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Krishna Menon

Simplifying complexity through motion, design & storytelling

Bengaluru

12+ years of work experience

ORO Labs
Sep 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Lead design for Go-To-Market efforts, ensuring everything customers see reflects a clear, confident, and consistent brand. • Own how ORO shows up across the website, marketing materials, social media, events, and customer communications, making complex ideas easy to understand. • Work closely with Marketing, Product, Sales, Implementation, Customer Success, and HR to create clear, consistent experiences across the customer and employee journey. • Guide the evolution of the brand and website, staying hands-on for key launches, important pages, and high-impact assets. • Oversee and contribute to videos, motion graphics, and interactive content used for marketing, sales conversations, events, onboarding, and learning. • Set up simple, structured processes for design requests, helping teams move faster while keeping the design team focused and sustainable.
Chargebee
Jan 20205 yrs 8 mosAug 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Built and led a multi-disciplinary global design team spanning marketing designers, illustrators, and animators; scaled creative operations across geographies. • Created reusable design systems for videos and creative communications, enabling consistency, faster production, and cross-functional scalability. • Co-led Chargebee’s global brand redesign (2023), repositioning identity across digital, print, and experiential touchpoints. • Defined visual strategy for digital marketing ads across paid and organic channels, aligning design with performance and growth goals. • Shaped Chargebee’s social media design language, growing the LinkedIn community by 100K+ followers and strengthening brand storytelling in SaaS. • Incubated Chargebee Studio, a centralized video-production hub that streamlined workflows, reduced timelines, and delivered scalable video assets. • Led the design and production of “Second Acts” podcast (Seasons 1 & 2), overseeing visuals, editing, sound, and brand execution in partnership with the editorial team. • Spearheaded the visual identity and asset ecosystem for GoRelay, a Chargebee initiative for SaaS founders. • Partnered with HR, System Design and L&D to craft the visual strategy for internal communications and learning programs, elevating employee engagement. • Facilitated design workshops and mentoring sessions, nurturing talent and cultivating a culture of creativity and innovation.
Chargebee
Aug 20196 mosJan 2020

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

•Moved from Lead Visual Designer to a manager role during a team transition, entrusted with building and guiding a design team supporting Product, Marketing, Internal Comms, and Product Documentation. • Partnered with senior stakeholders across Growth Marketing, Brand, and Internal Comms to align creative direction with business priorities. • Oversaw end-to-end delivery of campaigns and brand initiatives, ensuring design consistency and timely execution. • Provided mentorship and guidance to senior designers, fostering accountability and supporting their growth.
Cognizant
Apr 20145 yrs 4 mosJul 2019

Chennai Area, India

• Led end-to-end design and video projects for global accounts including Microsoft, Monsanto, American Express, Novartis, ThermoFisher, and T&D Holdings (Japan). • Specialized in live-action and animated video campaigns, translating complex ideas into compelling narratives that aligned with client business goals. • Regularly collaborated with global stakeholders to gather briefs, present concepts, and align deliverables across geographies and time zones. • Built scalable design systems and asset libraries to improve production efficiency and ensure visual consistency across client-facing content. • Mentored new design recruits at Cognizant Academy and conducted workshops on Stop-Motion Animation at government and private institutes. • Strengthened UX expertise by completing HFI’s Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) Certification, laying the foundation for later product design work.
Freelance
Dec 20135 mosApr 2014

Kerala, India

• Managed production coordination and logistics, ensuring smooth execution of shoot schedules and on-ground requirements. • Worked as an Assistant Cameraman for B-roll shots, supporting the DOP and maintaining technical setup during filming.
National Institute of Design
Oct 20133 mosDec 2013

Ahmedabad Area, India

• Recommended by faculty to work on a special project at NID as a Video Editor. • Reviewed and organized raw camera footage shared by the team. • Selected and refined appropriate clips, applied color correction, and crafted shorter edited videos tailored to project needs. • Ensured the final edits aligned with NID’s creative and academic standards.

Education

National Institute of Design

Master's degree, Animation Film Design

National Institute of Design

20103 yrs2013

Bachelor's in Visual Art, Painting

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Art Complex, Kumarakrupa Rd,Bangalore-01 (Autonomous)

20055 yrs2010

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Headline

Simplifying complexity through motion, design & storytelling

About

I help turn complex ideas into visuals people actually enjoy. Whether it’s motion, design, or storytelling. Been at it for a decade and still love the craft.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Principal Design Lead at ORO Labs, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Lead design for Go-To-Market efforts, ensuring everything customers see reflects a clear, confident, and consistent brand. • Own how ORO shows up across the website, marketing materials, social media, events, and customer communications, making complex ideas easy to understand. • Work closely with Marketing, Product, Sales, Implementation, Customer Success, and HR to create clear, consistent experiences across the customer and employee journey. • Guide the evolution of the brand and website, staying hands-on for key launches, important pages, and high-impact assets. • Oversee and contribute to videos, motion graphics, and interactive content used for marketing, sales conversations, events, onboarding, and learning. • Set up simple, structured processes for design requests, helping teams move faster while keeping the design team focused and sustainable.

Manager, Design - Visual Communication at Chargebee, Jan 2020 - Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Built and led a multi-disciplinary global design team spanning marketing designers, illustrators, and animators; scaled creative operations across geographies. • Created reusable design systems for videos and creative communications, enabling consistency, faster production, and cross-functional scalability. • Co-led Chargebee’s global brand redesign (2023), repositioning identity across digital, print, and experiential touchpoints. • Defined visual strategy for digital marketing ads across paid and organic channels, aligning design with performance and growth goals. • Shaped Chargebee’s social media design language, growing the LinkedIn community by 100K+ followers and strengthening brand storytelling in SaaS. • Incubated Chargebee Studio, a centralized video-production hub that streamlined workflows, reduced timelines, and delivered scalable video assets. • Led the design and production of “Second Acts” podcast (Seasons 1 & 2), overseeing visuals, editing, sound, and brand execution in partnership with the editorial team. • Spearheaded the visual identity and asset ecosystem for GoRelay, a Chargebee initiative for SaaS founders. • Partnered with HR, System Design and L&D to craft the visual strategy for internal communications and learning programs, elevating employee engagement. • Facilitated design workshops and mentoring sessions, nurturing talent and cultivating a culture of creativity and innovation.

Lead Communication Design at Chargebee, Aug 2019 - Jan 2020 · 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, •Moved from Lead Visual Designer to a manager role during a team transition, entrusted with building and guiding a design team supporting Product, Marketing, Internal Comms, and Product Documentation. • Partnered with senior stakeholders across Growth Marketing, Brand, and Internal Comms to align creative direction with business priorities. • Oversaw end-to-end delivery of campaigns and brand initiatives, ensuring design consistency and timely execution. • Provided mentorship and guidance to senior designers, fostering accountability and supporting their growth.

Senior Visual Designer at Cognizant, Apr 2014 - Jul 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos, Chennai Area, India, • Led end-to-end design and video projects for global accounts including Microsoft, Monsanto, American Express, Novartis, ThermoFisher, and T&D Holdings (Japan). • Specialized in live-action and animated video campaigns, translating complex ideas into compelling narratives that aligned with client business goals. • Regularly collaborated with global stakeholders to gather briefs, present concepts, and align deliverables across geographies and time zones. • Built scalable design systems and asset libraries to improve production efficiency and ensure visual consistency across client-facing content. • Mentored new design recruits at Cognizant Academy and conducted workshops on Stop-Motion Animation at government and private institutes. • Strengthened UX expertise by completing HFI’s Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) Certification, laying the foundation for later product design work.

Video Production / Asst. Cinematographer at Freelance, Dec 2013 - Apr 2014 · 5 mos, Kerala, India, • Managed production coordination and logistics, ensuring smooth execution of shoot schedules and on-ground requirements. • Worked as an Assistant Cameraman for B-roll shots, supporting the DOP and maintaining technical setup during filming.

Video Editor at National Institute of Design, Oct 2013 - Dec 2013 · 3 mos, Ahmedabad Area, India, • Recommended by faculty to work on a special project at NID as a Video Editor. • Reviewed and organized raw camera footage shared by the team. • Selected and refined appropriate clips, applied color correction, and crafted shorter edited videos tailored to project needs. • Ensured the final edits aligned with NID’s creative and academic standards.

Education

Master's degree, Animation Film Design, National Institute of Design

Bachelor's in Visual Art, Painting, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath,Art Complex, Kumarakrupa Rd,Bangalore-01 (Autonomous)