Anurag Thakare
@anuragthakare
UI/UX & Product Designer focused on narrative-driven, user-centered interfaces that boost engagement and clarity.
What I'm looking for
I am a UI/UX and Product Designer with hands-on experience designing user-centered interfaces, conducting usability research, and delivering measurable improvements in engagement and task completion. I specialize in transforming complex content into intuitive, accessible layouts and prototypes, having led projects that improved readability by 37%, reduced task completion time by 28%, and increased user engagement by 42%.
My background includes freelance and project work across web design, financial dashboards, gig platforms, and AI-assisted communication tools, using tools like Figma, Framer, Unity, and Python. I collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders, apply heuristic evaluation and A/B testing, and emphasize data-driven design that strengthens trust and product reliability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Web Designer
NRK Productions
Aug 2025 - Sep 2025 (1 month)
Designed and developed a responsive website for a film production studio, improving content discoverability by 45% through clearer service structure and accessible interactions.
Product Designer
Say It
Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 (1 month)
Built an AI-assisted speech feedback app, designed feedback visualizations that improved tone understanding by 52%, and collaborated with engineers to reach 0.82 F1-score in emotion classification.
Product Designer
Pocket Buddy
Mar 2025 - May 2025 (2 months)
Designed a web-first personal finance dashboard, applied progressive disclosure to improve information recall by 41%, and ran A/B tests that reduced budget setup time by 35%.
UI/UX Designer
Taxellence
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 (2 months)
Conducted usability testing with 12 users, redesigned information architecture to improve readability by 37%, and implemented features that reduced task completion time by 28% and increased engagement by 42%.
Product Designer
Offlancer
Jun 2022 - Mar 2023 (9 months)
Conceptualized and designed a gig-work platform, ran usability tests with 15 participants that increased task match efficiency by 47%, and defined end-to-end user journeys to boost engagement.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2023 - 2027
Pursuing B.E. in Mechanical Engineering with coursework completed between August 2023 and June 2027 in Pune focused on engineering fundamentals.
Maharashtra Board (HSC)
HSC, Higher Secondary Education
2022 - 2023
Grade: 82.5%
Completed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) under the Maharashtra Board between June 2022 and March 2023 with an aggregate mark of 82.5%.
Maharashtra Board (SSC)
SSC, Secondary Education
2019 - 2020
Grade: 96.8%
Completed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) under the Maharashtra Board between June 2019 and March 2020 with a mark of 96.8%.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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