FIG.04 — Background / Jaipur → Nottingham → London
Engineer by training.
Designer by obsession.
Biography
Electronics engineer turned product designer. Same discipline, different failure modes.
I find where products leak — users, revenue, trust — and remove the leak at system level. Jaipur → Metafic → Lead Product Designer at FirstCry Middle East → MSc HCI at Nottingham → freelance product design and AI advisory in London.
At FirstCry Middle East I led product design for the region — redesigning the Product Details Page and making the case for, then building, a Figma design system to replace a drifting Adobe XD library. Before that, Metafic, where I learned to translate business goals into user-facing designs. Then an MSc in Human-Computer Interaction at Nottingham, because I wanted my instincts to have evidence behind them.
Now I'm in London working freelance — product design and AI advice for a business owner, covering brand, the website and how the business uses AI — alongside self-directed work: Lumen, my EV charging concept, and this site, both built AI-first with Claude Code. Open to full-time product design roles.
Off the clock: Formula 1 (strategy calls, not just drivers), One Piece, and a camera that keeps me honest about composition. My design mantra comes straight from the Grand Line: “As long as I'm alive, there are infinite chances.”
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Aug '19 – May '23
B.Tech Electronics
LNMIIT — systems thinking foundation.
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Feb '21
Shift to design
Systematic thinking, pointed at humans.
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Jul '21 – Sep '21
Product Designer, Start From Scratch
Freelance — digital products, concept to delivery.
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Mar '22 – Jun '22
UX Designer, Artistixe
Client UX under a senior design lead.
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Aug '22 – Dec '23
UI/UX Designer, Metafic
First full-time role — business goals to UI.
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Jan '24 – Mar '25
Lead Product Designer, FirstCry ME
Design system + PDP redesign, ME market. Dubai, then remote from Nottingham alongside the MSc.
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Sep '24 – Sep '25
MSc HCI, Nottingham
Research methods & behavioural science.
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Sep '25 – Jun '26
Building AI-first, London
Lumen + this site, built with Claude Code.
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Jun '26 – now
Product Designer & AI Advisor, Freelance
Brand, website and AI for a business owner.
Life beyond the canvas
FIG.05 — 35mm & 51.5°N
Mostly landscapes, shot wherever the walk ends up: hills, water, woods, a field of sunflowers. It's the same habit as the day job. Find the frame, then cut whatever doesn't earn its place.







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