Debiprasad Sena

About Debiprasad Sena

I am a Lead Designer with over 8+ years of experience building scalable design foundations, systems, and workflows across product and content-led platforms.My work has evolved from hands-on visual and UI design to system-level ownership, where I focus on defining design direction, governing consistency, and enabling scale across products and learning experiences. At Upskillist, I work closely with product, engineering, content, and business teams to shape the UI foundation of the platform, guide design system evolution, and plan strategies for mass course and video production.A core part of my role involves designing for scale, structuring workflows, standardizing patterns, and selectively leveraging AI-assisted automation to improve speed, consistency, and operational efficiency without compromising experience quality or brand integrity.I operate at the intersection of product design, system thinking, and execution strategy, ensuring design decisions are intentional, defensible, and aligned with long-term platform and business goals.I am particularly interested in roles where design is treated as infrastructure, not decoration, and where designers are expected to influence systems, platforms, and ways of working.Interested in building products where scale, systems, and long-term thinking genuinely matter.

Experience

1. Lead Designer

   Upskillist

   Apr 2024 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   As Lead Designer at Upskillist, I operate at the intersection of product design, system thinking, and production strategy. My role focuses on building and governing scalable design foundations for the product, enabling mass course and video production through structured workflows and AI-assisted automation, and ensuring brand and experience consistency across platforms while supporting long-term product and business goals. Own the design direction and UI foundation for the Upskillist mobile app, defining visual language, interaction patterns, and scalable UI architecture in partnership with product, engineering, and business teams. Own and evolve the product design system, covering components, tokens, layouts, and interaction standards used by engineering, ensuring scalability and long-term roadmap alignment. Define style guides and brand usage frameworks for marketing, motion, and course content teams to maintain visual and brand consistency beyond the product system. Contribute to product and platform strategy by translating business and learner needs into system-level design decisions that support future scale. Drive mass course and video production strategy, designing scalable workflows that enable high-volume output without compromising learner experience or brand quality. Partner with stakeholders to leverage AI-assisted automation in video and design workflows, improving speed and consistency while retaining creative and brand control. Lead a cross-functional design team across motion, visual, and communications, setting quality standards, mentoring designers, and establishing review and delivery processes.

Education

• Central Tool Room & Training Center

  Post Graduation in Tool Engineering, CAD/CAM

  2015 — 2016

• Gandhi Institute of Excellent Technocrats (GIET), Bhubaneswar

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Product Design
• Autodesk Inventor
• Mechanical Engineering
• Autocad
• Solidworks
• Engineering
• Cad
• Design for Manufacturing
• Ansys
• Microsoft Word
• Manufacturing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office
• Mastercam
• Part Progarammng
• Catia