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title: "Krishna Menon - Principal Design Lead in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Krishna Menon on Tal

## 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 \(Autonomous\)

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