Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 · 11 mos · Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

• I played tennis back in 6th grade but drifted away from it over the years. The urge to return never faded, so in August 2023, I started training again. But after being laid off from ShareChat in January 2024, I went all in—committing to it full-time. For a year, I trained six days a week, focusing on tennis, fitness, and conditioning.
• My second serve became sharper, my longtime nemesis—the backhand—finally started cooperating, and my forehand saw major improvement. In the process, I lost 20 kg, built endurance, and gained strength.
• At the same time, my sister had a baby girl after a precious pregnancy. Her name is Aura, and babysitting her became a big part of my days. As it turns out, caring for her was just as rewarding for my mental health as chasing my tennis goals.

Nov 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• After a fulfilling break, I jumped on to lead the CX & Growth charters of Moj - the short video platform of Sharechat.
• In this role, I get to experiment with leading a team of 3 designers, contributing to the application's discovery, engagement, revenue and retention metrics.
• Also, I am involved in building the design team's culture, processes and smooth workflows.

Jun 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

• I feel that design is a sense that develops via enhanced exposure, experiments, and escapades.
• This break was one such escapade where I took things slow, staying close to loved ones and exposing myself to the different dimensions of product design - research, psychology, visual design, and content strategy.
• I learned to build websites using Webflow and documented all my career's work, on my current website ---> arumani.webflow.io
• On the side, I experimented with learning digital art, data visualization, color psychology, screenplay writing, and designing for accessibility.
• Consider this break my "Sharpening the axe" phase, where I have reassessed and realigned myself.

May 2019 – May 2021 · 2 yrs · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Bounce is a dockless two-wheeler ride-sharing solution, on a mission to make daily commute reliable, affordable, and convenient in India. It allows users to pick up scooters from anywhere and drop them off in good parking spaces.
• As a Product Designer at Bounce, I had the chance to work with an amazing team, designing customer-centered products that took into account the technology, the business, and the growth strategy.
• My designs were focussed on shaping the consumer behavior to promote good parking habits, to make users return the scooter helmets, to develop a community-driven approach for respecting local traffic rules. I was responsible for crafting user experiences for 25+ impactful features across supply (B2B) and demand (B2C) verticals. Also, I oversaw and contributed to building Bounce's Design system - Disco.

Jan 2019 – Apr 2019 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Took a break to pursue my interest in mobile application design and development. Built a portfolio centering around mobile product design and interviewed in parallel. I learned a lot from reference sites like Mobbin about mobile UX and did monthly challenges that focused on user experience for mobile.
• This break acted as the driving force for my next career jump to Bounce.

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• As a UX Designer in the Demo Engineering team, I helped in building interactive demos for the Sales conversions in Salesforce.
• The best part is collaborating with clients from across a plethora of industries, from different sectors, and prototyping for quicker sales conversions in shorter lead time.
• The job not only opened up avenues for practicing UX process in Pre Sales but also helped to hone my front-end development skills in HTML and CSS.

Jan 2018 – Feb 2018 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• As a freelance UX consultant, I strategized the collaboration experiences for Typeset, an online Research Writing, Formatting & Collaboration Platform.
• I worked closely with the in-house design team and management for the range of activities from performing research, ideation to building high fidelity prototypes.

Jun 2017 – Dec 2017 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Collaborated with Adobe Design Team to help redesign the "Collaboration experiences for creatives in the Adobe Suite".
• During my internship, I have conducted primary research, designed and prototyped high fidelity iterations of the collaboration experience, each of which was tested and validated with users.
• Through my 6-month long tenure, I have been able to learn how design teams function while working with real-life constraints.

Aug 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Product development: Collaborated with in-house team to understand and develop a Scrap simulation Module - a designer friendly approach in simulating real time scrap jam issues in press dies. The product was rolled out in live projects and helped in significant reduction of rework and cost. Tools used: Motion Simulation, Unigraphics NX 7.5.
• Leadership: Directly reported to the Deputy Divisional Manager of Tool & Die Engineering division for employee relations program. Structured events as part of the cross functional team for employee engagement campaign.
• Business analysis: Interacted with Japanese advisor team, performed post design analysis for Kaizens in Die design practices.
• Product research: Researched on different products within our company, built various tools and 2D drawing standards for lead time reduction and man hour minimization.
• Tech Initiative: Developed an internal design practices handbook to significantly reduce the induction time of an engineer trainee.

Jun 2011 – Feb 2012 · 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Kurukshetra 2012, The first science festival of India conducted under the patronage of UNESCO
• Mentor & Event Management Head
• Leadership: Event Management Head of Kurukshetra 2012, an event that witnessed 15,000 delegates from 80 countries.
• Stakeholder management: Chief Coordinator among the stakeholders - University Directors and core team of 50 members.
• Student Director of CEG Tech Forum and worked along with the faculty to coordinate guest lecture of eminent people; pep talks by alumni of the college for the benefit of student community.
• Initiative: Modeled "Kryptos" - a first time Online Cryptology event for Kurukshetra 2012 that received worldwide participation from more than 15 countries around the globe.
• Design: Strategized and co-designed 25+ print ads that featured in India's leading publications - The Hindu, The Outlook.
• Mentor [Present]: Guiding student directors every year at Kurukshetra forum on making key policy decisions under uncertainties.