Xavier Dayanandh

Design Manager

Seattle, Washington, United States19 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of diverse product design experience.
Led design initiatives at top tech companies like Google and Amazon.
Expert in user-centered design and interaction design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design expert with extensive experience in B2C tech environments.

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AdvertisingOnline Advertisingscript writingCommunication DesignCreative Problem SolvingUser Experience designGraphic Designvisual designUser Interface DesignBrand CommunicationContentUser researchUser-centered DesignDesign ManagementInteraction Design

About

I am a product design professional who believes in the power of design to better anything. The challenges are no doubt diverse and the environments varied. But whether it is interaction design, visual design or design management, whether the role is independent or collaborative, my 12 plus years of experience have equipped me to be that important cog in the wheel who brings insight into the product design process.

Experience

19 yrs

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 2 mos

Current Experience

Google

Lead Designer @ Google Ads

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site

Google deepmind

Design Lead @ Gemini

Aug 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site

Netflix

Product Design Lead - Partnership Experiences

Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 · 8 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Amazon

4 roles

Design Lead - Prime Air

Promoted

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022 · 5 mos

Design Lead - Amazon Kids

Aug 2017 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs

Designed and lead the launch of Kids Edition Kindle and Child Profile Experience on Fire TV.

Design Lead - Developer Experience

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

Design Lead - AWS X-Ray, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Config and AWS Cloudtrail
As a lead designer i lead product design for various developer tools in AWS. I owned and delivered delightful CX for AWS X-Ray which was launched in Re-invent 2016.

Sr. UX Designer - AmazonNow

Aug 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

Owned and delivered successful shopping experiences for KiranaNow and AmazonNow - Amazon's hyper fast grocery shopping experiences in India before Prime Now was launched. As the only designer owned user research, CX requirements and end to end design of the product. I helped the product team to visualize and launch shopping experiences which laid the foundation for Prime Now launch in India.

Microsoft

UX Lead - OneNote on Android

May 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

As the design lead I owned the OneNote redesign on Android surfaces. I redesigned the core navigation, inking and note taking experiences for the OneNote application.
I also designed and shipped unique note taking innovations that helps Android power users to easily and quickly take notes.

Ebay

UX Designer - Shipping Experience

Mar 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

Redesigned the end to end APAC shipping tool product experience that simplified shipping and tracking experiences for sellers from the APAC region. The redesign drove higher adoption rate among sellers who relied on third party shipping tools.

Procter & gamble

Design Intern

Feb 2010 – Aug 2010 · 6 mos

Ideated and designed new product experience for Oral – B
Completed in-depth research on Indian consumers
Travelled across rural India to understand P&G’s in-shop brand experience
Interviewed users to understand how they interact with the shop-floor

Bbdo

Art Supervisor - Brand Communications

Mar 2008 – Jun 2008 · 3 mos

As one of the foundational team members for BBDO India I designed and memorable communication campaigns for 7-Up india.

Grey group

Senior Visualizer - Brand Communications

Apr 2005 – Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 11 mos

I was responsible for designing and directing highly successful ad films for various Wrigley's brands. I also designed memorable corporate identities and design systems for Genpact, Jindal Logistics, Incredible India and India Today.

D'zine garage

Junior Visualizer

Dec 2002 – Aug 2003 · 8 mos

As a designer in one of the first digital agencies in India i was instrumental in designing digital creative experiences for some of leading brand in India
Brands Handled: Ashok Leyland, DHL, Star Movies and Zegna