Sr. Director - Product Design
Agoda (Nasdaq BKNG) / Oct 2021 - May 2022
As Senior Director of Design at Agoda, I led a team of around 10 product designers and spearheaded the research, and design of new funnel product verticals for agoda that included private homes, flights, attractions, and packages. www.agoda.com
Global Head of Design
SWVL (Nasdaq SWVL) / May 2022 - Jan 2023
As the design leader at SWVL, I manage a global team of designers working towards understanding and solving the needs of riders, drivers, and transit operators. We are currently building a cloud platform product to provide a unified mobility solution for various user personas. www.swvl.com
Education 🎓
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Bachelors Degree • Fashion & Information Technology / 2002 - 2006
Certificates 📃
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Executive Education • Entrepreneurship / 2014 - 2015
Mobile User Experience (UX) Design
Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) / 2022
Design Thinking
Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) / 2020
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) / 2020
Director - Design & User Experience
Flipkart / Oct 2021 - May 2022
As Director of Design at Flipkart, I led product & merchandising design team of 100+ designers to build & scale delightful experiences for storefronts (home page & ~ 20 categories). Along with this, I was also the design owner for events (Big Billion Days, etc), CRM & monetisation. One of the many initiatives was to build a content automation tool for flipkart which today, generates ~95% of the contend delivered in english & 11 vernacular languages.
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Vivek is a true leader in every sense of the word.
He leads in an honest way that teaches and encourages someone to develop themselves and become a leader in their own right. He is a great asset to any organization, a strong leader and I enjoy working with him.
- Sudhanshu Dargarh
His focus on good design, data oriented decision making, team leadership, business impact and people empathy are all exemplary. The impact he has created in his tenure at Flipkart as a leader of these teams has been awe inspiring for me. Vivek is a great asset and a priceless addition to any team and I am sure he has a very rewarding tenure ahead of him!
- Vikram Sharma
His out of the box thinking and pushing others to achieve the goals in a short time is something I will always cherish. He ia very data driven and thrives to achieve the best consumer experience while approaching any problem statement.
- Amit Kumar Singh
The hunger, passion, and thrive for challenges is really commendable Vivek & this has always inspired me from you. Some of the great impact you have created at Flipkart by building the strong user experience rockstars, teams growth & building strong vision for design team is absolute great. Anyone would be lucky to have you as manager/mentor/coach.
- Aneesh U
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