Tuhin Kumar

Head of Design

San Francisco, California, United States17 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led design teams at top tech companies.
  • Expert in user experience and product design.
  • Pioneered innovative AI/ML projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C product designer with a strong focus on AI/ML and user experience.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

User ExperienceProduct DesignCreative Direction

Other Skills

User Interface DesignInteraction DesignExperience DesignSocial DesignMobile ApplicationsVisual DesignInformation ArchitectureMobile DevicesRapid PrototypingWeb DevelopmentWeb Design

About

I am interested in exploring new computing paradigms that amplify human agency and expression. Ones that are more spatial, expressive and intelligent. For computers to see, listen, understand & augment our ever-shifting needs & realities. Fuzzier intents, higher abstractions, declarative computing, conversational & agentic companions. As such I gravitate towards domains where technology can unlock a fundamental shift in computing - OS, ambient computing, new inputs, new hardware, and AI/ML. Over the last 13 years I have led design teams & projects at companies of various sizes - early stage startups (Luma, Pulse & Clara) to medium-large companies (Apple, Airbnb & Facebook).

Experience

17 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Luma ai

Head of Design

Nov 2023 – Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Head of design - product and brand design teams
  • Led creation and launch of Dream Machine as product & design lead
  • Helped scale product engineering and design team
  • Supported fine tuning efforts for 1st gen of video and image models - Ray & Photon
User Interface DesignInteraction DesignUser ExperienceProduct DesignCreative Direction

Apple

Human Interface Designer

Apr 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Future projects (2022-2023)
  • Stage Manager, macOS (2022)
  • Spotlight, macOS (2021)

Airbnb

Senior Staff Designer

Sep 2016 – Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Global leadership team at Airbnb (2021)
  • Creative direction & grounds up redesign of Airbnb Design System (2019)
  • Kickstarted and set the vision for holistic redesign of Airbnb Hosting (2020)
  • Extended Airbnb Design System to support for dense components and panel based layouts (2020)
  • Designed Airbnb app's spatial model, interaction, transitions & navigation patterns (2019)
  • Established key priorities for design org via concept work in 2018 & 2019
  • Led redesign of Airbnb Itinerary as a planning tool with a fluid map based interface (2018)
  • Invented new media formats to showcase real Airbnb trips integrated with bookable merchandise (2017)
User Interface DesignCreative DirectionExperience DesignUser Experience

Clara labs

Founding Designer

Mar 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco, California

  • Interfaces for a human in the loop AI system for intent detection, scheduling automatic & response generation
  • Product design for customer dashboard and core app for human in the loop AI
  • Established the branding, design system and landing pages
User Interface DesignProduct DesignUser Experience

Facebook

Product Designer

Feb 2013 – Feb 2015 · 2 yrs · Menlo Park

  • Facebook Graph Search (Posts search, keyword search)
  • Facebook Home (Contextually aware Android lock screen)
  • Facebook Comments (Threaded comments, visual commenting, comment media tray)
User Interface DesignProduct DesignUser Experience

Linkedin pulse

Product Designer

Jun 2011 – Feb 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Palo Alto

  • First full-time design hire
  • Solo designer for the product across all platforms iOS, Android & Web
User Interface DesignProduct DesignUser Experience

Ibibo

UI Designer

Feb 2011 – Jun 2011 · 4 mos

  • Social game design
  • Focused on games for the Indian demographic

Dunnhumby

Associate Analyst

Jun 2010 – Feb 2011 · 8 mos

  • Understanding the ways in which customers communicate to retail business about their choices, needs and wants. Currently working as an Associate Analyst to improve the existing Retail and Analytics solutions.

Routeguru

Intern

May 2009 – Jun 2009 · 1 mo

  • Crafted a refreshed interface and home page design for this location/road-navigation tool based on Google Maps API.

Freelance

Interaction Designer

Jun 2008 – Jun 2011 · 3 yrs

  • Working with leading startups as a freelance consultant on their future applications for web and mobile devices.

Education

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

B.E — Instrumentation & Control

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

Modi Public School, Kota

12th — Science with Mathematics

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006

Delhi Public School, Patna

10th

Jan 1998 – Jan 2004

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