karan kapoor
Senior Product Designer & Figma Trainer with 5 years of experience specialising in product design, user research, and XR design. Proven track record of leading cross- functional teams at 0-1 startups and large organisations.
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Hyderabad, India
I am Karan Kapoor, a Senior Product Designer with experience in B2B, VR, and design. I love blending technology and design to create impactful experiences. With proficiency in UX design, design systems, and leading design teams, I have worked with renowned companies like Obvious, Grab-Singapore, and IIM-A. #ProductDesigner #UXDesign #DesignInnovation
Senior Product Designer, Keka HR
March 2024 - Present
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Contributing to the design sysem and leading the employee experience pod focused on UX, revenue, feature innovation, retention, and growth
Independent Product Designer, Freelance
April 2020 - Present
New Delhi, Delhi, India
- - Launched 20+ MVPs and assisted B2C, B2B, and B2B2C startups in achieving PMF through design, research, and prototyping
- - Conducted Figma training and design workshops across India
- Clients include IIM-A, IIM-B, IIT-M, Indiana University, and more
- - Conducted Figma training and design workshops across India
- Clients include IIM-A, IIM-B, IIT-M, Indiana University, and more
Visiting Faculty, FLAME University
September 2022 - April 2024
- Taught UI Design basics and Figma basic to advanced course to Design students enrolled in B
- Des programme
- Activities included, hand-on training, grading, and course creation
- Des programme
- Activities included, hand-on training, grading, and course creation
Virtual Reality Designer (Masters Project), Immertive
August 2023 - February 2024
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Designed VR learning experiences for healthcare, reaching 1 million+ professionals as part of NID’s Graduation Project
Founding Product Designer, Looppanel
January 2022 - September 2022
- - Led product design from scratch, conducting 50+ user interviews and 10+ usability tests
- - Designed features to reduce time from interviews to insights by 5x
- - Migrated and optimized website to Webflow, improving loading speed by 50% and integrating blog posts into CMS
- - Designed features to reduce time from interviews to insights by 5x
- - Migrated and optimized website to Webflow, improving loading speed by 50% and integrating blog posts into CMS
Product Designer, Obvious
May 2021 - August 2021
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- - Designed features like leave tracking, auto approval, and geography-dependent leave calendar for Pause, a B2B leave management tool used by 50+ clients globally ; achieved #3 Product of the Day on Product Hunt
- - Redesigned 3+ modules for Grab-Singapore Merchant Dashboard used by 1M+ merchants
- - Redesigned 3+ modules for Grab-Singapore Merchant Dashboard used by 1M+ merchants
Product Design Lead, Aphelia Innovations
March 2020 - March 2021
New Delhi, Delhi
- - Led design and launch of 5+ products and MVPs in healthtech and developer experience sectors
- - Collaborated with dev and PM teams to create product roadmaps
- - Grew the design team to 4 and introduced frameworks to streamline project pipelines
- - Collaborated with dev and PM teams to create product roadmaps
- - Grew the design team to 4 and introduced frameworks to streamline project pipelines
User Experience Designer, GuestHouser
June 2019 - February 2020
Gurgaon, India
- - Redesigned the booking and housekeeping apps used by ~100k people
- - Created and launched a Design System for internal tools and user facing apps
- - Created and launched a Design System for internal tools and user facing apps
Android Developer, Chapter Vitamins
June 2018 - November 2018
Gurgaon, India
- - Worked closely with product managers and devs to ship new features like gamification and interactive quizzes for the white-labeled employee training apps
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Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering
Masters in design, Human Computer Interaction
National Institute of Design
