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Nikhil Rao

Senior Product Designer

Product designer with 8 years experience. Led design at two YC startups. Specializing in fintech and health-tech UX.

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Design Portfolio

Specialties

Product Design

UX Research

Design Systems

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Principle

Maze

Style

minimal

clean

fintech

health-tech

8+ years experience

Available for Projects

Dribbble Behance

Portfolio

FinPay Banking Dashboard

product-design

FinPay Banking Dashboard

product-design

MediTrack Health App

product-design

MediTrack Health App

product-design

Nucleus Design System

design-system

Nucleus Design System

design-system

Experience

Lead Product Designer

Groww

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Jun 2022 - Present(3 yrs 9 mos)•Bangalore, India

Full-time

Hybrid

Leading design for mutual fund and stock trading experiences. Redesigned onboarding reducing drop-off by 35%.

•Increased new user activation by 42%
•Built design system with 200+ components used across 5 product teams

Figma

Principle

Framer

User Research

Design Systems

Product Designer

Ola

Jan 2020 - May 2022(2 yrs 4 mos)•Bangalore, India

Full-time

On-site

Designed ride-booking and driver partner experiences for 200M+ users.

•Redesigned booking flow increasing ride completions by 18%
•Won internal Ola Design Award for accessibility improvements

Sketch

Figma

Protopie

Miro

UI/UX Designer

Housing.com

Aug 2017 - Dec 2019(2 yrs 4 mos)•Mumbai, India

Full-time

On-site

Designed property search and listing experiences for real estate marketplace.

•Increased property inquiry rate by 25%

Sketch

InVision

Zeplin

Work Samples

Groww Redesign Case Study

Complete UX case study of Groww mutual fund onboarding redesign

Fintech UI Kit

Open-source fintech UI kit with 200+ components

Services & Pricing

UX Audit

Comprehensive UX review of your product with actionable improvements

₹3,500 / 3-5 days

Heuristic evaluation
User flow analysis
Competitive analysis
Prioritized recommendations report

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Product Design Sprint

Full product design from research to high-fidelity prototypes

₹12,000 / 2-3 weeks

User research
Wireframes
Hi-fi prototypes
Design system components
Developer handoff

Testimonials

“Nikhil redesigned our entire onboarding flow and new user activation jumped 42%. He has an intuitive understanding of what makes fintech products feel trustworthy and easy to use.”

Kiran Patel

Founder, PayHQ

via Direct

“One of the best product designers in Indian fintech. Nikhil built our design system from the ground up and it has become the foundation for all our product development.”

Rishi Verma

CPO, Groww

via LinkedIn

“Nikhil brings both strategic thinking and pixel-perfect execution. His accessibility work at Ola set new standards for Indian consumer apps. Strongly recommend.”

Lakshmi Nair

Head of Design, Ola

via Email

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