Akvil Sakhare
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Tallinn, Estonia
Toptal member since February 3, 2022
Akvil is a UX designer with a decade of experience in crafting user-centric solutions. Armed with a Master's in Design (HCI), his journey has taken him through various industries, where he transformed legacy systems, drove growth, and secured funding for projects. He's passionate about solving complex problems through design and creating impactful user experiences. Akvil is a big-picture thinker who believes in the power of storytelling and design to solve real-world problems.
Portfolio
Dozee: Contactless Health Monitoring System
Paritta Mobile App: Buddhist Sutras for Protection
Docsumo: Document AI Software
Ntree: Home Security Management
Nudge: Connect With Friends
DhanWise: Platform for Financial Advice
Work Experience
Senior UX Designer
Malwarebytes
- Led UX design for EDR (Endpoint Detection Response) cyber threat hunting modules, iterating and enhancing the UX and Ul across multiple software versions.
- Helped increase the user base by working closely with UX researchers, product managers, engineers, analysts, and customer support and employing a focused design strategy.
- Conducted design audit, heuristic evaluation, competitor analysis, interviews and other user research methods to inform design decisions.
Lead UX Designer
Peepal Design
- Led a small team of junior designers, providing guidance.
- Conducted stakeholder alignment workshop, created personas, and performed competitor benchmarking.
- Conducted a heuristic evaluation and user interviews to gain insights.
- Developed workflows and designed information architecture and pixel-perfect interfaces.
Senior UX Designer
Docsumo
- Created the wireframes and designed the interfaces of an enterprise software application.
- Built a brand identity guide, including colors and typography, merchandise, posters, and graphics for the website.
- Worked on three versions of the software based on user feedback.
UX Designer
Dozee
- Managed the whole user experience and visual design that included the onboarding experience, information architecture, design user flows, wireframes, and app interfaces over multiple iterations until the product's beta launch.
- Collaborated with researchers to conduct sleep studies and data scientists to create data visualizations and design dashboards to display them.
- Conducted market research and user feedback sessions. Worked in both large groups and one-on-one for print and digital projects. Designed the device's packaging and collaborated with the vendor to manufacture and deliver the cases for the company.
- Designed branding assets like logos, merchandise, infographics, illustrations, and posters.
Experience Designer
Elysian Studios
- Joined organization since its inception. Supported multiple preliminary organizational setup requirements like documentation, hiring, and brand design.
- Formulated the product development workflow for creating virtual reality experiences and scrutinized each process to maximize effectiveness.
- Administered the development of a VR documentary on Kumbh Mela by designing the product lifecycle and collaborating with a team of six members.
- Supervised the creation of a VR documentary on the life of young monks at an important monastery in Himachal Pradesh. The documentary was an official selection at the 2017 Tampere Film Festival in Finland.
UX Designer
Trell Experiences Private Limited
- Designed mobile app interfaces across multiple platforms such as iOS, Android, and the mobile web.
- Created visual assets like icons and illustrations.
- Collaborated with a cross-function team to create a pixel-perfect interface.
Education
Master of Design in Interaction Design
IDC School of Design - India
Master's Degree in Buddhist Studies
Nagpur University - India
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - India
Skills
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Miro, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Apple Keynote, MURAL, Zoom
Platforms
Figma, Web, iOS, Android, Apple, WordPress
Industry Expertise
Health & Wellness, Healthcare
Languages
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Other
UX Design, Product Design, Mobile App Design, User Experience (UX), User Flows, Layout Design, UX Wireframes, Wireframing, Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Web App Design, User Personas, Mobile Design, Websites, User Stories, Atomic Design, Mobile App UI, UX Research, DataViz, Visual Design, Data Visualization, Storytelling, Internet of Things (IoT), Dashboards, SaaS Design, Gamification, Design Leadership, UI Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design Systems, Software as a Service (SaaS), User Interface (UI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Heuristic Evaluation, AI Design, Design Production, Touchscreens, Medtech, Web Design, Dashboard Design, Branding, Motion Design, Chatbots, ChatGPT, Chatbot Conversation Design, Fintech, E-learning, Meditation, Aesthetics, Risk Management, Material Design, Responsive UI, Service Design, Social Media, Mobile UX Design, Cross-platform UX, Information Design, Web Dashboards, Enterprise Design, Mobile UX, Mobile UI, Web UI, Virtual Reality (VR), Video Production, HR Tools, Leadership, Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), App UX, App UI, Voice UI Design, B2B
Experience
- UX Design - 8 years
- Figma - 7 years
- Storytelling - 7 years
- Sketch - 6 years
- Data Visualization - 6 years
- Apple Keynote - 5 years
- JavaScript - 4 years
- Adobe Experience Design (XD) - 4 years
Tools
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
- Sketch
- Apple Keynote
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