Hemant Kumar

Staff Product Designer at GitHub

Greater Seattle Area

About

Experience

  • GitHub (6 yrs)
    • Staff Product Designer
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Senior Product Designer
      Jul 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Microsoft (7 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Designer
      Jan 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Designer 2
      Aug 2015 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • User Experience Designer II
      Apr 2013 - Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Founding Partner and Design Lead at WhiteShapes Innovation and Strategy
    Feb 2011 - Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Leading business and design efforts at WhiteShapes Innovation and Strategy, providing strategic consultancy for User Experience and Communication Design to a varied list of clients ranging from e-commerce companies, education and tech start-ups to media giants. I have been responsible in engaging with clients for business acquisition and helping them in developing a focused product strategy and road map. Acting as a single point of contact for clients, development teams and vendors, one of the keys roles has been to act as a channel of communication between various functions throughout SDLC. On the design front, I have helped in establishing a tailored design approach for each project by being more relevant to specific domains. Contributing throughout the process, I have been involved in user research, usability testing and heuristic evaluation, concept and information design, wireframes & mockups, visual strategy and visual design. www.whiteshapes.com

  • UX and Communication Designer at Independent Design Consultant
    Jan 2010 - Feb 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Worked as an independent designer providing consultancy for projects ranging from Visual Programming Language for robotics, Learning Management and publishing portal, Loyalty Solutions for retailers to Print design, Branding and commercial illustrations.

  • Lead Visual Designer at Hurix Systems
    Aug 2007 - Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Lead UI and Visual design teams to create strategies and execute solutions for learning based products. I was involved in capturing client requirements, preparing and implementing project specific design guidelines, estimating and tracking project effort and hands on UI design. In addition I was responsible for coordinating project development with Instructional Design, Programming and QA teams. Key Clients worked for: IKEA Garmin systems Flight Safety International Standard Chartered Bank