Akhil Babu

UX Designer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in design research and strategic innovation.
Proven track record in enhancing user experiences.
Strong background in service and business design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Research Specialist with a focus on user experience and strategic design in the Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ResearchStrategic DesignMarket ResearchService DesignUx Research

Other Skills

Product DesignQualitative ResearchQuantitative ResearchStrategic InnovationBusiness DesignBusiness StrategySystem DesignEntrepreneurshipBehavioral Science

About

Yet only an evolved animal, learning more about what humans are, what they do, how we do and why are we doing it in the first place. #defininglogictohumaninteraction&experience

Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

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2 roles

Research operations/ Sr. Design Researcher

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Senior Design Researcher

Nov 2024 – Jul 2025 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Design Researcher as part of IBM z systems for DFSMS looking into Z products (trad) (mainframes)part of infrastructure vertical in ISDL (India System Design Lab)

Design ResearchMarket ResearchProduct DesignQualitative ResearchQuantitative ResearchStrategic Design+2

Bt group

Design Research Specialist

Jul 2024 – Oct 2024 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

As a part of being an IBM consultant for BT, focus is on research to realising different product applications and drafting experience for stakeholders as well as users across the product journeys. User testing products on different ecosystems and drawing out insights for improvement.

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3 roles

Senior Design Consultant

Jan 2024 – Nov 2024 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Research
Design research (product) to realise user observation and translation to business insights and actionable directions. Creating concepts with added nudges to drive customer experience for various clients

Market ResearchQualitative ResearchDesign ResearchQuantitative Research

Design Consultant

Sep 2020 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

UX + Business Design + Service Design
Working with different clients across on roles spanning service, experience, business design and design research.
Worked on projects involving service design to look at journeys driving organisation culture to creating experiences for general users on e-commerce platforms, banking, ed-tech and more

UX researchStrategic DesignBusiness DesignBusiness StrategyService DesignSystem Design

UX/Research Intern

Jun 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mahindra finance

Sr. Design Researcher

Dec 2023 – Apr 2024 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Emeritus

User Experience Designer/ Researcher

Oct 2022 – Feb 2023 · 4 mos

Creating digital presence over new market translating brand history and creating a new e-commerce identity in process. Research on competitive understanding and deliverables across landscape. Mapping new strategies and crafting persona led user journeys.

Bp

Service Designer

Aug 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

As a part of IBM, working with bp to realise modulatory and reusability within organisation. Bringing in culture re-thinking and driving reusability through org marketplace.

Joyalukkas

User Experience Designer

Sep 2021 – Mar 2022 · 6 mos

Rethink & Rejuvenate an e-commerce experience with new user group understanding and mapping right personas. Deriving to the to-be journey encompassing the planned business goals and objectives expanding on the identity and brand of the client.