A Bengaluru-based digital product designer with over 5 years of industry experience. Currently working on building and scaling my personal brand.
WORK EXPERIENCE
UX STRATEGIST Lights Out Studio (November 2021 - September 2023)
• Devised the end-to-end UX strategy for 0-1 and 1-100 startups in India & overseas • Led projects on a UX front, working closely with Product Managers, Design Leads, UI Designers, Senior Stakeholders, while also mentoring Junior UX Designers • Worked with brands in various industries including: Healthcare, Beauty, FinTech, Fitness and EdTech • Notable Projects: Dezy, Cult Sport, PharmEasy, Smudg, Kachow, ALLEN Career Institute, Cosmix
SENIOR UX DESIGNER (Neiron India Contractor)
DemandHelm Inc. (April 2021 - November 2021)
• Led weekly product review meetings with stakeholders and senior developers to seek feedback and plan future sprints • Conducted bug bash sessions with users and shared relevant UI and functionality feedback with developers until the product launch and beyond • Worked closely with our graphic design team to align their work with our design guidelines
UX & UI DESIGNER (Neiron India Contractor)
DemandHelm Inc. (August 2019 - March 2021)
• Provided end-to-end UX services, from initial user research and testing to iterative feedback for development • Was the single-threaded owner of design for key product features and experiences • Planned and designed components for a complete design system from scratch • Synced daily with the CPO, CEO and Product Manager to discuss ideas and gain feedback on design projects • Presented my findings and design deliverables during weekly product review meetings with stakeholders, senior developers and our services team
SENIOR UX DESIGNER Neiron India (August 2019 - November 2021)
• Designing the user experience of an enterprise software in the e-commerce space (DemandHelm)
• Designed the structure and interfaces for capstone projects, which was integrated in the curriculum for aspiring software developers
sushrutmangeshikar.com sushrutm@outlook.com SUSHRUT MANGESHIKAR DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
FREELANCE UX DESIGNER Freelancer (June 2018 - May 2021)
• Working for clients in the consumer business, healthcare, finance & public service industries • Notable Project: WIZENIUS - A marketing website for an investment banking mentoring institute (www.wizenius.com)
UX INTERN Wol"kraft Design Studio (March 2018 - June 2018)
• Worked on 2 projects in which I was able to touch upon almost all aspects in the UX process • Devised business strategy and product ideation concepts for the projects I worked on, which were further implemented into the design • Conducted user research, persona development, user flows, information architecture, wireframing and visual design • Notable Project: NURTURISE - A mobile app aimed at bridging the gap between dietitians and their clients
RESEARCH ANALYST (EXECUTIVE), CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISORY
INTERNATIONAL Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (June 2016 - January 2018)
• Worked on projects that provide strategic, financial & corporate advisory services to global clients (UK, Australia and Canada) spanning a variety of industries • Responsibilities: Buyer/Target screening, comparable transaction & comparable company analysis, creating company profiles, creating industry dashboards • Notable Project: Was involved with the design and development of an internal Real Estate database for the Deloitte UK (London) o!ce. The project required data extraction from multiple sources, which was further curated into an excel spreadsheet. Planned the structure and layout of the front-end with the Data Analytics team, which was further sent for development
EXECUTIVE, FORENSICS INTERNATIONAL
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (January 2016 - June 2016)
• Conducted financial due diligence of the profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements for companies in multiple sectors across UK, Canada and Australia • Worked on commercial due diligence tasks, which involved primary research, understanding key value drivers, analysis of company performance and development of strategic options
C E R T I F I C AT I O N S
GAMIFICATION - CREATING ADDICTIVE USER EXPERIENCES
Interaction Design Foundation (December 2021)
Earned the ‘Top 10% in class’ disctinction. Click here to verify.
sushrutmangeshikar.com sushrutm@outlook.com SUSHRUT MANGESHIKAR DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
USER RESEARCH - METHODS AND BEST PRACTICES
Interaction Design Foundation (October 2020)
Earned the ‘Top 10% in class’ disctinction. Click here to verify.
INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: GETTING DASHBOARDS RIGHT
Interaction Design Foundation (March 2020)
Earned the ‘Best in class’ distinction. Click here to verify.
E D U C AT I O N
M.COM (ADVANCED ACCOUNTING)
Jai Hind College, Mumbai, India
2015-2017
B.COM (ACCOUNTING & FINANCE)
M.M.K. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai, India
2012-2015
SKILLS
Competencies
Primary user research, Secondary user research, task & user flows, persona development, journey mapping, paper prototyping, wireframing, low fidelity mockups, high fidelity visual design, design systems, critical thinking, creative problem solving, UI animation
Tools
Figma, Sketch, InVision Studio, Flinto, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, iWork, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, sound knowledge of Final Cut Pro X
