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Sylvester Renold

Design Lead | Web3 UX, DeFi & FinTech | Built Design Systems that Scaled BTC & Solana Products

Bengaluru

9+ years of work experience

Freelance
Mar 2025Mar 2025 - NowPresent

Bangalore

Persistence Labs
Oct 20222 yrs 7 mosApr 2025

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Led end to end design execution for pSTAKE’s BTC liquid staking product, crafting seamless multi chain asset flows, intuitive information architecture, and interactive experiences that simplified DeFi staking and BTC yield strategies. Played a key role in scaling the product experience, contributing to an all time high of $35.65M in Total Value Locked through improved usability, clarity, and transaction confidence. Owned the design direction across core staking flows, dashboards, and user journeys, working closely with product and engineering teams to ship reliable, user friendly Web3 experiences. Designed and maintained scalable UI patterns and components to support rapid feature development and consistent user experience across the platform.
Persistence Labs
Oct 20211 yr 1 moOct 2022

India

Led the redesign of Persistence’s product ecosystem during the transition from the Cosmos ecosystem to BTC, establishing a user centric and scalable design system that improved developer efficiency by 40 percent. Redesigned Dexter, a decentralized exchange, to align with the new Persistence brand identity, delivering a unified design system that increased successful dApp integrations by 40 percent. Owned the design system development for Toby, a liquid staking platform on Solana, ensuring seamless dApp integration, consistent UX patterns, and smooth transaction workflows. Collaborated cross functionally with product, engineering, and marketing teams to design dashboards and internal tools that improved data visualization, decision making, and growth initiatives.
Deluxe Entertainment Services
Jul 20154 yrs 7 mosJan 2020

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Oversaw daily production workflows, performance tracking, and quality metrics for the Editorial Freelance Department. Conducted error analysis and quality reviews, providing structured feedback to improve accuracy, consistency, and overall output standards. Planned and delivered end to end training for new joiners, including training modules, documentation, assessments, and post training evaluations. Analyzed process gaps and implemented alternative strategies to improve efficiency, quality, and team performance across large scale editorial operations.
Freelance
Nov 20149 yrs 3 mos2024

India

Freelance photographer with experience covering weddings, events, nightlife, portraits, and creative shoots. Captured high quality images that tell authentic stories, working closely with clients to understand their vision and deliver results that exceeded expectations. Skilled in photo selection, retouching, and post production to ensure polished final outputs suitable for both print and digital use.

Sylvester’s AI Stack

claude
claude
gemini
gemini
openai
openai
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
ChatGPT Images
ChatGPT Images
Figma Make
Figma Make

Education

Springboard

User Experience

Springboard

20201 yr2021
Rabindranath Tagore University

Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government

Rabindranath Tagore University

20172 yrs2019

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Headline

Design Lead | Web3 UX, DeFi & FinTech | Built Design Systems that Scaled BTC & Solana Products

About

I am a design lead who helps decentralized finance products become intuitive and reliable. I specialize in creating scalable design systems and UX flows that improve developer efficiency and user success in complex blockchain environments. My work has contributed to measurable growth in TVL and integration success.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

openai

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Images

Figma Make

Work experience

Visual Designer (Freelance) at Freelance, Bangalore

Design Lead at Persistence Labs, Oct 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Led end to end design execution for pSTAKE’s BTC liquid staking product, crafting seamless multi chain asset flows, intuitive information architecture, and interactive experiences that simplified DeFi staking and BTC yield strategies. Played a key role in scaling the product experience, contributing to an all time high of $35.65M in Total Value Locked through improved usability, clarity, and transaction confidence. Owned the design direction across core staking flows, dashboards, and user journeys, working closely with product and engineering teams to ship reliable, user friendly Web3 experiences. Designed and maintained scalable UI patterns and components to support rapid feature development and consistent user experience across the platform.

User Experience Designer at Persistence Labs, Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, India, Led the redesign of Persistence’s product ecosystem during the transition from the Cosmos ecosystem to BTC, establishing a user centric and scalable design system that improved developer efficiency by 40 percent. Redesigned Dexter, a decentralized exchange, to align with the new Persistence brand identity, delivering a unified design system that increased successful dApp integrations by 40 percent. Owned the design system development for Toby, a liquid staking platform on Solana, ensuring seamless dApp integration, consistent UX patterns, and smooth transaction workflows. Collaborated cross functionally with product, engineering, and marketing teams to design dashboards and internal tools that improved data visualization, decision making, and growth initiatives.

Senior Editor at Deluxe Entertainment Services, Jul 2015 - Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Oversaw daily production workflows, performance tracking, and quality metrics for the Editorial Freelance Department. Conducted error analysis and quality reviews, providing structured feedback to improve accuracy, consistency, and overall output standards. Planned and delivered end to end training for new joiners, including training modules, documentation, assessments, and post training evaluations. Analyzed process gaps and implemented alternative strategies to improve efficiency, quality, and team performance across large scale editorial operations.

Photographer at Freelance, Nov 2014 - 2024 · 9 yrs 3 mos, India, Freelance photographer with experience covering weddings, events, nightlife, portraits, and creative shoots. Captured high quality images that tell authentic stories, working closely with clients to understand their vision and deliver results that exceeded expectations. Skilled in photo selection, retouching, and post production to ensure polished final outputs suitable for both print and digital use.

Education

User Experience, Springboard

Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government, Rabindranath Tagore University

Public links

sylvesterrenold.com: https://www.sylvesterrenold.com/