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INTRODUCTION With over 9 years of experience in FinTech, Prop-Tech, Restaurant-Tech & more and a strong inclination towards Research, Interaction Design, copywriting and strategy has helped Manav build scalable solutions for complex workflows. PORTFOLIO https://bento.me/uxandmore • Last updated Jan 2025 PAST EXPERIENCE ➤ 4+ years in Fintech with experience in building advisory, investment and wealth management products for businesses and end-customers. ➤ 5 years experience in building B2B and B2C products for Housing consumer and seller and Ed-tech products at Times Internet like coding challenge and hackathon design. LEADERSHIP ROLES ➤ AlgoTest (YC S22), Lead the team of two designers and FE engineers in launching four 0 -> 1 products contributing to 40% of the monthly revenue rate. ➤ Tickertape, Lead the team of three designers responsible for Stock, Mutual funds and smallcase pages, Portfolio and Wishlist. WHY MANAV 1. Skilled at balancing quality and speed of work. 2. Diverse experience of early-stage and multiple designers across teams. 3. I’ve developed a robust design process called LITE that helps me to adapt and deliver swiftly. 4. My engineering background helps me sync seamlessly with developers. 5. Strong collaborator with a “yes and…“ attitude. ------ Skills Product Design • UX Design • UI Design • Figma •Interaction Design • Design Systems • Design Strategy • UX Research • Leadership • Mobile Interface Design • Responsive Design • User Research • UX Writing • Prototyping • Motion Design • Animation • Icon Design • Artificial Intelligence • Generative AI • Design Management • Data Visualisation • Growth Design • Design Mentorship • AR Design • VR Design • Vehicle Infotainment Design

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Design Consultant at UXANDMORE, May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Delhi, India, Client: AlgoTest (YC S22) 1. Built four 0→1 products leading a team of 2 designers contributing to 40% MRR. 2. Evangelised and conducted research identifying personas and new product initiatives.

Design Consultant at AlgoTest (YC S22), Jun 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr, Delhi, India, 1. Built FOUR Zero to one products alongwith a team of 2 designers contributing to 40% MRR. 2. Increased the signup rate from 15% to 20% by building, redesigning and optimising top of the funnels pages across the platform in 3 months. 3. Improved core monetisation reducing drop-off from 90% to 70% adding additional 2% monthly revenue. 4. Introduced Handoff, QA, GTM and Analytics tracking processes improving communication, planning and measuring impact. 5. Evangelised and conducted research identifying personas and new product initiatives.

Senior Product Designer at Tickertape, Mar 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Remote, 1. Established a structured design critique called Design Jam to improve cross-pod collaboration, get early feedback and reduce design debt. 2. Produced an in-house video series called "Figma for developers" to help improve collaboration and efficiency among the design and engineering teams. 3. Led the pod of four designers responsible for: * Stocks, Mutual Funds, Indices & ETF page * Equity and Mutual fund Portfolio * Smallcase pages and transactions * Stock & Mutual Fund Screener * Watchlist and Basket

Designer Consultant at Scripbox, May 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr, Remote, At Scripbox I collaborate with product managers and come with refined product requirements, plan and perform appropriate research for the product and work on the execution(Design and handoff)

Designer and Researcher at Housing.com, Feb 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Gurugram, 1. Re-Designed detail pages for New Projects and Resale properties. Help increase conversion by 5% and SEO ranking. 2. Worked on various growth & experimental features. 3. Performed research for products/features like Landmark based search, Information architecture for home detail pages, channel partner app and more.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Delhi Institute Of Technology & Management

High School, Mount abu public school

Public links

medium: https://medium.com/@uxandmore

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@uxandmore