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Igor Ginzburg
Creative Director / Founder at Flowform
- Creative Direction
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Full-stack product design consultant with over a decade of experience crafting B2B and B2C products that are used by millions around the world. Portfolio: www.igorginzburg.com SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: - Strong conceptual skills and the ability to take an idea from a raw concept and bring it to fruition. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - A user-centered approach to design, based on research, ideation, prototyping, and testing. - Extensive experience working as a lead designer in Startup environments. - Proficiency in Adobe XD, Sketch, Webflow, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effect, Premiere, Jira, and HTML.
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Misbachul Umam
UI/UX Designer at Digital Envision Australia
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
I’m a UI/UX & Web Designer based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I help brands transform ideas, business requirements, and complex information into digital experiences that feel clear, intuitive, and professional. My work covers the complete design process, from user flows and wireframes to interface design, responsive websites, interactive prototypes, and implementation support. I have worked with clients and teams across Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia, designing websites, applications, and digital systems for different industries. Alongside my design work, I have trained and mentored more than 500 students. This experience has strengthened my ability to explain design decisions, collaborate with different stakeholders, and turn complex problems into practical solutions.
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Dani Kennedy
Senior Vice President, Client Success at Manual Labor Studio
- Creative Direction
- Design Strategy
- Design Thinking
- eLearning
Hello! I'm a creative leader, design educator & facilitator. My creative journey has taken me through many experiences & industries. I've worked for small start-ups, played at the big names like IBM, Esteé Lauder & Pantone. I also my own design studio. Let’s connect on your creative journey!
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Sivaprakasam Gnanam
Product Design Lead at DealShare
- Mobile Development
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Visual Design
Hey, I’m Siva from Bangalore, India. A User Experience & Interface Designer who crafts unique experiences through a user-centered design approach involving design research, wireframing, visual design, user interactions, and user testing.
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Jeremy Wheat
UX Manager - PwC Digital at PwC
- Art Direction
- Sketch
- User Experience
- User Interface
Jeremy has almost 2 decades of experience as a designer, problem solver, and collaborator. He approaches each project - whether large or small - as a chance to bring together a collaborative cooperative of professionals to provide the best final product. His team of experts includes photographers, designers, illustrators, development teams, writers, producers, videographers, app designers, and software engineers. He volunteers his time as an organizer and creative community connector at CreativeMornings/Seattle.
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Midhunlal TR
Motion Graphic Designer at Zoho Corporation
- Art Direction
- Illustration
- Motion Design
5 years industrial experience Motion graphics designer. Currently based in Bangalore. Skilled in concept through completion for all kinds of animation videos. A well in-depth understanding of Adobe creative cloud and other related software tools.
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Satish Kondamuri
Senior Principal UX Designer at Aaseya IT Services
- Design Thinking
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
With over 14 years of experience designing impactful and user-centered experiences across fintech, telecom, healthcare, media, and government sectors, I specialize in creating intuitive solutions that seamlessly blend functionality with user delight—consistently exceeding expectations. At Aaseya IT Services, I lead UX strategy initiatives for software products and enterprise applications, ensuring that design decisions are deeply rooted in user research and guided by design thinking principles. One of my key achievements includes developing a UX strategy for the Performance Analytics Admin Console, which increased the active customer base from 38% to 64%. My role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify UX/UI opportunities, define design goals, and deliver intuitive user experience. Combining a strong foundation in the User-Centered Design (UCD) approach with extensive experience facilitating design thinking workshops, I’m committed to fostering innovation while championing user empathy at every stage. Alongside mentoring both junior and senior designers, I continue to drive scalable design practices that empower teams and elevate product experiences. My dedication to a User-Centered Design (UCD) approach complements my experience in facilitating design thinking workshops, making sure that every idea is thoroughly vetted and refined. I am mentoring junior/senior designers, I’m excited about the possibility of contributing to your team in UX/UI.
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Robert Haugen
Design Lead at Dualog
- Sketch
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
A digital designer based in Oslo, Norway. I have recently started working for Geta Digital in Oslo as a UX designer. I have also founded Grupwork.com and Flips.no which both are Edtech/e-learning solutions that aim to make learning easier and more fun.
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Sandeep Sarate
Lead Product Designer at HCL Technologies: HCL Software Division
- Design Thinking
- Product Design
- User Experience
Extensive background in User Experience Design, Mentoring & Team Building. Experience in User Research, Persona, Journey/Experience Mapping, Information Architecture, Site/Navigation Map, Wireframe, Prototype & User Testing for web & mobile applications. Always looking for challenges & willing to work on new technologies like AR, VR & IoT.
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Manuela Macario
Customer Strategy & Applied Design Manager at Deloitte Digital
- Design Leadership
- Design Thinking
- Industrial Design
- User Experience
Working in design projects for 15 years, I have experience in strategic design consultancy, management of multidisciplinary teams, innovation processes facilitation, design thinking, co-creation, and the use of approaches such as bio thinking - life centered design, UX research - to enhance the creation of innovative and impactful products and services.
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Nuwan Withanage
Senior UX Designer at Spryker
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Diversity & Inclusion
- User Research
I'm a self-starter who likes to take on complex challenges. I focus on the holistic view of product design. I'm passionate about working with tech, financial and lifestyle products. I love to share my experience and what to expect from early-stage & scaling startups to enterprise companies. I can give UX career advice, job search tips and portfolio reviews.
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Kirti Ahlawat
Senior Designer at Microsoft
- Design Management
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
Hi, I'm Kirti, a Product Designer at Microsoft Customer Voice. I'm interested in the design process, methodologies, and creating accessible solutions. I'm here to volunteer my time to mentor young designers and offer career guidance. The quest to explore my creative side brought me to Design and gave me the freedom to explore new frontiers of thinking and innovation. I find myself at ease while interacting with people and observing my surroundings. Hailing from a Computer Engineering background, the 'how' drives me towards the problem space, whereas design drives my desire to immerse into the 'why'.
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Lisa Maione
Assistant Professor at Kansas City Art Institute
- Data Visualization
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Visual Design
Enthusiastic to support creative practices of all kinds. Experience as a designer in small and medium-sized studios, as an art director in magazines and editorial, as a collaborator with architects and scientists, and as a design educator since 2008. Research in graphic design history & typography. With over 18 years of design industry experience, clients have ranged from architects to artists, community organizations to academics, filmmakers, photographers, publishers, museums, entrepreneurs, writers and scholars. I am an Associate Professor of Graphic Kansas City Art Institute where I combine my professional design experience with research collaborations. TEACHING: Since 2008, I have taught design courses at schools including Parsons School of Design at The New School, CUNY Queens College (NYC), Oklahoma State University and Kansas City Art Institute. Focus on typography, design history, and user experience. STUDIO: For Instance is my design practice. Independently and collaboratively with other designers, For Instance designs and builds visuals, spaces, tools, presentations and interactions to engage audiences at all scales of communication and distribution. For Instance is engaged with design projects, proposals and speculations in the arts, architecture, media, sciences, education and humanities. http://work.forinstance.org/
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Apurva Gupta
Lead UX Designer at Amazon Web Services
- Accessibility
- Career Advice
- Design Critique
- Portfolio Review
Apurva is a seasoned designer and has been in the design industry for 8+ years. She holds a bachelor in Design and a masters in HCI. She has worked with companies big and small leading end-to-end design and helping teams set-up design-first product processes, design systems and accessibility goals. I am an experienced UX designer and researcher who combines expertise in user-centered design and management of technology. I work towards designing delightful, meaningful and inclusive experiences. - Extensive experience in SaaS-based enterprise and user-facing products and solutions. - Specializes in design thinking and user-centered design philosophy - Excels in connecting the dots between user needs, business requirements and development infrastructure. - Exercises systemic, deliberate and data-driven approach to design. - Strongly believes in the power of consistency across different components, modules, pages and/or processes of a product. - Loves challenges and always open to learning something new. - Fuels energy from an open, collaborative environment.
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Mais Jan
Design Team Lead at Halo Lab
- Graphic Design
- Motion Design
- User Interface
- Web Design
My name is Mais, and im UI/UX designer, and web designer. Im study its all by myself and can help to junior or middle designers with my experience. And tell them about my steps at designer work. How I start and how a do it!
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Christopher Grose
Product Design Manager, Enterprise Engineering ML AI at Meta
- Design Strategy
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Research
Hi, I’m Christopher. 👋 I’m a dynamic tech-industry professional with an exceptional track record as a creative leader, innovator and UX design professional. I think big and strategically, but always keep an eye on the details – especially when they impact the customer experience. My impact in executive leadership roles is demonstrated by my history to build and scale design teams. I effectively overcome complex business challenges through strategic and creative execution. I've had the pleasure of leading the design of strategic digital campaigns, immersive interactive experiences, and complex software design for many internationally recognized brands and technology companies. Great design improves our everyday interactions, and I firmly believe that it should exist in every thing that we experience. If you're interested in creating something great together, please send me a note and say hello.
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Sanchit Gupta
Product Design Manager at Coursera
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am a Product Design Manager at Coursera. I have over 10+ years of experience as a designer and design manager.
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Hugo Bermúdez
Product Designer at Codegram
- Brand & Identity
- Interaction Design
- UI
- User Centered Design
A brand and digital product designer with a wide background in both graphic and digital projects. More than ten years of experience in designing user-centered solutions and aligning business goals with user needs support me.
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Jitesh Rajani
Senior User Experience Designer at Amazon
- Design Leadership
- Design Process
- Design Strategy
- Human Computer Interaction
Lead UX Designer at Amazon who loves solving problems and talking about design. I enjoy reading and writing about design, basketball, Netflix and painting in my free time. Here to contribute back to the design community. I have a prior experience in designing and directing experiences for masses and well as for B2B. As a design thinking specialist, I helped business incubation teams to convert ideas to concepts, features, product and services. I use design to enhance collaboration and help teams navigate through ambiguity. I am here to help students, designers and even design aspirant with multiple facets of design career from interviews, mentoring to beginning/transitioning in design career. We can exchange notes case studies, design topics or even design hiring in Big tech. Feel free to reach out to discuss design, psychology, sports or your thoughts on whose the best F1 driver.. 🏎🏎
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Sushaantu S
Head of Product & Design at Imille
- Design Thinking
- User Experience
- Web Design
Design + Technology + Business Strategy Hi! I am Sushaantu and I like to work at the interjunction of design + technology + business strategy
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Jose Espinoza
Visual Designer at Expedia Group
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- UI Development
- User Experience
I'm Austin based multidisciplinary designer. I've been designing professionally since 2005 and have had roles in development, creative direction, and branding. If you have a project that needs working on, I'd love to help out. Here's a sampling of what I've had my hands in over the years.
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Samriddhi Paik
Innovation Consulting Analyst at Salesforce
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am intrigued by human interface interactions and how a simple change could effect massive degrees in human perception. My passion lies in solving complex problems by having a thorough understanding of the business goals, the ecosystem, its.With a union of these, I aim to create simple yet meaningful experiences.
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Amit Bassi
Design Lead at FarEye
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Interface
- User Research
I make digital products work. Happier the user, profitable the business. A passionate User Experience and Interaction Designer, who loves to solve highly complex concepts into simple and easy flows.
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Nandini Suthar
User Experience Lead at Salesforce
- Design Systems
- Interaction Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
With about10 years of experience in UX Design, I have worked for small design studios, as well as big enterprise companies. The products catered for Indian/global users in B2C, B2B / Supply chain domain, I believe in the philosophy, “Good design begins when you can empathise with the User well”
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Edwina Olver
Research and Product Partner at Untangld
- Design Thinking
- Product Design
- Service Design
- Team Building
Passionate about curating consumer led insights and strategy to drive business innovation. 10+ yrs experience assisting Australia’s leading players in the FMCG, higher ed, automotive, services and government sectors with product development.
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