Dhilan Kumar Patel
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Toptal member since January 14, 2022
Dhilan has been helping brands and products tell their stories for the last 10 years. Over the course of his professional journey, he has worked on various industries and products, from startups to enterprises, commerce, design tools, platforms, and the cloud. Dhilan loves using a user-centered approach to solve problems and drive design culture. He has a master's degree in interaction design, information structuring, and visualization and is a computer science engineering graduate.
Portfolio
Microsoft Commerce
Auto Parts | Mobile App
Work Experience
Principal Experience Designer
Salesforce
- Managed the design of the industry cloud with manufacturing.
- Led the team of three designers, mentoring and helping them achieve more.
- Collaborated with leadership to understand the pipeline and vision to align the experience.
Lead UI/UX Designer
Dash Applications
- Worked on a data-heavy application to simplify and align it to the information design guidelines by reducing cognitive load and providing the user with a sensible data presentation with visualizations.
- Contributed to creating a design system to bring consistency and make the tool modern and fast in terms of experience, navigation, and interaction improvements.
- Created a set of report templates to keep the experience consistent for the user and the business needs and make it scalable across all verticals.
- Designed the wireframe, components, and high-fidelity mocks in Figma.
Senior Experience Designer
Microsoft
- Joined the Azure Commerce and Ecosystems (C+E) team that helps businesses of all sizes fuel their growth by offering platform, cloud services, and tools to enable commerce across 240 markets.
- Led the product design and research of the enterprise commerce business that enables Microsoft's customers, partners, and global sales teams to acquire and manage Microsoft products.
- Envisioned and shaped the next-generation Bing Webmaster Tool at Microsoft, focusing on research and case studies on AI and ML.
- Helped webmasters and SEO specialists improve their website's presence on Bing search, building capabilities that provide insights and tools for superfast indexing, page traffic analysis, and SEO reports.
Experience Designer
Adobe
- Designed and delivered major product features to shape the next generation of design and prototyping tools at Adobe. Worked on Adobe XD as an experience designer.
- Worked closely with product management and engineering to analyze our usage pattern and help define our roadmaps. My major focus continues to be on modernizing Dreamweaver CC for web designers, developers, and students.
- Supported the Brackets open-source community and project while at the same team modernizing the code editor with Brackets as the new base. Brackets.io is an open-source project at Adobe.
Interaction Designer
Publicis Sapient
- Designed new products for various brands to meet people’s evolving digital lifestyles. Some of the brands I worked with include MasterCard, Harley-Davidson, Coca-Cola, Wegmans, Sun International, G6 Hospitality, Jeep, and MD Anderson.
- Collaborated with PMs to understand the concept and work on the initial ideas.
- Pitched the design to stakeholders in collaboration with business analysts and product owners.
Web Designer
Thomson Reuters
- Ensured cross-browser compatibility by writing W3C validated XHTML and using BrowserCam. Utilized float and position properties to align elements in the web page. Embedded Flash Shockwave files that need to be nested in the HTML application.
- Designed and created a layout for their quiz application presented on the Facebook website. Worked with PHP developers to integrate XHTML and PHP coding. Utilized Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and Illustrator for creating images.
- Used JavaScript to handle client-side validations and DHTML to create interactive web pages.
Web Designer and Application Developer
L2S Training and HR Solutions Pvt Ltd
- Built and edited HTML pages and proofread articles ready to be published. Utilized the Convio CMS. Provided technical support for internal organization members on how to use the application.
- Created HTML pages and designed and delivered emails, which are daily and weekly promotional e-newsletters. My duties involved adding and updating English and Spanish content on HTML pages.
- Designed banners and updated images on the website using Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady. Used Dreamweaver for creating HTML pages as required.
Education
Master's Degree in Interaction Design
IDC School of Design - Mumbai, India
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Biju Patnaik University of Technology - Rourkela, India
Certifications
Accessibility in Action
Microsoft
Learning Data Science: Tell Stories with Data
Scrum Master Certified
SMC
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft
Human Computer Interaction
Coursera
Master of Interaction Design
Lynda
Skills
Tools
Figma, Sketch, InVision, Slack, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Photoshop CC, Bing Webmaster, Adobe CC, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Platforms
iOS, Android, Mobile, Azure, Webflow
Industry Expertise
Healthcare, Consumer Products, Banking & Finance
Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++
Other
Microsoft 365, Design Thinking, User Experience (UX), Product Design, UI Design, UX Design, Wireframing, UX Prototyping, Management, Agile, Banner Design, App Design, Web UX Design, User Research, Design, Enterprise Design, Web Platforms, Web Search, Design Systems, Interaction Design (IxD), Human-computer Interaction (HCI), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Web Accessibility, Accessible Design, SEO Tools, Google Search Console, Web Design, Design Collaboration, Information Design, Responsive UI, Product Thinking, Digital Product Design, User Interviews, User Testing, Collaborative Design, User Validation, Data Visualization, Data, Mobile UI, Design Production, Mobile App Design, Mobile UX Design, User Interface (UI), Google Material Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Mobile UX, B2B2C, UX Audits, Dashboard Design, Web App Design, Responsive Design, Responsive Web Apps, Visual Design, Marketing Design, UI Components, SaaS, SaaS Design, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Web App UX, Web App UI, Rapid Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, High-fidelity Prototypes, User Flows, Mobile UI Design, UX Wireframes, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Leadership, UX Strategy, UX Architecture, Software as a Service (SaaS), Logo Design, Style Guides, Layout, Branding, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, Product Strategy, Design Leadership, User Personas, User-centered Design (UCD), Dashboards, Component Libraries, Discovery Workshops, Data Collection, Journey Mapping, Heuristic Analysis, Mobile Design, Web Development, Graphic Design, Storytelling, Data Science, Microsoft Commerce Server, UX Research, B2C, B2B, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Organic SEO, WordPress Design, AI Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Programming, Accessibility, MVP Design, Android App Design, Material Design, Mobile Game Design, Game Design, iOS App Design, Card Games, Interactive UI, Information Architecture (IA), Mobile Game UX, Microsoft Teams
Experience
- Adobe Experience Design (XD) - 10 years
- UX Design - 10 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 8 years
- Enterprise Design - 8 years
- Sketch - 8 years
- Web Accessibility - 8 years
- Figma - 8 years
- Product Design - 8 years
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
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