# Nikita Kamdar > Product Designer | UX Designer | Visual Designer | 6+ years of design experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nikitakamdar Hi, I'm Nikita, a Product Designer with 6+ years of multidisciplinary design experience. Throughout my career, I have worked for diverse brands, supporting clients ranging from small businesses, startups, and non-profits to multinational companies. I have thrived and quickly aligned with the goals of each business using an empathetic lens and collaborative approach to deliver design solutions that drive impact. Skills: User-Centered Design, Design Thinking, Competitor Analysis, Surveys, User Interviews, Affinity Mapping, User Stories, Journey Mapping, User Flows, User Personas, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Information Architecture, Sketching, Wireframing, Prototyping, Design Systems, Responsive Design, Visual Design Tools: Figma, Figjam, Miro, Marvel POP, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Analytics, Slack, Notion, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Foodsmart Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### UX Designer @ FUTURESIGHT ™ Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 ### UX Designer @ Wevise Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States Collaborated with cross-functional teams to redesign an intuitive mentor and mentee onboarding experience driven by thorough heuristic evaluations for a tech platform, resulting in an enhanced user experience and visual optimization Crafted and executed a research plan, utilizing user interviews to analyze motivations of mentors and mentees, to improve match acceptance rates Contributed to the development of a design library, driving efficient workflows and consistent design language, leading to an increase in design process efficiency and streamlined collaboration ### UX Designer @ Tech Fleet Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States Validated concept for a college savings platform by crafting user stories, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, conducting targeted research, and leveraging 5 key user interviews and usability tests with 4 participants to drive actionable design recommendations within an agile framework ### Product Designer @ Szymon Zephan Capital (SZC Group) Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Led a team of 3 designers and redesigned critical pages, reducing the bounce-off rates by 24.3% and increasing engagement for financial advisors Conducted comprehensive Heuristic Evaluations to inform strategic decision-making and identify competitive advantages, leading to improved user experiences Optimized information architecture and successfully advocated for and conducted usability testing with 10 participants, providing valuable user insights that drove design enhancements and optimizations Collaborated effectively with the design team and stakeholder to understand project requirements, conceptualize, iterate and transform low-fidelity wireframes into high-fidelity mockups while incorporating key insights and feedback ### UX/UI Designer - Cleanbot @ NK Design Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 • Successfully designed an intuitive, mobile-web e-commerce experience simplifying online comparison shopping for specification-heavy products from conception through two rounds of usability testing and validated it with 10 testers • Optimized project outcomes by devising a 90-hour project plan and strategically prioritized UX methodologies for maximum efficiency ### UX/UI Designer - Decor8 @ NK Design Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 • Designed a seamless web experience to help boost new home owner's confidence in their purchases • Synthesized insights from existing user interviews, mapping a seamless user flow for home decorating goals in the context of a design sprint • Iteratively advanced from sketches to storyboard to high-fidelity prototypes, validating design through 5 usability tests ### UX/UI Designer - Afterschool @ NK Design Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 • Designed an end-to-end mobile app that helps parents streamline the management of their kids' extracurricular activities by providing an intuitive end-to-end solution for exploration and organization • Researched pain points through user interviews and desk research, translating quantitative and qualitative data into focused design goals • Progressed from sketches to creative high-fidelity prototypes using Figma, refining designs via guerrilla tests and usability sessions with 15 testers ### Visual Designer @ NK Design Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 - Led the design and execution of digital and print initiatives for a variety of clients such as Smilezone, Reggies in the Mix, Simba Tea, and more to create ad campaigns, packaging design, visually engaging web graphics, signage, etc. driving brand visibility and user engagement ### Senior Graphic Designer @ Pidilite Industries Limited Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 - Exceeded marketing targets by collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders to identify and design impactful ad campaigns and collaterals for Hobby Ideas, elevating sales by 34.5% - Spearheaded the launch and design of marketing collaterals, merchandise and exhibition graphics for International Creative Craft Competitions, boosting engagement which attracted participation from over 5000 schools and 1.7 million students - Revitalized Colstar line with strategic packaging design, enhancing market position - Streamlined in-house design collaboration, ensuring timely, high-quality projects ## Education ### UX/UI Design Career Track Certification Springboard ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Graphic Design University of Mumbai ### Google UX Design Professional Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design Coursera ### User Experience Nanodegree in User Experience Design Udacity ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nikitakamdar --- Source: https://flows.cv/nikitakamdar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nikitakamdar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13