Shreya Agarwal

Shreya Agarwal

Product Designer in Singapore, She/her

I am a generalist with a people-centered and cross-functional approach to design. My design practice is deeply rooted in user insights, quick prototyping, and creating business value. I embrace complex problem solving and creating meaningful experiences that drive commercial impact for the companies I work with. With a background in service design and graphic design, I bring full-stack design skill set to my team.

Currently, I am managing the design team for Search and Personalisation at Grab, a super-app in South-East Asia. During weekends, I mentor and teach fellows at Ownpath where I share my expertise in visual design and product design.

Previously, I worked as a Senior Product Designer at Obvious, where I lead multiple products from zero to one in the domains of Fintech and Marketing tools. During weekends, I mentor and teach fellows at Ownpath where I share my expertise in visual design and product design.

I started my design career as a graphic designer, working on branding, publication, and illustration for client like WWF, Hyatt, and Serendipity Arts foundation.

I love to illustrate and animate in my spare time. Talk to me about science fiction, true crime, and cooking.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Senior Design Manager at Grab
Singapore

I lead a team of three talented designers focused on creating powerful discovery and recommendation tools for our users. We function as a horizontal team, working across Grab’s core services of Food, Transport and Mart. Collaborating with these various organisations within the company, I ensure our designs meet Grab's quality standards, company goals and contribute to our overall success.

2022 — Now
Lead Product Designer at Grab
Singapore

Bringing value to key stakeholders: merchants by growing their business, customers by helping them discover and Grab by building a healthy ecosystem.

2022 — Now

Conducting masterclasses on Visual Design for Product Designers for early career designers.

2020 — Now
Bangalore, India

Lead projects and teams to deliver end-to-end experiences for our clients in India and South East Asia

2016 — 2019
Freelance consultant

Independently took up projects related to branding, data visualization publications, and product design.

2019 — 2019

Education

2018 — 2019
M.Des Design Innovation & Citizenship at Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, United Kingdom
2012 — 2016
B.Cra Contemporary Creative Practices at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology
Bangalore, India

Contact

Twitter
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Behance

Projects

2022
Building financial services at Slice

Leading multiple projects to improve the current user experience as well as exploring opportunities for new offering or services.

2022
Self Serve Ads Platform at Grab

Leading the design development of a core monetization business, Ads, to give the vision a tangible form to the platform that is client-facing, fastens the process, increases revenue, and reduces the workload on the internal team of Grab.

2021
Stockbroking for new age at Kotak Securities

Building a new age platform for investors and traders by simplifying the process to make it more accessible for novice users.

2019
Group payments at Royal Bank of Scotland
2019
Humanising services at Positive Action

Side Projects

2021

Developing a visual language for marketing material for a series of events

2020

Building practices and facilitating cross-team collaboration within the design org through a structured program and series of workshops

2019

Through primary research and thematic coding created a storytelling visualisation.

2019

Commissioned work for non-profit