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Mobin Varghese

Senior Product Designer | AI-Native Products, Design Systems & B2B SaaS | Building Cialfo’s design system from scratch | Ex-Acko

Greater Bengaluru Area

8+ years of work experience

Cialfo
Apr 20267 mosPresent

Singapore

• Design systems: single-handedly created Cialfo's design system from scratch, taking it from foundations to fully functional code in ~2 months vs. a typical 6+ month cycle. 230+ master components, 800+ variants, 174 variables/tokens, 50 text styles, 4 effect styles and ~97 icons, used across the organization by 6 designers and 50+ engineers. • AI-native design language: defined how Saige AI lives in the product beyond a chat window, as an AI annotation layer that guides, explains and contextualizes the interface. • Human, not childish: established a design language balancing an approachable experience for 13–16-year-old students with the efficiency and information density required by 30–45-year-old counselors. • AI-first counselor workflows: moved beyond search and data-table paradigms to experiences where AI interprets large student datasets and surfaces the students needing the most attention across Student Lists, Cdocs, University Profiles, Insights, Groups and Quick Reports. • Explore (AI recruitment intelligence): designed the end-to-end UX with Scout AI at the center of the university representative workflow to identify schools, nurture relationships, recommend recruitment markets and cities, and plan recruitment activity. • AI-native design-to-code workflow: built with Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Figma AI across UX exploration, system creation, prototyping, audits and implementation. Token enforcement and CI-based drift checks drove semantic colour adoption from 44% to ~98%.
Acko
Apr 20242 yrs 3 mosJun 2026

On-site

Owned end-to-end experience design for ACKO's AI chatbot, Contact Us, policy management and rewards. • AI chatbot (pre- and post-sales support): created in-chat widgets and a scalable interaction system that helped reduce daily support calls by ~42%. • Contact Us: redesigned around an LLM-powered, chatbot-first support model, reducing daily call volume by 67% and contributing to annual savings of ~₹7 Cr. • Policy management: redesigned around users' assets rather than policy documents, improving usability and engagement and increasing app retention by ~118%. • Rewards ecosystem: designed coupons, coins, challenges and rewards, contributing to customer retention and engagement of ~38%.
Acko
Jul 20221 yr 11 mosMay 2024

Bengaluru

• Built and maintained a scalable design system to improve brand and interaction consistency across digital platforms. • Designed and optimized homepage and acquisition experiences to improve customer engagement and outreach. • Ran user research, usability testing and iterative design for SEO-led product pages, balancing search performance, information hierarchy and user experience. Recognition: Top Performing Designer (2022–23 and 2023–24); Winner, Design-a-thon 2023.
The Minimalist
Sep 202111 mosJul 2022

Mumbai

• Ran user research, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing for digital products across multiple clients. • Designed web and mobile experiences for Taggd and AngelOne, improving usability, visual quality and interaction clarity. • Led stakeholder interviews, competitive analysis and heuristic evaluations; created design systems and implementation-ready prototypes.
Exint Solutions Private Limited
Mar 20183 yrs 7 mosSep 2021

Noida Area, India

Mobin’s AI Stack

anthropic apis
anthropic apis
claude code
claude code
claude
claude
codex
codex
cursor
cursor
github copilot
github copilot

Education

SHALAKA FOUNDATIONS KEYSTONE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, PUNE

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

SHALAKA FOUNDATIONS KEYSTONE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, PUNE

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

PG diploma, piping engineering and plant layout

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

20171 yr2018

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Headline

Senior Product Designer | AI-Native Products, Design Systems & B2B SaaS | Building Cialfo’s design system from scratch | Ex-Acko

About

Hi, I'm Mobin. Senior Product Designer specializing in AI-native products, complex B2B/B2C experiences and scalable design systems. I take complex product problems and turn them into scalable product experiences, working across product strategy, UX, interaction design, visual design, design systems, prototyping and design-to-code. WHAT I BRING • AI-native product design: I design products where AI is part of the workflow and the interface, not just a chat window. At Cialfo, Saige AI became an AI annotation layer that guides, explains and contextualizes the UI. • Design systems at scale: I created Cialfo's design system from scratch and took it from foundations to fully functional code in ~2 months (vs. a typical 6+ month cycle). 230+ master components, 800+ variants, 174 variables/tokens, used by 6 designers and 50+ engineers. • Human, not childish SaaS: one platform serves 13–16-year-old students and 30–45-year-old counselors. I set a design language that feels approachable to students and stays efficient and information-dense for counselors. • AI-first workflows: instead of "find the data → interpret it → decide," I design for "AI understands the data → AI surfaces what matters → the user acts." From counselor workflows (Student Lists, Cdocs, University Profiles, Insights, Groups, Quick Reports) to AI-powered recruitment intelligence for university representatives in Explore. PROOF OF IMPACT (ACKO GENERAL INSURANCE) • AI chatbot and in-chat widget system helped reduce daily support calls by ~42%; a chatbot-first Contact Us cut daily call volume by 67% (~₹7 Cr annual savings) • Redesigned policy management around users' assets, not policy documents: ~118% increase in app retention • Designed the rewards ecosystem (coupons, coins, challenges): ~38% customer retention and engagement HOW I WORK I use Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Figma AI across UX exploration, system creation, rapid prototyping, audits and implementation. Token enforcement and CI-based drift checks took semantic colour adoption from 44% to ~98%. Tools: Figma · Framer · Adobe Creative Suite · Spline · Sketch · Midjourney Portfolio: mobindesigns.framer.ai

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

github copilot

Work experience

Senior Product Designer at Cialfo, Apr 2026 - Present · 7 mos, Singapore, • Design systems: single-handedly created Cialfo's design system from scratch, taking it from foundations to fully functional code in ~2 months vs. a typical 6+ month cycle. 230+ master components, 800+ variants, 174 variables/tokens, 50 text styles, 4 effect styles and ~97 icons, used across the organization by 6 designers and 50+ engineers. • AI-native design language: defined how Saige AI lives in the product beyond a chat window, as an AI annotation layer that guides, explains and contextualizes the interface. • Human, not childish: established a design language balancing an approachable experience for 13–16-year-old students with the efficiency and information density required by 30–45-year-old counselors. • AI-first counselor workflows: moved beyond search and data-table paradigms to experiences where AI interprets large student datasets and surfaces the students needing the most attention across Student Lists, Cdocs, University Profiles, Insights, Groups and Quick Reports. • Explore (AI recruitment intelligence): designed the end-to-end UX with Scout AI at the center of the university representative workflow to identify schools, nurture relationships, recommend recruitment markets and cities, and plan recruitment activity. • AI-native design-to-code workflow: built with Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Figma AI across UX exploration, system creation, prototyping, audits and implementation. Token enforcement and CI-based drift checks drove semantic colour adoption from 44% to ~98%.

Product Designer 2 at Acko, Apr 2024 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos, On-site, Owned end-to-end experience design for ACKO's AI chatbot, Contact Us, policy management and rewards. • AI chatbot (pre- and post-sales support): created in-chat widgets and a scalable interaction system that helped reduce daily support calls by ~42%. • Contact Us: redesigned around an LLM-powered, chatbot-first support model, reducing daily call volume by 67% and contributing to annual savings of ~₹7 Cr. • Policy management: redesigned around users' assets rather than policy documents, improving usability and engagement and increasing app retention by ~118%. • Rewards ecosystem: designed coupons, coins, challenges and rewards, contributing to customer retention and engagement of ~38%.

Product Designer at Acko, Jul 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, • Built and maintained a scalable design system to improve brand and interaction consistency across digital platforms. • Designed and optimized homepage and acquisition experiences to improve customer engagement and outreach. • Ran user research, usability testing and iterative design for SEO-led product pages, balancing search performance, information hierarchy and user experience. Recognition: Top Performing Designer (2022–23 and 2023–24); Winner, Design-a-thon 2023.

Design Associate - UI at The Minimalist, Sep 2021 - Jul 2022 · 11 mos, Mumbai, • Ran user research, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing for digital products across multiple clients. • Designed web and mobile experiences for Taggd and AngelOne, improving usability, visual quality and interaction clarity. • Led stakeholder interviews, competitive analysis and heuristic evaluations; created design systems and implementation-ready prototypes.

Piping Engineer at Exint Solutions Private Limited, Mar 2018 - Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Noida Area, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, SHALAKA FOUNDATIONS KEYSTONE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, PUNE

PG diploma, piping engineering and plant layout, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology