Swayam DG Portfolio

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Product Manager/UX designer (ex-Decathlon, ex-Embibe, ex-Gitstart)

Working knowledge in full stack development. Previously was building Verrrb.

Career

Designer for 10 years, 6 of them spent in user experience and 4 in product. Had the opportunity to grow and facilitate design culture from an early stage at most roles.

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Education

First interaction with the command-line was with MS-Dos at 6 years age. Failed to get Computer Sc. in my 10th standard, but have been using Photoshop since my 11th. Economics attracted me, but Human psychology changed my trajectory.

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Abilities

UX research, Wireframing, UX review and iteration, Usability testing. Team or nothing. Needle-mover. Outcomes-based.

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Contact

Available for professional interactions, but also if you are a designer looking for advice.

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Career

DesignCoz

Nov 2022 - May 2023

Senior UX Strategist

Facilitated design operations, review and critical executions as Senior UX Strategist for 10+ UI/UX projects across 6 different clients.
Achieved back-to-back targets for 2 of them and were able to re-convert.
Managed and mentored units of 1 or more junior designers for the same.
Facilitated and managed certain objectives at hands-on design workshops.
Conducted 2 to 3 audits/studies on design ops and design agency markets in for operational insights and improvement. Held related talks on Project file organization, pagination and nomenclature.
Verrrb

Nov 2019 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Founder

Developed and deployed the SaaS product based on requirements, models and user experience.

Facilitated and monitored data analytics and customer feedback & satisfaction with weekly & monthly check-ins, post-delivery reports and effortless auditing as a by- product of delivery standards.

Managed and facilitated the delivery of 1200+ graphic assets & templates over 3 months, and more.
Airful

Mar 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Product Designer and Manager

Shipped 2 web design projects facilitating design and development.

Designed a crowdsourcing app prototype, later planning the validation and arguments.

Managed 2 design and development resources along with business owner to deliver requirements for projects.

Standardised processes and facilitated the building of business automation infrastructure, focusing largely on resource and tool optimisation.
Gitstart

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019 · 8 mos

Senior Product Designer and Manager

Designed and shipped Gitstart's online presence. Segmented users and data, iterated on prototypes. Organized and managed feedback loops with agile tools.

Researched on the business, market and value-adds as a joint effort with the team.

Managed the design team. Improved team resources, communication and efficiency related to design output.

Engaged and managed programmer community to ship 3 projects requiring product and UX intervention.
Pearson Education

Apr 2018 - Aug 2018 · 5 mos

Product Design Consultant

Designed online UX for re-works on 3 of Pearson's existing offline offerings. Tested and created experiences for 5 online ventures.

Planning entry-to-market strategy for some offerings along with key stakeholders in the process.
Egnify

Dec 2017 - Mar 2018 · 4 mos

Product Design Consultant

Designed 2 core offerings/products, the digital identity of the brand and the online experience.

Helped plan and designed key stakeholder documents, reports and other collateral.

Tested and validated value-adds along with the team.

Researched specific local markets and validated go-to-market strategy with key stakeholders.
Tata Trusts

Sep 2017 - Nov 2017 · 3 mos

Branding Consultant

Designed and branded the visual identity for an internal team focused towards culture. Created print and wearable collateral for the same.

Managed design resource to create extended branding collateral. Trained design resource in output optimization.
iService

Apr 2017 - Aug 2017 · 5 mos

Product Design Consultant

Designed and shipped UX experience for both internal teams and customers. Created a visual identity update for brand based on validations and interactions.

Researched and validated market, segmented users and created specific flows according to market fit. Resultant output of a 3x increase in orders and 2x increase in speed of job delivery.

Managed engineering resource and documentation with the mission to ship the entire online experience on all devices.
embibe

Dec 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

Senior User Experience Designer & Manager

Designed and facilitated shipping of 3 core products. Setup and managed UI library with help from key stakeholders. Re-iterated on information architecture based on user feedback.

Facilitated actionables working along with data science team to setup metrics and help further iterations. Improved product usage by 7% across all user cohorts on average, per quarter.

Managed design team resources at different levels, facilitated growth of a specific resource into a senior position and more.
GoZoomo

Mar 2015 - Dec 2015 · 10 mos

Core Team Member - Design

Designed and facilitated UX for internal and consumer facing products. Facilitated creation of a cohesive design identity along with key stakeholders.

Designed, facilitated and conceptualized 10+ digital social marketing campaigns and collateral leading the graphic design team. Went from 12k subscribers on social accounts to 1 lakh+ subscribers in 8 months.

Segmented and facilitated market research and actionable tracker along with a key stakeholder and more.
theHouse

Apr 2014 - Feb 2015 · 11 mos

Founder

Managed project resources end-to-end for core, community and opportunities apart from digital presence for the project's lifetime. Skill, resource and infrastructure allocation structure were put in place through manual means over a digital social network.

Connected 25+ freelancers to clients & companies looking for a fit. Connected 4 professionals to full time jobs. Engaged mentors across 6 industries to ensure the best opportunities.

Designed requirements for 3 clients who required special attention.
Decathlon Sports India

Jul 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos

Graphic Design & eMail, Online Brand Manager for Oxelo India

Designed end to end digital social campaigns and experiences along with a team.

Organised, facilitated, designed collaterals and documented usability test sessions for the Indian website.

Executed, segmented and managed email marketing end to end with a final list of 70k+ unique subscribers.

Managed online business reaching 50% above yearly commitments and 15% above the objective on average.

Product Manager/UX designer (ex-Decathlon, ex-Embibe, ex-Gitstart)

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Career

DesignCoz

Nov 2022 - May 2023

Senior UX Strategist

Verrrb

Nov 2019 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Founder

Airful

Mar 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Product Designer and Manager

Gitstart

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019 · 8 mos

Senior Product Designer and Manager

Pearson Education

Apr 2018 - Aug 2018 · 5 mos

Product Design Consultant

Egnify

Dec 2017 - Mar 2018 · 4 mos

Product Design Consultant

Tata Trusts

Sep 2017 - Nov 2017 · 3 mos

Branding Consultant

iService

Apr 2017 - Aug 2017 · 5 mos

Product Design Consultant

embibe

Dec 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

Senior User Experience Designer & Manager

GoZoomo

Mar 2015 - Dec 2015 · 10 mos

Core Team Member - Design

theHouse

Apr 2014 - Feb 2015 · 11 mos

Founder

Decathlon Sports India

Jul 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos

Graphic Design & eMail, Online Brand Manager for Oxelo India

Education

Calcutta Boys' School

Manipal University

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Abilities

Product design

4 roles & 3 endorsements

User research

5 roles

User experience

8 roles & 4 endorsements

Web & mobile interface design

10 roles & 11 endorsements

User testing & evaluation

8 roles

Information architecture

4 roles & 4 endorsements

Pseudocode

3 roles

Team management

5 roles & 8 endorsements

Branding & identity

4 roles

Marketing & communication

4 roles & 12 endorsements

Graphic design

7 roles & 68 endorsements

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Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology

Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology

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