Product designer & creative problem solver

Aarav Sharma

I turn complex challenges into thoughtful digital experiences. Over the last eight years, I've helped ambitious teams make products that are clearer, more useful, and a little more human.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaExplore my experience

Work experience#

Work experience

Lead Product Designer

Apr 2022 - Present

Northstar Studio | Bengaluru | Hybrid

Full-time

Leading experience design for a new generation of tools that help people do their best work.

Built a design system adopted across six product teams.
Redesigned onboarding, improving activation by 28%.
Partnered with research and engineering to ship accessible experiences.

Product Designer

Jun 2018 - Mar 2022

Forma | Remote

Designed end-to-end customer journeys for a growing financial platform.

Improved checkout completion by 18% through research and iteration.

Education#

Education

Example Institute of Design

Sep 2014 - Jun 2018

BA (Hons) | Interaction Design | Bengaluru

Graduated with first-class honours.

Skills#

Skills

Design & strategy

Product strategy
UX research
Interaction design
Design systems
Accessibility

Tools & craft

Figma
Prototyping
HTML & CSS
Facilitation
Creative direction

Projects#

Projects

A calmer way to collaborate

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Independent project | Strategy & product design

Project website

Product design
Research
Prototyping

An intentional workspace that brings a team's conversations, decisions, and progress into one clear picture.

Explored with 24 participants across four distributed teams.

Making finance feel human

Feb 2021 - Nov 2021

Forma | Design lead

Project website

Service design
Accessibility

A simpler, more inclusive experience for people taking their first steps in personal finance.

Combined plain language, accessible interaction patterns, and iterative testing.

THE NEXT CONVERSATION

Let's make something
worth talking about.

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