Rahul Ranjan

Product and Visual Designer
Roorkee, IN.

Experience

CheQ
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Product Designer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Internship

Summary

Learning and working with the best-in-class FinTech folks to make credit products and activities a breeze to interact with.

Highlights

Currently working on the in-app credit card onboarding and management and making sure it is smooth and seamless for both the new-to-credit and familiar-to-credit users.

Graphy - by Unacademy
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Product Designer

Hybrid, India

Internship

Summary

As a Product Design Intern at Graphy by Unacademy, I contributed to critical design decisions and developed scalable design systems, enhancing user engagement for educational products.

Highlights

Developed and maintained core components within the design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across multiple product interfaces.

Provided instrumental assistance in key design decisions, directly influencing UI/UX strategy for critical features and improving user experience.

Designed intuitive and functional dashboard interfaces, significantly enhancing user engagement and data visualization for educational products.

Matiks
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Product and Motion Design Intern

Remote, India, India

Summary

As a Product and Motion Design Intern at Matiks, Rahul significantly impacted user engagement and retention by crafting diverse UI/UX elements and interactions.

Highlights

Crafted over 20 high-fidelity screens, 10+ interactions and prototypes, and 5+ custom illustrations, enhancing the app's visual appeal and usability.

Contributed to over 100% growth in the app's user base by optimizing user flows and improving overall product experience.

Achieved a 2-hour increase in user retention through the implementation of engaging motion design and intuitive interaction patterns.

Volunteer

SDSLabs
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Head of Design Efforts

Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Summary

As Head of Design Efforts at SDSLabs, Rahul led a team of 20+ designers and collaborated with 40+ developers to craft user-facing products for the IIT Roorkee campus and beyond.

Highlights

Directed design efforts for a collective of 20+ designers and 40+ developers, fostering cross-functional collaboration on user-centric product development.

Spearheaded the creation of multiple user-facing products tailored for the IIT Roorkee campus community, enhancing digital experiences.

Cultivated a culture of user-focused design within the organization, driving the successful delivery of innovative solutions and improving project outcomes.

Improv Section
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Designer-cum-Comedian

Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Summary

As Designer-cum-Comedian for the Improv Section, Rahul applied graphic design expertise to promotional materials and performed comedy, enhancing audience engagement.

Highlights

Provided graphic design expertise for diverse shows and events, developing visual materials that supported comedic performances and boosted promotional efforts.

Performed as a comedian in multiple shows, contributing to audience engagement and enhancing the overall entertainment value of the section.

Education

IIT Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Bachelor and Masters in Technology

Geophysics, Earth Sciences

Projects

Aaoi | Design System / Component Library

UI / Systems

Summary

An in-house component library designed to provide a seamless developer experience for creating sleek web-applications.

spotmoney | Personal Project

Personal Project

Summary

A personal initiative to demystify personal finance through user-friendly design.

Backdoor | SDSLabs, IIT Roorkee

Cybersec

Summary

Redesigned the administrative panel for Backdoor, a jeopardy-style CTF hosting platform by SDSLabs.

Skills

Product Design

User Centered Design, User Research, Wireframing and Prototyping, Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Design Systems, Brand Design.

Visual Design

Microanimations, Microinteractions, Design systems, UI Design.