Hardik Kumar

Product Designer

San Diego, California, United States4 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led design initiatives saving $500k in hardware costs.
  • Contributed to a Red Dot Design Award-winning application.
  • Improved task completion rates by 8% for SMB clients.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer with expertise in EdTech, B2B SaaS, and Consumer Electronics.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignUx ResearchUser Experience (ux)Service DesignUser Experience Design (ued)User ResearchProduct VisionSoftware DesignEngineering

Other Skills

PrototypingDesign ThinkingProduct ManagementJourney MappingGitTeam LeadershipAndroid DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsConstructive FeedbackCase StudiesConcept DevelopmentDesign StandardsMentoringFigma (Software)Interaction Design

About

Hardik is a Product Designer with 6 years of experience in building scalable software. He's currently building 0-1 EdTech products at Art of Problem Solving. His previous work spans across B2B SaaS, Consumer Electronics, Social Impact, and Automotive spaces. Specialties: Product Design, Systems Thinking, Product Strategy, UX Research, Rapid Prototyping with AI, Illustration, Web Design, Mobile, UX, UI, Interactive, Motion.

Experience

4 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs
Current Experience

Art of problem solving

Product Designer - In-Class Experience

Jun 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

  • Leading product design for a new web-based classroom, saving $500k in hardware costs
  • Owning end-to-end design initiatives for remote teaching tools, saving 700+ teaching hours per year
Product DesignUX ResearchPrototyping

Intone networks inc

Interaction Designer

May 2023 – Dec 2023 · 7 mos · Remote

  • Led 0-1 design solutions for SMB clients, projecting an 8% improvement in task completion rates
  • Owned UX research with 14 stakeholders to improve design-to-development workflows and reduce QA time
User Experience (UX)UX ResearchPrototyping

Propelland

Interaction Designer

Jun 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led B2B admin console overhaul by prototyping 4 critical task workflows, bringing in $100k project revenue
  • Owned UX for B2C hearing aid application, contributing to the 2022 Red Dot Design Award recognition and driving 1000+ downloads within 15 days of app launch
PrototypingUX ResearchProduct Design

Ford motor company

Interaction Designer

Mar 2021 – Jun 2021 · 3 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · Remote

  • Led a service triaging project that reduced commercial vehicle downtime by 12% through optimized repair workflow design
  • Conducted in-depth UX research with 10 fleet owners to identify critical pain points and iteratively refined 3 major user journey flows
Service DesignDesign ThinkingUser Experience (UX)

Storycenter

UX Design Consultant

Feb 2020 – Oct 2020 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Created a complete picture of the stories of immigrant and refugee communities to spark empathy
  • Prototyped a platform to share "Stories of Home", especially with diverse audiences
  • Drafted journey maps, stakeholder interviews, user research, community engagement model, and scaling models
User Experience Design (UED)User ResearchProduct Management

Sustainable ocean alliance

UX Design Consultant

Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Mapped stakeholders and found opportunities for design intervention
  • Designed to provide onboarding support to the new and prospective global ocean leaders
  • Solved for gap between SOA and its hubs; user research, need-finding, insights, and opportunities leading to a well-rounded platform
User ResearchProduct VisionJourney Mapping

Samsung electronics

Software Engineer

Jun 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Owned over 250 developer updates - UI bug fixes, regional language support, new features, and significant Android OS changes
  • Responsible for teaching 6 junior engineers Git and code review best practices for the consumer apps group
GitTeam LeadershipAndroid DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsSoftware DesignEngineering

Education

California College of the Arts

Master of Design — Interaction Design

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Science

Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

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