Vivek Venkatraman

Head of Design

Houston, Texas, United States14 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Experienced in leading remote design teams.
  • Passionate about designing for social change.
  • Expert in user experience and visual design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer specializing in social impact within the EdTech sector.

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Account ManagementAdvertisingOnline AdvertisingOnline MarketingMarketing Plan CreationSocial MediaDigital MarketingMarketingDigital MediaMarketing StrategySocial Media MarketingSalesforce.comBusiness PlanningMobile DevicesBusiness Development

About

I'm an experienced Product Designer and Design Leader with a specialized interest in designing for social change. I've been designing and managing design teams fully remotely for 4 years.

Experience

14 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
3 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Khan academy

2 roles

Principal Designer

Promoted

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Senior Design Manager

Jul 2017Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mountain View, CA

  • Working to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Big cartel

Design Director

Jan 2020Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Houston, Texas

Airbnb

2 roles

Experience Designer, Anti-Discrimination

Jul 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr

  • Working to design experiences that help reduce bias and discrimination on the Airbnb platform.

Experience Designer, Growth

May 2015Jul 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Worked closely with product, engineering, and data science to design experiences that help drive awareness and engagement for our guests.

General assembly

Visual Design Instructor

Jun 2016Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Paypal

Senior Product Designer

Jul 2014May 2015 · 10 mos · San Jose, California, United States

  • Designed web and native experiences for merchants and consumers. Most notably, I helped design PayPal.me in 2015.

Barnes & noble

Visual/UI Designer

Aug 2013Jul 2014 · 11 mos · Palo Alto, CA

  • Worked closely with UX designers and Visual designers to craft Yuzu, suite of desktop and mobile tools to help college students learn and interact with educational content in a new and fluid way.
  • Yuzu™ is a next-generation digital education platform that enhances the everyday learning experience and makes college the rewarding journey it’s meant to be.
  • Read on-the-go – Access digital content online or keep them on your iPad®
  • Travel lighter – Replace multiple textbooks with an app that holds them all
  • Stay organized – Easily group digital content by term and course
  • Learn easier – Highlight, add sticky notes and flag important content

Social ingot

2 roles

Business Development Coordinator

Promoted

Mar 2013Aug 2013 · 5 mos

Account Executive

Jun 2011Mar 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Create and maintain digital advertising campaigns for clients
  • Conduct target market and demographic research
  • A/B testing and optimization for campaigns
  • Develop efficient and creative marketing strategies for prospective clients
  • Write copy and develop creatives for online marketing campaigns
  • Maintain personal relationships with clients
  • Prepare pitch presentations for different teams
  • Conduct strategy sessions with clients
  • Work with clients who wish to enter mobile advertising space

Education

Texas A&M University - Mays School of Business

Bachelors of Business Administration — Marketing; advertising coursework

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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