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Aditya S.

Designing and building Armory. Growth-Led Product & Brand Designer.

Gurugram

9+ years of work experience

Armory
May 20242 yrs 4 mosPresent

Gurugram, Haryana, India

- Most of my career was a preparation for this job. - Building the best Counter-Drone systems in service of Bharat.
VIDA Digital Identity
Oct 20221 yr 8 mosMay 2024

Indonesia

Learnings: - Everyone likes to say 'User problems' more than they like solving 'User problems' - Say 'NO'
Prodigy Education
Jun 20202 yrs 4 mosSep 2022

Learnings: - Parents say, 'We don't pressure our children to study' but they do that, regularly. - Children will destroy years of your design knowledge in a 15 min user interview. - Made apps, games, web apps.
slice
Oct 20185 mosFeb 2019

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

slice
Sep 20181 yr 10 mosJun 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Learnings: - Designed apps. Designed visuals. Wrote stories. - Led a bunch of designers who are way better designers than me.
upGrad.com
Oct 20171 yrSep 2018

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Learnings: - I used to think I am stupid because every skill I ever learnt was from YouTube but that had zero truth - Organic marketing > Paid Marketing - Product design has less to do with design and more to do with balancing 5 things in equal proportions

Education

L S Raheja College of Arts and Commerce

Bachelor's degree

L S Raheja College of Arts and Commerce

20093 yrs2012

Master's degree, Yapper

Lovely Progressional University

199044 yrs2034

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Headline

Designing and building Armory. Growth-Led Product & Brand Designer.

About

I’ve spent 15 years designing brands, apps, and content systems - often with no budget, limited time, and unclear direction. I’ve helped early-stage teams turn zero budgets into working brands, usable products, and content systems that bring users without ads. I am an IC Product/Brand designer, copywriter, and an organic growth marketer. Having expertise in all 4 helps me define, design and write entire pipelines of how people discover, understand, and adopt a product. My focus is simple: help users understand products faster, and help teams grow without burning money. If you’re an early-stage founder with more ambition than resources, I can help you turn what you have into something people actually get.

Location

Gurugram

Work experience

Design-Marketing Chief at Armory, May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Most of my career was a preparation for this job. - Building the best Counter-Drone systems in service of Bharat.

Head of Product Design at VIDA Digital Identity, Oct 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Indonesia, Learnings: - Everyone likes to say 'User problems' more than they like solving 'User problems' - Say 'NO'

Senior Product Designer II at Prodigy Education, Jun 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Learnings: - Parents say, 'We don't pressure our children to study' but they do that, regularly. - Children will destroy years of your design knowledge in a 15 min user interview. - Made apps, games, web apps.

Product Designer at slice, Oct 2018 - Feb 2019 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design Lead at slice, Sep 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Learnings: - Designed apps. Designed visuals. Wrote stories. - Led a bunch of designers who are way better designers than me.

Content Marketing Manager at upGrad.com, Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Learnings: - I used to think I am stupid because every skill I ever learnt was from YouTube but that had zero truth - Organic marketing > Paid Marketing - Product design has less to do with design and more to do with balancing 5 things in equal proportions

Education

Bachelor's degree, L S Raheja College of Arts and Commerce

Master's degree, Yapper, Lovely Progressional University

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