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Azhagu Raj

@azhaguraj

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Lead UX Designer with 12 years' experience delivering user-centered product design and research.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead UX strategy and design systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive research-led product decisions, and mentor designers in a user-first, innovative environment.

I am a Lead UX Designer with 12 years of experience focused on user-centered design, user research, and product design across web and mobile platforms. I lead and empower cross-functional teams, drive product vision to life, and specialize in creating wireframes, prototypes, usability testing, and design systems for complex products including clinical-trial and conversational-AI platforms.

My work emphasizes accessibility, strategic thinking, and collaboration with stakeholders and vendors to deliver measurable product improvements. I have led modernization efforts for fintech and lending platforms, contributed to multimodal virtual assistant products, and consistently apply UX laws, mental models, and research-driven methods to produce scalable, user-first solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Technical Lead UX Designer

Current

Sycamore Informatics

Nov 2023 - Present (2 years)

Leading UX for a regulatory-compliant clinical trials data platform, driving product vision, user research, prototypes, and design systems to improve usability across polyglot analytics tools.

User Research Interaction Design Prototyping Design Systems Accessibility Figma UX Strategy Usability Testing

Lead UX Designer

TVS Next

Jul 2023 - Nov 2023 (4 months)

Led UX initiatives across enterprise products, driving end-to-end product design, user flows, wireframes, and stakeholder collaboration to modernize digital experiences.

Product Design Wireframing Prototyping User Flows Stakeholder Management Figma UX Research Interaction Design

Lead UX Designer

Fora Financial Services

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Led end-to-end modernization of a lending platform, redesigning processes and UI to improve merchant experience and support short-term loan workflows.

Product Modernization UX Research Wireframing User Testing Figma Information Architecture Interaction Design Prototyping

Lead UX Designer

British School of Marketing International

Jul 2020 - Nov 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Designed user-centered digital experiences for education programs, conducting research, creating personas, wireframes, and usability testing to improve student flows.

User Research Wireframing Usability Testing Information Architecture Visual Design Prototyping Figma

Senior UX Engineer

Openstream Technologies

May 2013 - May 2020 (7 years)

Built conversational and multimodal UX for AI-driven virtual assistant platforms, creating prototypes, interaction designs, and improving usability across enterprise domains.

Conversation Design Interaction Design Prototyping Usability Testing Visual Design HTML CSS Adobe XD Figma

Senior Web Designer

Delta Dental Virginia

Apr 2009 - Apr 2009 (0 months)

Provided web and UI design for healthcare and insurance applications, improving user interfaces for a large national dental insurer serving millions of members.

Web Design Visual Design UX Responsive Design Adobe Photoshop HTML CSS User Centered Design

Engineer Visual Communication

SSTIL

Jun 2003 - Aug 2004 (1 year 2 months)

Created visual communication and design solutions for product engineering clients in hospitality and healthcare, focusing on usability and visual clarity.

Visual Design Graphic Design Branding HTML CSS Dreamweaver Adobe Illustrator visual communication

Software Engineer

SST

Jun 2000 - Jun 2003 (3 years)

Developed software solutions for hospitality and healthcare clients as part of a product engineering team, contributing to UI and front-end components.

Software Development HTML CSS Problem Solving Collaboration Product Development

Senior Web Designer

Health Plan Systems India Pvt. Ltd

Apr 2009 - Present (16 years 7 months)

Designed responsive web interfaces and visual assets for healthcare administration software, focusing on usability and stakeholder requirements for diverse healthcare users.