Shirin K.

Product Designer

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada10 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in product design.
Expert in user-centered design and storytelling.
Active mentor in the design community.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused product designer with strong expertise in user experience and design storytelling.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience (ux)PrototypingInteraction DesignVisual DesignUser-centered DesignAnimation

Other Skills

Adobe After EffectsFigmaStorytellingMotion designIllustrationMotion graphicsGraphic designDesign ThinkingUX ResearchUsability TestingBranding & IdentityWireframingInformation ArchitectureResponsive Web DesignAgile Methodologies

About

Shirin is a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft with over a decade of experience shaping intuitive, human‑centered experiences across products including Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Office Lens. Known for her passion for design storytelling, she brings clarity and empathy to complex problems—translating emerging technologies into approachable, meaningful user experiences. Shirin is also an active mentor in the design community, leading workshops, brownbag sessions, and research initiatives that champion inclusive, user‑driven design. She regularly supports designers through portfolio and résumé reviews, sharing practical guidance to help them grow their craft and navigate their careers with clarity. ✨

Experience

10 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Microsoft

4 roles

Senior Product Designer, Microsoft Teams

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Vancouver, Canada

Adobe After EffectsFigmaStorytellingUser-centered DesignUser Experience (UX)Prototyping

Product Designer 2, Microsoft Edge

Dec 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, India

Adobe After EffectsFigmaStorytellingUser-centered DesignUser Experience (UX)Prototyping

Product Designer, Microsoft Office Lens

Dec 2015 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad, India

Part of the founding design team that built the Microsoft Office Lens app (originally Microsoft Sprightly) in Microsoft's Mobile Only Incubation group. Skills: Interaction design, Motion design, Visual design, Illustration.

Adobe After EffectsFigmaStorytellingUser-centered DesignUser Experience (UX)Prototyping+4

Product Design Intern

Apr 2015 – Sep 2015 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, India

Conceptualized and designed an Android mobile application for my internship project 'Motion Design for Mobile Applications'.
Collaborated with program managers, developers, and designers on the Microsoft Cortana virtual assistant, Microsoft Office applications for mobile (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and branding for Microsoft's annual design conference 'UX Day'.

Adobe After EffectsFigmaUser-centered DesignUser Experience (UX)

Filmkaar productions

Designer

Feb 2015 – Mar 2015 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

I worked on a documentary short film ‘India Unravelled’ with filmmaker Nitin Das. This project involved animation, motion graphics and graphic design work. Check out the short film here: https://youtu.be/Okz8kDDCoTA?si=qUJgVPCExK2zqZme. This film was certified by the Central Board of Film Certification, Government of India.

Scholastic

Author

Oct 2013 – Jan 2014 · 3 mos

Published two children’s books for ages 8-14 years.

Roli books

Graphic Designer

Jan 2011 – May 2011 · 4 mos · New Delhi, India

Graduation Project at NIFT

Designwallas pvt. ltd.

Graphic Designer

Jan 2011 – May 2011 · 4 mos · New Delhi, India

Graduation Project at NIFT

Ogilvy & mather

2 roles

Creative Department Intern

May 2010 – Jul 2010 · 2 mos · India

Integrated Term project: During my sixth semester at NIFT, I worked on an individual project titled ‘Alternate Genre Advertising’. It was a study showcasing guerrilla advertising and interactive ad campaigns taking place all over the world. I conducted market surveys and in the end proposed my own unconventional ad campaign.