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Utkarsh Raj

Designing engaging user experiences with a focus on acquisition, engagement and conversion.

Bengaluru

3+ years of work experience

Expedia
Aug 20263 moPresent

Gurgaon

Spinny
May 20251 yr 2 mosJun 2026

Led UX strategy and interaction design for end-to-end car purchase experience, product education, booking, test drive, and delivery flows for 2.5M+ monthly users across mobile and web. Defined purchase experience information architecture and contextual personalisation across transaction states; reduced Time-to-Decision by 15%, purchase conversion +6% among returning users. Designed AI-powered onboarding to surface personalised recommendations, wireframes, user flows & high-fidelity prototypes; user-to-visit +8%, final purchase conversion +6%. Cross-platform product comparison feature, simplified high-density specifications into scannable purchase-decision architecture; feature adoption +22%, downstream conversion +4%.
Leverage Edu
Mar 20241 y 1 moApr 2025

Noida

Leverage Edu
Dec 20231 yr 5 mosApr 2025

Defined UX strategy and designed interactive purchase and onboarding flows for cross-border remittance platform from scratch, complex multi-bank payment workflows made intuitive for first-time users. Iterated rapidly on purchase funnel based on data; drop-offs 54% → 23%, approval rate → 78%, transaction success rate 96% at $45M+ monthly TPV.
The Economic Times
Jan 20231 yrDec 2023

On-site

- Enhanced User Acquisition: Strategically restructured prime subscription benefits, resulting in a 12% surge in recurring user acquisition, transforming latent potential into active engagement. - Catalysed Product Monetisation: Orchestrated a groundbreaking marketplace, "ET Learn," seamlessly integrating independent educators, propelling rapid virality and netting an impressive 16cr weekly ticket sales revenue. - Revenue-Optimised Solution: Designed a robust advisory tool for investors and traders, swiftly onboarding 18 vendors within a week and driving an average SIP value of 7500 rupees, fuelling sustained revenue growth with GMV of 56cr.
Jan 20231 moFeb 2023

Noida

Led product education and purchase experience redesign for ET Prime subscription, restructured benefits communication and activation flows to clearly articulate value; recurring user acquisition +12%. Designed Investor Advisory purchase journey, 18 vendor partners onboarded week 1; contributed to 56 Cr GMV. ET Learn creator marketplace, end-to-end purchase and discovery UX; 16 Cr weekly ticket sales.
GitHub
@eziohunter6
Personal portfolioutk2026.vercel.app

Utkarsh’s AI Stack

anthropic apis
anthropic apis
claude code
claude code
cursor
cursor
grok
grok
kimi
kimi
langsmith
langsmith

Education

amity University

B.des(fashion communication), Design and Visual Communications, General

amity University

20174 yrs2021
amity University

Communication Designer

amity University

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Headline

Designing engaging user experiences with a focus on acquisition, engagement and conversion.

About

At Leverage Edu, we're pushing the envelope of EdTech. Leveraging my product and systems thinking, my team and I have created products that resonate deeply with our users, fostering robust user engagement and innovative product development. My work in product consistently enhances user experience, evidenced by a significant surge in acquisition and monetization at previous companies like The Economic Times. Our accomplishments in reshaping educational services underscore our dedication to exceeding user expectations and strengthening our leadership in the EdTech industry.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

cursor

grok

kimi

langsmith

Work experience

Senior Product Designer at Expedia, Aug 2026 - Present · 3 mo, Gurgaon

Senior User Experience Designer at Spinny, May 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, Led UX strategy and interaction design for end-to-end car purchase experience, product education, booking, test drive, and delivery flows for 2.5M+ monthly users across mobile and web. Defined purchase experience information architecture and contextual personalisation across transaction states; reduced Time-to-Decision by 15%, purchase conversion +6% among returning users. Designed AI-powered onboarding to surface personalised recommendations, wireframes, user flows & high-fidelity prototypes; user-to-visit +8%, final purchase conversion +6%. Cross-platform product comparison feature, simplified high-density specifications into scannable purchase-decision architecture; feature adoption +22%, downstream conversion +4%.

Product Guy at Leverage Edu, Mar 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 y 1 mo, Noida

Product Manager at Leverage Edu, Dec 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Defined UX strategy and designed interactive purchase and onboarding flows for cross-border remittance platform from scratch, complex multi-bank payment workflows made intuitive for first-time users. Iterated rapidly on purchase funnel based on data; drop-offs 54% → 23%, approval rate → 78%, transaction success rate 96% at $45M+ monthly TPV.

Senior Product Designer at The Economic Times, Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr, On-site, - Enhanced User Acquisition: Strategically restructured prime subscription benefits, resulting in a 12% surge in recurring user acquisition, transforming latent potential into active engagement. - Catalysed Product Monetisation: Orchestrated a groundbreaking marketplace, "ET Learn," seamlessly integrating independent educators, propelling rapid virality and netting an impressive 16cr weekly ticket sales revenue. - Revenue-Optimised Solution: Designed a robust advisory tool for investors and traders, swiftly onboarding 18 vendors within a week and driving an average SIP value of 7500 rupees, fuelling sustained revenue growth with GMV of 56cr.

Senior User Experience Designer at Economic Times, Jan 2023 - Feb 2023 · 1 mo, Noida, Led product education and purchase experience redesign for ET Prime subscription, restructured benefits communication and activation flows to clearly articulate value; recurring user acquisition +12%. Designed Investor Advisory purchase journey, 18 vendor partners onboarded week 1; contributed to 56 Cr GMV. ET Learn creator marketplace, end-to-end purchase and discovery UX; 16 Cr weekly ticket sales.

Education

B.des(fashion communication), Design and Visual Communications, General, amity University

Communication Designer, amity University

Public links

github: https://github.com/eziohunter6

utk2026.vercel.app: https://utk2026.vercel.app/