Aaqib Ahmad
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Aaqib Ahmad

Consultant: Product Design & CX in Bengaluru, He/Him

Open for Design Collaborations and Sessions

2 years ago

About

Aaqib excels in enhancing human experiences across digital products. He specializes in Product Design, CX, HCI, Brand Identity, and Digital Product Strategy. A proven problem-solver, he has made significant contributions to leading brands in Consulting, FMCG, Corporate Banking, FinTech, and Consumer Electronics, delivering solutions for Web & Mobile Apps, Wearables, Lifestyle, and E-Commerce Platforms. His other daily contributions include:

  • Creating and scoping CX-oriented designs for global brands.
  • Elevating digital product strategies to enhance brand's offerings and businesses.
  • Upholding UX, IxD and Visual Design standards across projects and teams.
  • Pitch and present concepts, proposals, and updates to executive stakeholders.
  • Collaborating with Digital Experience (DX) leads across Deloitte Digital.

Projects

2024
Consumer Electronics: D2C Design & Feature Enhancement (Europe & NA)
  1. Design and optimisation of user experience (UX) and visual design (VD) for client’s D2C platform.

  2. Enhancing existing user flows and introducing new features tailored to regional markets, benefiting consumers, marketing teams, and business units.

  3. Implementing responsive, scalable designs to boost engagement and improve conversion rates across the e-commerce platforms.

2023
Banking & Finance: Corporate Banking Portal & Mobile App
  1. Worked on the UX & VD flows wrt. business requirements from the client.

  2. Design and functionality audit with other competitive banking apps.

  3. Defined design strategy & timelines with Scrum Master, Tech. Lead & Axis Stakeholders (PM, VP, SVP).

  4. Updating the user flows based on the regulations by RBI.

  5. Created the Native App Design system. Incorporated iOS & Android platform best practices for the app’s visual design.

  6. End-to-end native app flows and interactive prototypes for client walkthroughs.

2022
Conversational UX & Interface Design
  1. Project for a leading FMCG brand headquartered in the UK.

  2. Worked closely with data scientists to understand AI models and frameworks.

  3. Learnt bot personas & consumer behavior to shape up natural Conversational UX.

  4. Designed Conversational UIs for the Bot Framework to support its advance capabilities.

  5. Explored bot's cross-functional integration with client's existing systems and platforms.

Side Projects

Speaking

2022
Spectrum of Design at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
India

Invited as the Guest Speaker to shed light on the topic - Spectrum of Design: A talk to understand design and what it takes to be a designer in industry.

The event was organised by Pixelate Design Club at VIT, Vellore.

Awards

2024

Award Categories: Change & Innovation, Client Centricity, Committment to People & Collaboration

2022
Move the Dot - Individual from Deloitte

Award for the following categories: Change & Innovation, Collaboration, Client Centricity, and Commitment to People.

2022
Move the Dot - Team from Deloitte

Received Move the Dot award in recognition of: Change & Innovation, Client Centricity

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Consultant - Product & CX at Deloitte
Bengaluru
2021 — 2023
UX & Visual Designer at Deloitte
Bengaluru
2020 — 2021
Visual Designer - Smartwatches at Noise
Gurgaon
2021 — 2022
Deloitte

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Content Development Team

2017 — 2018
CRY (Child Rights & You)

Campus Volunteer - SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai

Education

2024 — Now
Executive MBA - EPGP 17 (2024-2026) at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
2019 — 2021
MS in Computer Science at Christ University
Bengaluru
2016 — 2019
BS in Computer Science at SRM University (Main Campus)
Chennai

University Gold Medalist

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