Akshay P.
Product Designer & Strategist | 3.5 +years of experience | Design Research & Facilitation | Masters in HCI @Institute of Design
- Role
- Product Designer at Impact Partners Studio
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akshay P.
Product Researcher & Strategist | 3.5+ years of experience | Design Research & Facilitation | Masters in HCI @Institute of Design a••••••••@gmail.com
Experience
Product Designer
Aug 2025 — Present
Defined the product strategy and AI feature direction for an internal PM tool, translating ambiguous operational needs into a prioritized feature set, user flows, and a working prototype, reducing delivery timelines by 40%.• Conducted 10+ qualitative interviews to validate product concepts, defined priority use cases, and coordinated with engineering to optimize AI feature integration and reduce infrastructure costs.• Established an AI-assisted design workflow with Claude Code across a team of 3 designers, replacing high-fidelity prototyping with direct front-end production, accelerating concept-to-delivery cycles.• Led a 3-week research sprint across DV survivors and institutional stakeholders, synthesizing findings into a service blueprint that surfaced systemic gaps across user journeys, and cross-agency coordination.• Managed a team of 2 researchers to run end-to-end user research and synthesis sprints, structuring the study, developing and creating the interview guide, and coordinating stakeholders across a complex civic ecosystem, which uncovered high-priority user needs.
Education
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Bachelor of Design , Visual Communication & Strategic Branding
2016 — 2020
The Takshashila Institution
Graduate certificate in public policy, Public Policy Analysis
Institute of Design (ID)
Master’s in Design
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