across surfaces.
I have designed & shipped multiple high-volume experiences (80M+ monthly active users) which contribute to the $100M+ revenue annually.
Some key shipped experiences include Shop Hub, Offers on Bing, Black Friday/weekly ads, product ads revamp, brand storefronts, etc.
I am the user advocate in the larger product team and work extensively on strategy, visual design, research, motion design & prototyping.

User Experience DesignVisual DesignPrototyping

Product Design Intern - Skype

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Conceptualized and designed a chatbot from scratch for Skype (all platforms).
Conceptualized a user engagement model for high user retention and accordingly designed scenarios, bot personality, conversation flow and new features to accomplish the business goals of the project.
Managed a team of 4 developers and drove the project to successful implementation (complete ship-ready product) within the deadlines.

User Experience DesignChatbot Design

Guidr

Founder

Dec 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Created a marketplace platform for people to get quality consultation and help in different domains from industry experts. Launched the mobile app in July ‘19.
Did the marketing, content creation, operations, legal, customer support, and experience design. Hired an intern for development work.
Currently repivoting this idea based on pilot feedback to bring something more exciting in the market.

Pakit

Co-Founder

Oct 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Dispur, Assam, India

Pakit is a global peer-to-peer platform for connecting senders, travelers, and buyers.
Travelers can earn money by utilizing their unused baggage space while traveling across countries, state or cities whereas senders can ship items at cheaper rates from one place to another with their help.
People across the globe wish for things which are expensive or not available in their vicinity and travelers can help them by delivering it.
Working towards creating an unmatched and reliable user experience for the peer-to-peer sharing community through trustworthy design.