# Ankita Deshpande

> Sr. Product Designer at Zillow | AI UX | B2B2C | Enterprise SaaS Platforms | Internal Developer Tools

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ankitadeshpande

As a Strategic Lead Product Designer with over 8 years of experience, I am passionate about transforming complex enterprise solutions into intuitive, human-centric products. Currently leading design initiatives at GEP, I excel in end-to-end product design, from initial concept through to final implementation.

Key Skills:

1) User-Centered Design: Adept at creating designs that prioritize user needs, ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience.
2) Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to align design strategies with business objectives to drive growth and innovation.
3) Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong track record of working closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to deliver cohesive and impactful products.
4) Prototyping & Usability Testing: Skilled in creating interactive prototypes and conducting thorough usability testing to refine and enhance product designs.
5) Leadership & Mentorship: Experienced in leading design teams, mentoring junior designers, and fostering a collaborative and creative work environment.

At GEP, I focus on humanizing enterprise products, making them not only functional but also delightful to use. My approach is rooted in empathy, research, and a deep understanding of user behavior, ensuring that every product I design meets the highest standards of usability and aesthetics.

Let’s connect to explore how we can drive innovation and create exceptional user experiences together!

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Zillow
Jan 2025 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Lead UX Designer @ GEP Worldwide
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
1) Led UX for a GenAI-powered Enterprise Intake & Process Orchestration platform (0→1).
Designed conversational experiences, introduced scalable design system components, and mentored junior designers - driving 40% faster task efficiency.

2) Redesigned a self-serve low-code workflow builder (GUI) for Document Lifecycle Management.
Facilitated global stakeholder alignment and optimized complex configuration flows - reducing setup time by 75%.

3) Modernized the mobile experience with a full visual refresh + improved IA.
Streamlined approval workflows and simplified navigation - increasing task completion by 25%.

4) Launched “GEP Green” - a 0→1 ESG & Sustainability Risk product.
Crafted end-to-end, data visualization–heavy analytics journeys; the POC drove 15% increase in qualified leads for sales.

5) Optimized Accounts Payable / Invoices product journeys.
Reimagined tables and form design to improve clarity and validation - reducing user error rates by 30%.

### Sr. UX Designer @ GEP Worldwide
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
Working on building the next generation supply chain and procurement products. Apart form product design for existing clients, my role also includes partnering with sales and marketing team's to build product demos that help win potential clients. I have owned and lead several products at GEP such as :
1) Invoicing - Accounts Payable product to improve operational efficiency, unlock savings & optimize working capital
Key Projects : Invoice dashboard, Payment scheduler, Invoice management, Queue management

2) Should Cost Modeling - A tool that enables supply chain teams to determine the true price of goods and services purchased at any given point in time.
Key Projects : Graphical Cost Modeling, What-If Analysis Interface

3) Supply Chain Collaboration - Multi-tier collaboration with suppliers and contract manufacturers to drive value across the enterprise.
Key Projects : PO Management Interface, BOM Creation, ASN Pick-Pack-Ship, PO Error Validation, Comments Interface
4) Quality Management System - A tool that documents the policies, procedures, and controls necessary for an organization to create and deliver high-quality products or services
Key Projects : Quality document creation, Quality compliance interface, Graphical representation of APQP & PPAP
5) Platform/Low Code- I am a member of the Platform team at GEP that builds smart admin tools to make onboarding & technical configuration for customers easy and seamless.
Key Projects : State Machine Builder, Queue Management, My tasks
6) Supply Chain Risk Management - A tool to get multi tier supply chain visibility, risk monitoring and risk mitigation planning & execution.
Key Projects : New product offering, POC work in progress

### User Experience Designer @ GEP Worldwide
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Design for Accessibility @ Verizon Media
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
With design (UX/Product) now one of the most crucial building block in all major tech enabled companies, we need more non-sighted folks joining the making/creation process to create an Inclusive Industry. "SeeUX" is a set of inclusive UX prototyping tools enabling blind UX Designers to design user experiences while also bridging communication gaps between sighted and non-sighted designers. This was my capstone project done in collaboration with accessibility experts from Verizon Media.

### UX UI Designer @ NYU IT
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York
One of the roles and responsibilities of NYU IT is to design and develop custom Enterprise Solutions for improved day to day functioning of various stakeholders within the University. 

- My role at NYU IT was that of a generalist UX/UI Designer where the typical lifecycle of a project would entail interfacing with clients to understand the problem area first hand, collaboration with product/design managers, scoping and planning of projects, conducting user/market research, data analysis, creating usable design mock up’s(low-high fidelity), usability testing and collaborating with front-end/back-end developers for successful launch of the products.    
- While at NYU IT I designed applications/software for Capital Management, Data Management, Tuition Remission (digital tool for NYU employees to manage their employee benefits) and Change Management System.  
- Also worked on content development and designed supporting communication co-laterals like emailers.
- Project documentation:
NYU Request API - https://ankitaux.com/nyu-requestapi
Tuition Remission - https://ankitaux.com/tuition-remission

### UX UI Designer @ 99acres.com
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Noida Area, India
99acres.com is an online property database portal. 

- While here, I had the opportunity to design for all of their products i.e. Desktop website, Mobile website and Mobile App (Android and iOS).
- I worked on Customer facing projects to improve the usability of existing features, designing new digital features, heuristic evaluation and usability testing for mobile app, mobile website and desktop website. I designed some powerful online interactive tools (desktop widgets) for prospective property buyer's such as Cost Estimator (based on your desired house configuration), EMI calculation, Locality Price Trends and so on. As the lead designer, my job was to study Google/Pentaho analytics, conduct user/market research from time to time, identify user pain points, redesigning existing tools and proposing new tools for improved usability.
- The projects happened in a highly collaborative agile environment and were a cumulative effort of design, product management and development(front-end and back end) teams at 99acres.com.
- Project documentation:
99acres mobile app - https://ankitaux.com/99acresapp
Data Viz - https://ankitaux.com/data-visualisation

### UI/UX Intern @ TCS iON
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Vikhroli, Mumbai

### Graphic Design Intern @ LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Design Intern @ DesmaniA Design Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New Delhi Area, India


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Integrated Digital Media
New York University

### Master of Science - MS in User Experience and Interaction Design
Thomas Jefferson University

### Graduate in Graphic Design in Graphic Design
MIT Institute of Design

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Correspondence, English Language and Literature/Letters
Savitribai Phule Pune University

### Commerce with Maths
Air Force Bal Bharti School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anki13
- Portfolio: https://ankitadeshpande.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13