A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT ME.
OCD on problem solving since 16+ years of experience leveraging design, strategy, and generative AI tools, Currently driving high-impact design initiatives across Swiggy’s major verticals. Expert in building cross-functional teams.
SKILLS
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Design Leadership: Design Operations, Agile rituals, Mentoring, Design Systems, Handoff Quality (Dev Mode).
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AI Tools & Ops: Prompt Engineering (Stable Diffusion, LLMs), Figma AI, Adobe Firefly, AI-assisted Accessibility audits.
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Leading initiatives to
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identify new 10x growth opportunities.
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Editing Tools such as Adobe, AI tools and Figma.
AWARDS
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Manipal MVP Award for creating MBA guidance courses.
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Won CLICK MAESTRO AWARD for Innovative Creatives by Netcore.
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Swiggy MVP Award for executing major campaigns with a smallest team.
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Participated in AWS Innovation GenAI Hackathon, using Stable Diffusion AI to train a model that differentiated and generated local Food dishes such as Bisi Bele Bath and Dal Tadka.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in ENGLISH, HINDI and KANNADA.
Jan 2020 - Present
Swiggy India, Bangalore
Manager for Growth marketing design
As Manager for Growth Marketing Design at Swiggy, I lead design and growth initiatives across major business verticals. My work combines user insights, AI driven creativity, and data backed marketing strategy to drive acquisition, engagement, and retention. I collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to deliver user-first, performance focused campaigns that support Swiggy’s growth goals.
I oversee end to end creative development, build scalable design systems using AI, and leverage behavioral data, competitive analysis, and experimentation to shape impactful multi channel campaigns across in app, social, email, and performance channels. My role sits at the intersection of creative leadership and analytical problem solving, ensuring every asset is visually compelling, strategically aligned, and scalable.
I actively experiment with emerging AI workflows, creative automation frameworks, and evolving technology solutions to solve large scale production challenges, improve brand consistency across touchpoints, and unlock new possibilities in personalised marketing. By integrating AI and innovative approaches into creative processes, I help teams move faster while maintaining quality, efficiency, and a strong design language.
I also work closely with growth, product, and tech teams to understand emerging market solutions and translate creative ideas into measurable business impact addressing cohort drops, improving user engagement, and building strategies to re engage dormant users back to the platform.
Key Achievements
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Designed intuitive, high converting interfaces and visual experiences that improved user engagement and satisfaction.
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Integrated GenAI tools and AI assisted workflows to accelerate creative production, enhance personalization, and streamline campaign execution.
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Built scalable creative approaches to maintain brand consistency across high volume marketing touchpoints.
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Identified 10x growth opportunities through user data analysis, trend discovery, experimentation, and behavior mapping.
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Developed creative growth strategies focused on cohort recovery, retention, and dormant user reactivation.
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Led cross-functional initiatives, aligning design, growth, product, and engineering teams toward business outcomes.
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Promoted to Manager and awarded MVP for driving high-impact growth initiatives and creative innovation.
Assistant Manager in app Design
• Spearheaded the Food Charter initiative at Swiggy, collaborating with a talented design team to create compelling campaign visuals.
• Strategized and executed campaigns for major events, including Indian festivals and match day mania, enhancing user engagement.
• Utilized advanced AI tools like Midjourney and Firefly to produce unique imagery, streamlining the creative process and ensuring timely approvals.
Skills: 3D, Shading, +11 skills
Senior Visualizer for Product Operations
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos
In my role at Swiggy, I was responsible for enhancing brand visibility through the creation and editing of in-app category images. I identified operational bottlenecks within a team of 15 designers and initiated an automation project with an external agency. This project streamlined workflows and improved visual consistency, allowing the team to concentrate on strategic creative tasks while maintaining brand quality.
Lakshya is a Bangalore-based social start-up working towards developing innovative financial solutions for the urban undeserved
We leverage technology to deliver strong use cases for our customers. Lakshya is incubated by Enviu, a Dutch social start-up studio with the mission to work towards an economy that is inclusive and serves people and the planet.
Currently, we are working along with ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund on developing small savings digital instrument where our customers can save as low as Rs. 5 daily. This solution is specifically for those who earn on a daily/weekly basis like cab, lorry/auto drivers, delivery guys, small shop owners etc since their daily earnings make it hard to accumulate large amount. By providing safe, simple and secure saving avenues we want capital to work for our customers and not control them. Our focus on creating a system that involves designing suitable products and right literacy can go a long way to improve the livelihoods of the customers.
Rolls and Responsibility:
Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies
Content execution plan basis the brand objectives
Understand key messages and positioning strategy
Research and development of content ideas and concepts based on data and insights.
Manage our editorial calendar to ensure timely publication
Schedule social media posts and track engagement on the channels
Collaborate with internal teams,content writers arts & graphics,video and production teams to co-create content
Monitor web traffic and engagement (e.g. conversions and bounce rates)
Collaborate with agencies and other vendor partners
Highly creative with experience in identifying target audiences and
devising digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate.
Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement.
2019- 2019
Discovered offers global artisans a platform to connect directly to global customers. By selling their handmade and unique products, creative artisan entrepreneurs can grow their own businesses. Discovered is a start-up based in The Hague, Netherlands and has a great team working from offices in The Hague and Bangalore.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Managing the process of identifying international artisans, selecting and onboarding new artisan
leads based upon the various exclusive product categories that we offer.
• Driving exclusive business strategies to artisans including assistance in product development,
product presentation and promotions via their online shops
• Managing the process of identifying, selecting and on-boarding new artisan leads based upon the
various exclusive product categories that we offer.
• Driving exclusive business strategies to artisans including assistance in product development,
product presentation and promotions via their online shops
• Performing all price negotiations according to the company's strict policies
• Identifying business opportunities and risks in-season through analyzing sales performance and
gathering marketplace information
• Promoting artisan brands through partnerships and digital marketing activities
• Managing digital campaigns through social media
• Managing international artisan accounts and engagement efficiency through calls, emails, & chats
• Training artisans in product photography and content development to meet Discovered standards
via Facebook live
• At times produce website campaign banners pages designs and marketing emails designs to
support regional marketing campaigns.
• Supporting the Digital Marketing team in Holland with designing, and Technical Assurance for
customer and vendors and reporting.
Education
2006 - 2008
Takshaa acmadie for artist | Diploma in 3d Light and shadow
During my 3d program, I honed my skills in multimedia art, design principles, and creative thinking, 3d tools preparing me for a successful career in the field.
2009 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Visual Fine Art/Applied Art
My bachelor's degree collage has equipped me with a robust foundation in artistry, aesthetics, typography, and visual communication. This educational journey has significantly influenced me artistic path honed my approach to various mediums. Embracing these principles allows me to create compelling visuals that resonate with diverse audiences.