Karan Makwana

Head of Design

India9 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 8 years of experience in UX design.
  • Expert in leading design teams and driving product innovation.
  • Strong blend of technical and creative skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused UX/UI design leader with extensive experience in product design.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience (ux)Design LeadershipProduct DesignUi/ux DesignUx ResearchUser Interface DesignGraphic Design

Other Skills

Usability TestingAdobe Creative SuiteDesign Team CoordinationDesign ManagementCorporate DesignProject ManagementTeam MentoringTeam LeadershipCreative Problem SolvingDesign ThinkingResearchMood BoardsDesignDesign SystemsVisual Design

About

🚀 Currently leading as Design Director at @Visiobyte, where I’m shaping creative strategies, driving product innovation, and mentoring a passionate design team to deliver future-ready digital experiences. 🧩 Previously, I led the Product Design team at Yudiz Solutions, where I collaborated with cross-functional teams and clients across domains like gaming, education, e-commerce, and social media. My goal was always to strike the perfect balance between user needs and business goals delivering designs that were not just visually strong, but strategically sound. 🎯 I’ve spent 8+ years designing not just screens, but stories. Armed with Figma, Framer, Spline 3D, and an ever-curious mind, I dive into user research, test ideas like a mad scientist, and bring them to life through intuitive wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes. If it clicks, scrolls, taps, or slides, chances are I’ve obsessed over it. 💡 I come from an engineering background (B.E. in Information Technology from VVP Engineering College), which adds a layer of logic and technical grounding to my creative work. I believe this blend of tech and design gives me a unique edge in solving complex UX problems. 🎨 When I’m not leading design sprints, you’ll find me lost in lines and curves, decoding human forms, crafting quirky characters, or going wild with doodles and scribbles that probably make sense only to me (and maybe aliens). It’s my playground of chaos and creativity, where rules don’t exist and imagination runs the show. Oddly enough, that’s where my sharpest ideas are born. 🏆 Awards like the Doodle Competition Winner and Leadership Impact Award remind me that passion, persistence, and playfulness can go hand in hand in this ever-evolving field of design. Let’s connect if you want to talk design, creativity, or future collaborations.

Experience

9 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Visiobyte

Design Director

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos · Rajkot, Gujarat, India · On-site

Usability TestingUser Experience (UX)Design Leadership

Yudiz solutions

3 roles

Product Design Team Lead

Feb 2023Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · On-site

Usability TestingUser Experience (UX)Product Design

Team Leader UI/UX Designer

Promoted

Jan 2021Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · On-site

  • Team Lead | Sr. UI/UX Designer
Usability TestingUser Experience (UX)UI/UX Design

Sr. UI/UX Designer

Feb 2020Jan 2021 · 11 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · On-site

User Experience (UX)UX Research

Webplus infotech

UI/UX Designer

Aug 2017Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · On-site

User Experience (UX)User Interface Design

Kevalam software

UI/UX and Graphic Designer

Dec 2016Jun 2017 · 6 mos · Greater Rajkot Area · On-site

User Experience (UX)Adobe Creative SuiteGraphic Design

Education

VVP Engineering College - India

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Information Technology

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Pathak Schools, Rajkot

High School — Science -A group

Jan 2011Jan 2013

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