
Abhijith Chandran
Senior UX / Product Designer
Salary / Daily rate
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Freelance, open to permanent contract
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About me
Intro
I am a professional designer with over 9 years of experience in UX and UI design, having worked with a range of organizations including Amazon, IBM, Infoworks, and Designit (on a project for Google). My passion lies in elevating digital user experiences. I excel at deeply understanding customer pain points, uncovering product gaps, and crafting effective solutions that address real user needs.
Work experience
Lead UX & UI Designer
DesignIt
Mar 2025 - Present
1 year 8 months
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Developed a comprehensive data link application for Telecom project (Alphabet Inc.) to configure, monitor and track link health metrics between wireless data terminals. Led the complete rebranding initiative of OEM data link application, transforming it into the telecom application platform.
Sr Product Designer
HunomeFreelance
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
8 months
Remote
Solved end-end design issues of Hunome platform for members by collecting and translating user insights into intuitive and delightful digital experiences. Launched features like Group Invite, Member Quotes, SparkOut etc, and enabled AI capabilities into the product. Designed backend Admin portal to handle Platform Approvals, account management etc. Revamped FTUE for better onboarding experience.
Senior UX /UI Designer
Stealth StartupFreelance
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
6 months
Remote
Led 0-1 product designing for an event discovery and community building application. Owned design concept creation, user research, competitive analysis, user journey mapping, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping and quick validation through usability and A/B testings. Worked with the product and stakeholders to get ready with the launch of the product in the market.
Sr UX Designer
IBM
Oct 2023 - Jul 2024
10 months
Lead designers on projects and collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Teams using agile and lean delivery methodologies. Designed product to create free hand collaboration and whiteboard tool with AI capabilities or system engineers handling complex technical system design models. Improved the FTUE for Maximo Application Suite (AI powered software) by revamping the sign up and trail version flow. Owned usability testing sessions with users for newly launched features in Maximo application to drive design improvements. Launched new customisation feature called work queues for software suit from scratch to avoid unplanned downtime in asset management.
UX & UI Designer
Infoworks.io
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
1 year 7 months
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Designed 2 new products (Data Replicator & ProdOps Dashboard) apart from existing product UX & UI improvements and revamps. Owned Design process and decisions (Discover, Design, Validate) of cloud data products from scratches to final releases. Conducted user research, interviews, usability testing to formulate MVP, improve product and new features. Collaborated with Product, Tech & Dev teams to prioritize UX issues to offer easy, cleaner and consistent experience and interface to the end users. Launched Design Style Guide – saved 50% of UI dev efforts & time.
Amazon
Sep 2014 - Dec 2021
7 years 4 months
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Sr. Product Experience Specialist (Seller UX)
May 2016 - Dec 2021
5 years 8 months
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Created a smooth listing experience on Seller Central (UI for sellers) with ease of navigation and reduced response time. Driven UX & UI improvements on seller application journey to reduce backend operational efforts. (Achieved 50% YOY reduction in seller contacts related to listing removal due to selection issues). Developed a restrictive user experience for selective listing on seller’s user interface to ensure a safe catalog and maintain a defect free Seller experience. Prepared user audits (seller) and improve UX for inventory onboard and exit on seller interface. Shipped 2 Self-Service tools (2000+users) to handle marketplace operations. Created application workflow for brand owners and sellers for listing approvals.
Product Specialist (Product Order Experience)
Sep 2014 - May 2016
1 year 9 months
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Improve customer shopping experience in Amazon. Work with IP right owners, legal entities to improve the product quality, offer better selection and earn trust of customers. Work with sellers to improve their performance metrics and overall product order experiences they offer to customers. Develop and Train operation teams to ensure quality in buyer-seller investigations to eliminate marketplace abuse.
Education
Springboard
Springboard UI/UX Design Career Track
2020 - 2021
1 year 1 month
University of Mysore
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2012 - 2014
2 years 1 month
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Bachelor's degree
2009 - 2012
3 years 1 month
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