# Raghav Karkera

> UX Designer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/raghavkarkera

## Work Experience
### Senior UX Designer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, United States

### UX Designer II and Manager @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 – Present | New York, New York, United States
As lead UX designer at AWS Wickr, I guide our product and engineering teams as we build a secure unified communication application with end-to-end encryption(E2EE). I manage and support user experience design for our cross-platform apps(iOS, Android, desktop) and web-based administrative consoles on the AWS admin console.

### UX Designer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Wickr
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York
I lead design at Wickr, tasked with the research and design execution for the Wickr applications on iOS, Android, and desktop. Utilizing a combination of business metrics and user research, I successfully delivered cross-platform customer and enterprise-facing applications aligning with the company's mission to provide secure and accessible communication over the internet.

### User Experience Architect @ DefinedLogic
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
We were tasked with reinventing the digital approach in the real estate sector for Weichert. I was responsible for designing and developing the search experience, user portal, and marketing pages. The goal was to provide a personalized digital experience and connect buyers with agents at the right time. 

The redesign resulted in a 48% increase in mobile form submissions and a 26% increase in mobile conversion rate, showing greater user engagement.

### Graduate IT Assistant - Maryland Population Research Center @ University of Maryland
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | College Park, MD
Responsible for ensuring functionality and efficiency of computer systems by the monitoring system and network performance, troubleshooting, and data restoration.

### Product Designer - Committee for a Better Environment @ University of Maryland
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | College Park, Maryland
The mission of this project was to understand what motivates people to develop sustainable habits. Worked with the Committee for a Better Environment’s (CBE) to produce and design concepts that leverage technology to encourage residents to engage in more sustainable practices in the community.

### Product Designer - The Gallery, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library @ University of Maryland
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | College Park, Maryland
Designed and Developed an Interactive Exhibit using Xbox Kinect to Demonstrate Rudolf Laban’s theory of Space Harmony. Users could visualize their own skeleton being tracked and the gestures they made in real time with respect to the shapes they made while making any movements.

### Adult Research Volunteer, KidsTeam @ University of Maryland
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | College Park, Maryland
Co-researcher at an Intergenerational design team at the HCIL. Designing and developing technologies for children and with children. Kidsteam Research is focused on developing design techniques by giving children a voice in the creation of youth technologies.

### Graduate IT Assistant @ University of Maryland
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | College Park, Maryland
Designed and developed “USRoving” IOS application, a Mobile dashboard for the ticketing system used by the Libraries. Increased efficiency and reduces paper wastage.

### Associate UI Developer @ Experience Commerce
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mumbai Area, India
Associate UI Developer at a leading Digital Agency. Developed responsive applications and CSS animations for web and mobile. Worked on technologies such as HTML5, CSS, Javascript, HTML5 games, CSS animation, SVG animation.


## Education
### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction
University of Maryland

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Information Technology
Visvesvaraya Technological University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karkeraraghav
- Portfolio: http://karkeraraghav.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-29