# Suchithra Ramakrishnan > Product Designer, Founder & Maker Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/suchithra A results-oriented product designer with a passion for solving user challenges. My experience spans startups and mature tech companies, where I've honed my skills in data-driven design and strategic thinking. Committed to creating impactful products through compelling storytelling. ## Work Experience ### Founder @ Studio Pilu Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States - Launched a boutique woodworking venture specializing in handcrafted art and custom furniture. - Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle, from initial conceptualization and digital modeling to physical fabrication and brand identity. - Applied iterative design principles to physical products, optimizing production workflows and material sourcing. ### Freelance Product Designer @ Unknown Jan 2025 – Present ### Design Advisor @ Oar Health Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, CA - Enabled the successful launch of a newly compounded product (Clutch) by advising on critical design strategy and execution. - Focused on design for growth and retention across the platform experience. - Stood up the core Design System to ensure consistency and scalability for rapid product development. ### Senior Product Designer II @ SimplePractice Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, CA - Drove 3-year vision and product roadmap, securing C-suite buy-in for analytics as a key offering. - Conducted foundational user research (40+ participants) to identify strategic growth areas. - Designed a new payroll report, achieving a 30% reduction in calculation time. - Designed and ran A-B tests for new pricing and packaging, and redesigned the subscription management experience optimizing for new packaging changes. - Built strong cross-functional relationships (Data, CS, Marketing) for successful Go-to-Market; collaborated with other designers on growth initiatives and AI research. ### Senior Product Designer @ SimplePractice Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, CA - Led UX redesign that simplified settings navigation, reducing customer service queries by ~90%. - Revamped marketing offering, driving a 238% increase in quarterly average views. - Contributed to Design System: designed and enhanced key components for consistency and scalability. - Built strong cross-functional relationships (Data, CS, Marketing) for successful Go-to-Market; collaborated with other designers on growth initiatives and AI research. ### Sr. Product Designer @ Pivot Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, CA - Empowered User Community: Led the discovery and redesign of Pivot's community, fostering a safe and inclusive space for users. Championed a novel "celebrations framework" that boosted post-quit engagement and retention by 10x and increased in-app quit reports by 28%. - Expanded Market Reach: Oversaw the extension of Pivot's tobacco cessation offering to the DTC market (previously enterprise only). - Personalized User Experience: Conceptualized and launched a recommendation feed designed to onboard and continually engage the user throughout their tobacco cessation journey . This has since been adopted across all of Pivotʼs offerings including Flex and Clear. - Accessibility Champion: Led the effort to achieve WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance across Pivot's apps, ensuring inclusivity for all users. - Improved User Flow: Optimized the sensor pairing experience, resulting in a 15% increase in pair rates. - Design System Advocate: Contributed to and scaled Pivot's design system, ensuring design consistency and efficiency. ### Product Designer @ Pivot Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Rewood shores ### Product Designer @ Meta Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park, CA - Designed seamless integration patterns for third-party applications (Salesforce, Oracle, Workday) within Facebook's workplace product. - Contributed to Facebook's design ecosystem by creating new components within Proton. ### Product Designer @ Sion Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Redwood Shores, CA - Redesigned visual interface and defined clear information architecture. - Designed and launched a new feature called Commissions. - Conceptualized and designed company website, crafting cohesive online presence and brand identity. - Drafted investor pitch deck. ### Product & UI/UX Designer @ GoDysh Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Played a pivotal role in designing GoDysh's e-commerce food platform. Developed a responsive, user-centric experience for both mobile and web. Crafted a distinctive brand identity and created a consistent visual style to reflect GoDysh's values. Provided thorough prototypes and documentation to facilitate smooth development and maintain brand integrity. ### Visual, UI & UX Designer @ Upwork.com Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area - Created the onboarding flow and concept designs for Blippbuilder, Blippar’s AR builder tool. - Designed consumer facing and responsive websites and other digital marketing assets for a variety of clients with a focus on establishing brand presence and increasing brand awareness. ### Academic Researcher @ University of Tasmania Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Tasmania, Australia - Designed, conducted and analyzed data from key-informant interviews, group discussions, and surveys to study the effectiveness of management and governance. - Authored 4 scientific reports on a variety of topics including governance, management, and environmental design. - Presented and defended a thesis to a panel of experts. ### Content Strategist @ Airpush, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Coimbatore Area, India - Built the go-to content strategy for Airpush’s mobile native marketing platform Hubble. Performed a detailed content audit and created a system for content management to ensure consistency. - Lead a cross-functional team to execute the marketing strategy. - Hired, trained and managed a content team of three people. ### Designer, Writer and Marketer @ Fuego Systems Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Chennai Area, India Developed and designed Fuego System’s brand identity. Created an advertising strategy for Spring Med Spa which included print advertisements across South India, which resulted in a marked increase in lead generation. Designed a web portal for India’s oldest surviving production house - AVM Productions, with the goal of functioning as a comprehensive repository of all their content. The design was successfully adopted and implemented. Conceptualized and launched a performance-driven social media campaign for AVM Productions with a goal of increasing its relevance among millennials. This saw more than a 30% increase in YouTube watch time and a 70% increase in Facebook interactions within the first month of the campaign going live. ### Content Specialist @ Sulekha.com Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Chennai Area, India - Created the content strategy for Rivr's travel verticle. - Designed and conducted online competitions and marketing campaigns to promote the verticle. - Created opportunities for collaborations with various travel related influencers across India. - Acted as a community moderated and conducted comunity building activities across the platform. ### Intern UI/ UX @ HCL Technologies Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Chennai Area, India - Worked on creating Lo-fi designs and prototypes for several current projects - Crafted personas and designed the wireframes for a Home Security tablet application - Worked on UI designs for a movie mobile app in both iOS and Android platforms. ## Education ### Master of Applied Science in Environmental Management and Spacial Sciences University of Tasmania ### Master of Arts - MA in Broadcast Communication MOP Vaishnav College for Women ### B.Sc in Apparel and Fashion Technology PSG College of Technology ### Master's Degree in Environmental Studies University of Tasmania ### Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism M.O.P. Vaishnav College For Women - India ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/suchithraramakrishnan - Website: https://www.rksuchithra.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/suchithra JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/suchithra/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05