Deepa Suryanarayanan

Head of Design

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 21+ years of cross-domain experience in design.
  • Led high-impact projects for global clients like Google.
  • Expert in AI-aided design and user experience workflows.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned UX/UI designer with expertise in FMCG and technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignCreative Direction

Other Skills

Design Team CoordinationDesign ManagementSalesforceUX AuditingHeuristic EvaluationAuditingIllustrationArt DirectionInteraction DesignGraphic DesignLogo DesignMagazinesNewspapersGraphicsConcept Development

About

Professional Summary With 21+ years of cross‑domain experience spanning experience‑design consulting, media, FMCG, corporate communications, branding, and interactive digital solutions, I bring a blend of strategic thinking and hands‑on design leadership. Key strengths include: • UI/UX workflows, prototyping, and end‑user testing • User research, insights generation, trend analysis, and competitive benchmarking • AI‑aided research—pattern detection, sentiment analysis, behaviour clustering, predictive insights • Ideation, conceptualisation, and visualisation for interactive digital products • Storytelling through storyboards, animatics, motion graphics, illustration, and visual scripting • Brand strategy through systemised messaging and cohesive visual identity • Cross‑functional collaboration and clear communication across teams • Project/account management and leadership support for design teams • AI‑enhanced outcomes such as personalised experience mapping, smart content generation, and data‑informed design optimisation • Use of generative AI for rapid exploration, simulated user journeys, hypothesis validation, and adaptive design frameworks Client Project Highlights I have led and contributed to high‑impact projects for global clients such as Frito‑Lay/PepsiCo and Google, delivering user‑centric solutions across complex operational ecosystems. For Frito‑Lay, I served as Creative Lead, driving user experience workflows for mobile and field‑enablement solutions built on Salesforce. My work supported real‑time operational visibility, streamlined delivery‑route management, and improved frontline productivity. For Google, I conducted end‑to‑end UX audits and heuristic evaluations for developer‑facing tools, unifying fragmented design workflows, standardising interaction patterns, and improving cognitive clarity for product teams. I also defined content and monitoring strategies that transformed the product into a more intuitive, business‑ready solution.

Experience

23 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
5 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Ibm

Design Director

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Responsibilities & Impact
  • Support client engagements by contributing to POCs, RFPs, pitches, roadmap definition, and strategic planning.
  • Deliver innovative user experience workflows and market‑ready solutions through individual contribution and leadership of major work streams.
  • Define the overall creative direction, experience design, and visual storytelling techniques for large‑scale projects and complex design challenges.
  • Build systems of consistent messaging and visual identity that strengthen brand authority and improve audience connection.
  • Lead and organise initiatives that mentor, elevate, and give back to the design community across studios.
  • Envision and implement studio‑wide initiatives, mentoring teams on craft, design thinking, and best‑practice standards.
  • Integrate AI‑aided research (sentiment analysis, behavioural clustering, predictive journey insights) to enhance early‑stage discovery and decision‑making.
  • Establish AI‑driven workflows to optimise concept generation, rapid prototyping, content creation, and design‑to‑development documentation—improving speed and reducing iteration cycles.
  • Develop AI‑enhanced retail strategy leveraging demand forecasting, shopper‑behaviour modeling, and in‑store experience simulation to shape data‑driven omnichannel retail journeys.
  • Apply generative AI to explore new service models, intelligent store layouts, adaptive merchandising frameworks, and market‑responsive retail innovations.
  • Led high‑impact projects for global clients including Frito‑Lay/PepsiCo and Google, delivering user‑centric solutions across complex workflows.
  • For Frito‑Lay, served as Creative Lead, driving UX for Salesforce‑based mobile and field‑enablement tools that improved real‑time visibility, route efficiency, and frontline productivity.
  • For Google, conducted comprehensive UX audits and heuristic evaluations to unify design workflows, standardise interaction patterns, and enhance cognitive clarity.
Design Team CoordinationDesign ManagementUser Experience DesignCreative Direction

Cloudwiry

Consultant

Aug 2019Oct 2019 · 2 mos · New Zealand

  • Conceptualization, storyboarding, animation and supervision of post-production of Whiteboard style explainer video for Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Syu design

Design Consultant

Apr 2012Jun 2019 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Bennett coleman and co. ltd. (times group)

Principal graphic designer

Sep 2007Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai

  • Lead a team of graphic designers and illustrators to co-work with editorial team and create outstanding news packages that can engage the target readers by the way the stories are communicated. Responsible for implementing the Design language style guides and maintaining consistency in layout and information hierarchy.

Tata interactive systems

Lead Designer

Dec 2005Feb 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Led projects and was responsible for communication internally within the organization and also with clients globally. Responsible for end to end design and delivery of design assets and guidelines for interactive E-learning modules for graduation level curriculum and for corporate clients. Identification of potential process improvements, production planning, coordination with other functional specialists, reviews and follow-up within project team, documentation and interfacing with the client if and as required.

Isro - indian space research organization

Consultant

Sep 2004Sep 2005 · 1 yr · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Project was handled through communication agency named Busy Bee Communications in Ahmedabad.
  • Educational serial for children on the environment. The end product was a 2 to 3 minute Flash based short episodes and involved research, character design and co-direction.
  • The serial was aired on DD-I under the title ‘APNA JEEV JAGAT’. Character design and animation for an interactive television serial, ‘Medically yours’.

Dr.neeraj's multimedia studios private limited

Chief Designer

Jan 2003Nov 2005 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Lead client projects from design. Demonstated profeciency in understanding design goals in the context of business needs of the client to iterative explorations and execution of final approved concept. Contributed with visual and interaction design, interactive media planning, layouts, navigational flows and detail designs.

Medrc edutech limited

Chief Designer

Nov 2002Apr 2003 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • A two-minute film using Flash for animation, Painter and Photoshop for colouring and Premiere for editing. The film, ‘You Can Be’, talks about the issues of choosing the career that an individual loves to do, excel and live a successful and satisfactory life. It is in response to questions prompted like, “What am I doing with my life?” and “Am I really living the way that I want to live?”
  • A boy, good in cricket and studies is pulled from every side to suit the whims and fancies of his near and dear ones and is torn between his dream and reality...can you dare to be...?
  • The approach is satirical humour drawing parallels from day to day situations in every family’s life.

Moving pixels pvt. ltd. (formerly the moving pixels company)

Consultant

Sep 2002Oct 2002 · 1 mo · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Branding and Developing character for Mascot of Rasna’s product
  • ‘Jus-up’.

Centre for environment education

Consultant

Jan 2002Jan 2002 · 0 mo · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Vizualized, planned and created animated content for interactive information kiosk at Chilika Lake in Orissa

Sriven multi-tech ltd.

Design Internship

May 2001Jul 2001 · 2 mos · Telangana, India

  • Developing from idea to working prototype for an interactive kiosk interface for the United Nations Organization. This was to create rural awareness of AIDS combined with acclimatizing them with the facilities of the internet to access information on mandi prices and others. It included information collection on existing sites and their shortcomings, user based problems and solutions, concept development and implementation.
  • Macromedia awarded first prize to this concept in an online contest in 2004 (Flashclash.com)

Dr.neeraj's multimedia studios private limited

Lead Graphic Designer

Jan 1996Jul 1999 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • User research and designing parameters and prototypes and front end designing for the ‘TOUCH ME’ kiosk, a product providing information for tourists about Hyderabad.
  • Presentations for premiere companies like GATI, ITC, and others, which involved working on client briefs, altering content, visualizing and coordinating with the design team.
  • Poster designing involving conceptualization and execution.
  • Digital art of monuments in Hyderabad using Fractal Design Painter for Heritage, which was exhibited at the Grand Kakatiya Hotel, Hyderabad.

Education

National Institute of Design

Jan 1999Jan 2003

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Post graduation — Personnel Management

Jan 1994Jan 1996

Women's College

Graduation

Jan 1991Jan 1994

Santhanu Chitra Vidyalayam

Diploma — Fine Arts

Jan 1984Jan 1986

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