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Karan Fadnavis

@karanfadnavis

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Product designer and hybrid front-end developer crafting design systems and usable product experiences.

New Zealand

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior product design roles where I can lead end-to-end design, build design systems, collaborate with engineering, and use prototyping (including generative AI) to accelerate delivery.

I am a product designer with 20+ years of combined design and development experience, focused on turning fuzzy problems into simple, shippable solutions that move the dial for businesses.

I've led product development from discovery to delivery, using research, UX/UI, design systems, and rapid prototyping — including generative AI — to ship faster and with higher confidence.

My recent work includes designing an end-to-end international student exchange and internship product, building cross-brand design systems, and contributing to web and mobile redesigns while aligning product, design, and engineering teams.

I enjoy hybrid roles that bridge design and front-end implementation, mentoring teams, and creating scalable UI patterns and systems that improve engagement and operational workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Design Lead

Current

Enroller

Jul 2022 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Designed the end-to-end international student exchange and internship product, built a cross-brand design system, and used generative AI to produce prototypes for SEVIS and change-queue validation to accelerate delivery.

Product & Design Design Systems Prototyping Generative AI UX Research Figma Interaction Design User Flows)

Senior Product Designer

ecoPortal

Oct 2021 - Jul 2022 (9 months)

Shipped retention-focused features to increase customer engagement, contributed to a Storybook-backed design system, and prototyped across web and mobile while supporting an AngularJS to React migration.

Product & Design Retention Design Systems Storybook Prototyping Figma AngularJS React

UX Designer

Plexure

Jan 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 9 months)

Led a multi-product redesign, created a Figma design system and standardized data visualization palettes, and aligned stakeholders through workshops and user research to deliver prototypes and UX specs.

UX Design Design Systems Figma Data Visualization User Research Prototyping

Frontend Developer & Designer

IdeaHQ

Mar 2016 - Jan 2020 (3 years 10 months)

Performed hybrid designer-developer work from problem framing to shipped interfaces, designing UIs and building front ends in HTML/CSS/JavaScript for Symfony, React, and WordPress projects.

HTML CSS JavaScript React Symfony WordPress UI Design Prototyping

UI Designer (Part-time)

Frontend Design

Aug 2015 - Feb 2016 (6 months)

Designed and built websites and app interfaces while completing graduate studies, applying PHP and JavaScript to deliver functional, user-centered designs.

UI Design Web Design PHP JavaScript Prototyping Responsive Design Figma HTML CSS

Web Lead

Trip Creative Services

Aug 2013 - Feb 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Led end-to-end web strategy, UX/UI, and front-end builds, shipping responsive, accessible WordPress themes that improved performance, CMS capabilities, and SEO to support advertising campaigns.

WordPress UX Responsive Design SEO HTML CSS Prototyping Performance Optimization

Senior Art Director

Digital Law & Kenneth

Apr 2012 - Apr 2013 (1 year)

Led a three-person creative team to deliver integrated digital campaigns, motion and interactive work that increased engagement and CTR for local and international brands.