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Ketaki Galphade

Design Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India14 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in design operations.
  • Expertise in balancing user needs with business goals.
  • Passionate about innovation and emerging design trends.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned UX and Product Designer with a strong focus on Fintech and Gaming industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design OperationsUser ExperienceProject ManagementProduct Design

Other Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteAdobe XDAgile MethodologiesArt DirectionBrand DevelopmentBudget ManagementChange ManagementConcept DesignConcept DevelopmentCross-functional CommunicationDesign Project ManagementDesign ResearchDesign ThinkingDigital IllustrationDrawing

About

With over a decade of experience in the design industry and a master’s degree from the prestigious National Institute of Design, I work effectively as a Senior Design Operations Manager, specialising in optimising design operations, strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and team leadership, all grounded in UX design. At ValueLabs, I lead projects from pre-sales to delivery, balancing user needs with business goals to achieve exceptional outcomes. My data-driven yet empathetic approach ensures seamless collaboration between design, product, and tech teams, aligning deliverables with business objectives and driving high client satisfaction. Passionate about innovation and with a keen eye for emerging trends, I leverage creative solutions to solve complex business problems, using design as a strategic tool to drive growth, enhance user experiences, and elevate brand perception. Throughout my career, I’ve worked with diverse clients and industries worldwide, from startups to global corporations, with expertise in digital product design, UX, design research, branding, gamification, and game design.

Experience

14 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Valuelabs

2 roles

Sr Design Manager

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

LeadershipDesign operationsTeam ManagementUser ExperienceDesign ResearchDesign Thinking+12

Design Strategist and Design Manager

Jul 2020May 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Microsoft OfficeLeadershipProject ManagementTeam Management

Tecnovos

Lead Product Designer

Jan 2020Jun 2020 · 5 mos · Banglore

  • Tecnovos is a leader in emergent technology and consulting in diverse industries. As Lead Product Designer my responsibilities include working closely with stakeholders & design manager to reinvent best fintech products in the global market.
Microsoft OfficeLeadershipTeam ManagementProduct Design

Cricket.com

Senior UX Designer

Nov 2018Jul 2019 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Cricket.com is Head Digital Work's latest addition to its portfolio. Cricket.com is a one-of-a-kind application designed around a cricket fan's passion for cricket. It is a data-driven platform that delivers insights which give fans predictions on the game pertaining to momentum shifts, player performances, and simulators along with staples of live scores, news, etc.
  • As a UX designer my responsibilities include:
  • working closely with the product head to create design solutions which will bring revolution in cricket products.
  • Coordinate and manage external as well as internal design team to ensure the design/ brand guidelines are followed correctly and the workflow is on schedule
  • Coordinated and worked closely with research team for user testing, persona creation and created a separate feature list based on user needs, business needs and market research
  • Generated various design solutions to fit the need of the cricket.com by white-boarding sessions, task-flows, feature-lists, Information architecture, wireframes and hi-fidelity visual UI design mockups (sketch)
  • Planned and helped executing usability studies and testing along with design research team.
Microsoft OfficeLeadershipTeam ManagementUser Experience

Masquerade media inc.

UX Designer

Sep 2018Dec 2018 · 3 mos · Reno, Nevada Area

  • Masquerade Media Inc. is a developer and publisher of alternative gaming genres, filling the void for players looking for diverse content. Helmed by award winning game developer/director Dayan Paul, and world-famous artist Jon Paul Ferrara.
  • I am currently working as an independent contract UX/ UI Designer on Romantasia game.
  • Working closely with the founder/ director to understand design requirements, adding insights with primary and secondary research
  • To improve core game, discussing new design ideas by learning user behavior patterns and turning them in blueprints and final visual designs
  • Creating new icons, head user display, cards and beautiful illustrative elements by using design principles to elevate current game UI and visual design
  • Applying game theory and cognitive development theory to create user centered design

Masquerade media inc

(Contract work) UX Designer

Apr 2018Jun 2018 · 2 mos · Reno, Nevada Area

Edgeverve

Product Engineer - UX Designer

Feb 2016Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, develops innovative
  • software products and offers them on premise or as cloud-hosted business
  • platforms.
  • Designing UI/UX and supporting projects from concept to production, working
  • primarily on the Finacle products (choice of financial institutions across 84
  • countries and serves over 547 million customers)
  • Utilizing a systematic UI/UX Design process that ensures a high-level of
  • success for each project delivered
  • Working with and communicating with Stakeholders & Product Owners daily,
  • gathering clear business requirements and delivering designs on time
  • Giving viable design solutions after intense Design research and competitive
  • analysis
  • Generating persona, day in a user journeys, white-boarding sessions, taskflows,
  • feature-lists, Information architecture, wireframes and hi-fidelity visual UI
  • design mockups (sketch)
  • Participating in usability studies and testing
  • Conducting stakeholder reviews and presentations
  • As a part of R&D department generating entirely new product ideas and
  • presenting them in front of strategy team.
  • Working with development team to ensure accurate design implementation
Microsoft Office

Freelance designer / self employed

UI design, Game design, Graphic design, Illustration

Mar 2015Feb 2016 · 11 mos

  • Pitched ideas to potential clients and bagged projects
  • Managed all projects from conceptualization to production and client delivery
  • Gathered project requirements and gave viable design solutions while
  • interacting with clients and stakeholders
  • Did competitive market research and design research
  • Worked on various design projects such as brand identity design, flex/ billboard
  • design, icon, UI/UX design, Illustrations, concept art and other graphic design
  • projects
Microsoft Office

Dhruva interactive

Game Designer, UI/UX Designer

Jul 2014Mar 2015 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Dhruva is India's leading game developer, providing art production services to the
  • global games industry. Dhruva also has a game development team focused on
  • serious gaming.
  • Assisted the creative director by creating various game concept documents
  • and Game design documents
  • Conceptualized new game ideas and pitched them
  • Conceptualized and pitched game concept document to Sesame Street
  • (Leading children show in America Sesame Street has won 167 Emmy Awards
  • and 8 Grammy Awards—more than any other children's show)
  • Created Heidy Alpine Adventures game from the scratch for studio 100 (Studio
  • 100 is a Belgian corporation that produces popular children's television series
  • and owns 7 amusement parks and four musical ensembles.)
  • Coordinated Animation team, Development team, Q&A and sound designer to
  • create a flawless game
  • Worked and communicated with client representatives to gather product
  • requirements and feedback on delivered design solutions
  • Worked on UI and UX design for Heidy game and created totally different
  • awards and point winning system suitable for the targeted age group
  • Created design research, game design process and development document
  • Interacted with 150+ targeted age-group children and their parents for design
  • research
Microsoft Office

Hungama

Game Designer (intern)

Apr 2013May 2013 · 1 mo · Mumbai

  • A digital entertainment company that offers content across genres and languages. It
  • has global presence across 70 countries, 65mn active monthly users
  • Successfully delivered more than 25 game ideas and 8 game design
  • documents for DTH platform out of which 9 ideas were made into games and
  • were available to play on TataSky on subscription basis.
  • Worked closely with senior game designer, development team and
  • stakeholders to understand game requirements and platform limitations
Microsoft Office

Freelance designer

Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer

Mar 2010Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos · India

  • Pitched ideas to potential clients and bagged projects
  • Managed all projects from conceptualization to production and client delivery
  • Gathered project requirements and gave viable design solutions while
  • interacting with clients and stakeholders
Microsoft Office

Shree arts

Graphic Designer, Visual Designer

Feb 2009Mar 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune Area, India

  • Worked closely with the founder and creative director to understand design
  • requirements
  • Successfully delivered various graphic design and visual design projects in
  • given deadline
Microsoft Office

Curves and lines designs

Illustrator

Oct 2008Jan 2009 · 3 mos · Fort Mumbai

  • Small design studio based in Mumbai Fort area which mainly worked for US and
  • British markets
  • Worked on more than 30 highly interesting children storybooks
  • Designed and illustrated more than 100 characters and various landscapes
  • based on manuscripts
Microsoft Office

Ondline infotech

Designer

Jun 2008Oct 2008 · 4 mos

  • Based in Mumbai and undertakes application development, web designing,
  • Multimedia Presentations, Intranet Applications, E-Commerce / shopping carts Web
  • solutions, Re-Engineering of business applications
  • Successfully delivered 40+ UI designs for websites out of which 30 went live
  • Designed Logos and stationery for 5+ clients
  • Worked closely with the marketing and sales manager to understand client
  • requirements
Microsoft Office

Education

National Institute of Design

Master's Degree — Toy and Game Design

Jan 2012Jan 2015

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

M.V.A. Master of Visual Arts — Applied Arts (Illustration)

Jan 2010Jan 2012

D.Y. Patil Pratishtans, Dr. D.Y. Patil Applied Arts & Craft College,Pune

B.F.A (Applied Arts)

Jan 2004Jan 2008

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