Sushant Ajnikar

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in design leadership.
Founded multiple startups and design teams.
Passionate about mentoring future design entrepreneurs.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned design leader in the SaaS and B2C sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design LeadershipBranding & IdentityUser ExperienceDesign StrategyUser Experience Design (ued)Design ManagementProduct DesignDesign ConsultingCreative DirectionUser Experience (ux)Brand Design

Other Skills

Design Team CoordinationMobile Interface DesignBusiness OwnershipStart-up LeadershipBusiness StrategyUser Interface DesignProject ManagementMarketing StrategyBrand DevelopmentBuilding DesignCommunicationConcept DevelopmentDesignCreative StrategyDesign Assistance

About

I partner with startup founders to make sound decisions through design by helping them setup their design teams, design strategies, sprints, design systems and a leadership that is rarely considered during early days of a company. Having been in the industry for 20 years I have built and led multiple teams, led global brands and created ecosystems for the future members to get excited about. As a life mission am trying to influence design from ground up and create more design entrepreneurs in next 10 years. https://howdoesitmatter.design

Experience

19 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

6 mos

Current Experience

Meesho

Associate Director Creative

Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Gameskraft

Creative Director

Jul 2025 – Oct 2025 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Design Team CoordinationBranding & IdentityDesign ManagementDesign Leadership

Audria

Design Consultant

Mar 2025 – Jun 2025 · 3 mos · Remote

Keenai global

Design Consultant

Nov 2024 – Jun 2025 · 7 mos · Remote

Homeofarm

Head of Design

Apr 2024 – Sep 2024 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Design LeadershipDesign ManagementDesign ConsultingMentoringProduct DesignPackaging Design+5

The arc

Head of Design

Jan 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Brand DesignBrand DevelopmentBranding & IdentityBuilding DesignCommunicationConcept Development+25

Curebay

Design Consultant

Aug 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hybrid

Talent500

Design Consultant

Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · 6 mos · Remote

Design ConsultingArt ConsultingDesign AssistanceWireframing

Diy - social learning app for kids

Design Consultant

Jun 2023 – Sep 2023 · 3 mos · Remote

Mobile Interface DesignMarketing StrategyDesign StrategyBranding & IdentityUser Experience Design (UED)Product Design+1

Vidyuttech

Head of Design

Apr 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Design ManagementDesign ConsultingMobile Interface DesignVisual DesignBuilding DesignUser Personas+4

Antwalk

Design Consultant

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Design ConsultingUser Experience (UX)Mobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionTeam Management+5

How does it matter.design

Founder

Dec 2022 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Mobile Interface DesignBusiness OwnershipStart-up LeadershipBrand DesignDesign ConsultingDesign Management+7

Mosaic wellness

Head of Design

Oct 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Head the overall design function at Mosaic Wellness. Become the bridge between brand and product, spearhead the ambition of teams and its members. Also groom team members and setup a healthy and ambitious design culture by hiring fresh talent. Work closely with the product and engineering teams to manage sprints, establish design principles, design systems and manage business metrics for Man Matters, Be Bodywise and Little Joys.

Design ConsultingMobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual Design+7

Uable

2 roles

Head Of Design | Founding team member

Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 · 2 mos

Part of the founding team member, I influenced the company on how design can make an impact on the goals we were to achieve.

Design ConsultingDesign ReviewCreative DirectionVisual DesignA/B TestingBuilding Design+5

Creative Director

Aug 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

Hired and built the team of designers and copywriters for a young startup. Led complete branding exercise for the company. Built different solutions like app, websites, events and more. Closely mentored teens 1-on-1 and 1-to-many helping shape their careers and enable them to become better designers from the early on.

Design ConsultingMobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual Design+7

Jupiter meta

Creative Director

Mar 2022 – Feb 2023 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Represented design in the core team
Helped build experiences for a multitude of products
Designed the brand identity across channels
Successfully delivered on projects for metaverse, AR, VR and Web3.0
Helped build an internal team of 3d modellers, 3d animators and visual designers

Design ConsultingMobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual Design+5

Powerplay

Creative Director

Oct 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Hire and build design team for the product and marketing design teams. Establish design culture, sprints, design systems, guidelines and have a unified language for the company across mediums.

Design ConsultingMobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual Design+6

Flynt.social

Head Of Design

Jan 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Design ConsultingDesign ReviewCreative DirectionVisual DesignBuilding DesignDesign Leadership+2

Crejo.fun

Creative Director

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked closely with founders, helped them build the creative team to cater their needs across growth, social, campaigns and curriculum.
Established a brand guide
Helped build a design system for the product
Mentored and groomed a team of 10+
Understood business challenges and addressed them with solutions to enable growth

Design ConsultingDesign ReviewCreative DirectionVisual DesignBuilding DesignDesign Leadership+2

Razorpay

Creative Director

Oct 2020 – Feb 2021 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewDesign Leadership

4monks consulting llp

Co-Founder

Sep 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Building a unique model to cater multiple young businesses by offering creative guidance, help setup teams, deliver top notch quality right from day 1 and shape up different products.
Currently working with edtech firms, travel tech firms, product technology firms and more.

Design ConsultingDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual DesignA/B Testing+5

Cure.fit

Creative Director

Nov 2017 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built a team of 23 including illustrators, motion designers and copywriters for the central marketing team catering to all businesses at cure.fit. Built processes, feedback sessions and milestone check-ins for regular sale properties. Helped bring strong efficiency in team learning data and work closely with business CRM regularly.

Design ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyDesign Leadership

Urban ladder

Design Manager

Feb 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Lead the creative marketing communications team to create industry benchmarks, groom young designers, work closely with engineering, product design, UX, customer service, alliance and founders.

Mobile Interface DesignDesign ReviewCreative DirectionDesign StrategyVisual DesignA/B Testing+5