Daniel Ajay
Chennai
Summary
Diligent Senior UX Manager with background in managing product design teams. Led development of innovative products that align with market needs and user expectations. Demonstrated proficiency in design thinking and cross-functional collaboration to drive project success.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Design Manager
Revature Consultancy Services Private Limited
Chennai
01.2024 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams to develop innovative product design strategies.
- Design System Architecture: Engineering and maintaining scalable UI frameworks (Revature Design System 3.0) to ensure brand consistency and reduce design debt.
- Data-Driven UX Strategy: Utilizing engagement metrics and conversion data to pivot product roadmaps and optimize user journeys.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Managing executive relationships and internal resources to streamline delivery and reduce external dependencies.
- Process Optimization: Implementing Agile methodologies and automated lead-gen tools to accelerate production cycles.
Key Accomplishments
- Growth: Executed Revature 2.0 release, driving a 96.4% YoY increase in page views (4.7M) and 23.4% user growth.
- Efficiency: Launched Design System 3.0, implementing 46 reusable elements to reduce design execution time by 40%.
- Innovation: Deployed 4 custom lead-gen tools (Newsletter, UTM Builder, B2C Scraper, GTM Generator) to automate marketing and drive conversions.
- Velocity: Achieved a 30% reduction in UI development time by architecting a custom Webflow component library.
Senior UX Designer
MSys Technologies Private Limited
Chennai
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Led UI/UX design for Cisco’s global Code Ledger release management tool, completing requirement gathering in 1 week and full design in 3 months.
- Facilitated streamlined user flows within internal Cisco systems by leading non-linear UX design initiatives and engaging with key stakeholders.
- Directed a team of designers, ensuring strategic alignment with Cisco PMO requirements.
- Enhanced user interaction and project management efficiency within Cisco's application and developer performance dashboards through innovative enterprise-ready design solutions.
- Designed and executed tailored components to enhance user experience while maintaining consistency across Cisco platforms.
Design Lead
Revature Consultancy Services Private Limited
Chennai
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Achieved 95% positive feedback from users and stakeholders, attesting to exceptional design quality.
- Led design efforts, ensuring consistency across UI elements, design systems, and brand identity.
- Completed projects 10% ahead of deadlines on average, showcasing strong project management skills.
Senior Web Developer
Bumblebee Branding Company - Sarash group
Chennai
01.2016 - 01.2019
Worked on 20+ website projects as UI/UX Designer and UI Developer.
- Built end-to-end Highly Converting E-commerce websites using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, WordPress, and Woo-commerce.
- Created animations and graphic assets for social media campaigns.
Education
B.E - Computer Science
Vel Tech Engineering College
Tamil Nadu, India06.2015
Skills
Leadership
- Product Strategy
- Growth Design
- Conversion Rate Optimization
- Project Lifecycle Management
- Stakeholder Management
UX Design
- User Journey Mapping
- Information architecture
- User research
- User journey
- Wireframing
UI Design
- Style Guide
- Design Systems
- High fidelity mock-ups
- Responsive Design
- Interaction Design
UI Development
- HTML and CSS
- Bootstrap
- Javascript
- Wordpress
Tools
- Figma
- Fig-Jam
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Miro
- Premiere pro
- After effects
- Blender
- Adobe CC
Product strategy
- Visual design
- Strategic thinking
- AI Enabled Design Research
- Team management
AI
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Generative UX
- Agentic-Development
- MCP Connectors
- AI-assisted DevOps
Websites
Accomplishments
- Lead Generation & Growth Leadership: Spearheaded the Revature 3.0 digital strategy, deploying automated lead-gen tools and a conversion-optimized UI that drove a 96.4% YoY surge in traffic (4.7M views) and a 23.4% increase in user acquisition.
- Web Ecosystem: Spearheaded UI/UX design and development for 25+ websites using CMS, HTML/CSS, and Bootstrap.
- High-Profile Delivery: Directed the creation of 3 custom websites for Toastmasters International leadership.
- Product Portfolio: Led the UI/UX architecture for 6 web applications and 1 mobile application from concept to launch.
Certification
- Web Design and Development (Image Institute - Full time)
- Motion Design (Awwwards certification)
Timeline
Product Design Manager
Revature Consultancy Services Private Limited
01.2024 - Current
Senior UX Designer
MSys Technologies Private Limited
01.2023 - 01.2024
Design Lead
Revature Consultancy Services Private Limited
01.2019 - 01.2023
Senior Web Developer
Bumblebee Branding Company - Sarash group
01.2016 - 01.2019
B.E - Computer Science
Vel Tech Engineering College
Awards and recognition
- Sport awards for outstanding performance and dedication towards the successful Revature 3.0 website release in 2025.
- Honorable mentions for Revature 2.0 Design in 2024.
- Client Appreciation for end to end UI/UX design closure for Cisco Code Ledger Release Management Application in 2023.
- Shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2021 (Website for client StudioDcode).
- Jury for Design Championship 2021.
- Appreciated for best UI/UX design for product named TalentXChange.
- Appreciated for 2D animation video about the over-all company process at Revature.
- Certificate of appreciation for UI/UX development for website AXISCADES in 2019.