Yash Raut

About

I'm an end-to-end Product Designer who is constantly trying to push the boundaries of both what I am capable of and the digital experiences I create. I thrive in fast-paced environments where ambiguity is frequent and love building products from 0->1. My process deeply focuses on research, design strategy, wireframing, prototyping, design systems, and usability testing. Driven by high ownership, I've worked at both early-stage startups and enterprises and can adapt my design process accordingly. Success, for me, is about crafting products that people can’t imagine living without—because they not only solve real problems but evolve with the users. I create designs that make users feel understood while delivering real business results.

Experience

• Product Designer · Greenstand06-01-2024

  Documented design patterns and usage guidelines to facilitate seamless adoption across teams and ensure long-term maintainability of the design system. Established a robust design system with over 100+ components that unifies user experience across mobile and web applications, ensuring consistency and reducing design-to-development handoff time by 24%. Established accessibility standards and guidelines within the design system, implementing WCAG 2.2 best practices to make applications more inclusive and compliant with international standards.

• Product Designer · General Motors01-01-2024 – 05-01-2024

  Led design efforts by creating 25+ prototypes and mockups and conducting two rounds of user testing to refine the UI for the Track Mode in GM’s high performance vehicle infotainment screens.
 
Conducted competitive analysis across three vehicle segments to inform the research phase and ideated designs based on findings to enhance user satisfaction and competitive advantage.

• Design Course Assistant: Problem Solving with People, Information and Technology · University of Michigan - School of Information07-01-2024

  Help students succeed in this User Research and Contextual Inquiry class by mentoring and providing detailed feedback as they complete a semester-long client project. Guide students by providing them feedback to help them understand and polish their user research skills, affinity mapping, stakeholder identification, conducting user interviews, and synthesizing their findings based on qualitative research.

• Product Designer · Rocket Companies05-01-2023 – 08-01-2023

  Collaborated closely with product and engineering teams to uncover user and business needs, translating them into delightful and intuitive user-centred designs for the Account Merging process, ensuring a disruption-free transition for over 200k Rocket users. Created user flows, wireframes, UI mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes working closely with senior stakeholders in product, engineering, and business for the Credit Coach feature which led to a 13% increase in lead generation. Contributed towards 'Accessibility Deputy', an initiative for Inclusive Design and best practices for UX design within the organization.

• Graduate Design Instructor · University of Michigan - School of Information08-01-2023 – 05-01-2024

  Utilized adaptive teaching methodologies to teach 100+ students concepts of Responsive Design, Web Development, HTML, CSS and Javascript, fostering a culture of innovation and critical thinking. Integrated principles of flexibility, scalability into course material, preparing students to tackle evolving challenges in the tech industry. Championed inclusive design practices, ensuring accessibility considerations were embedded throughout the curriculum. Implemented iterative learning approaches, resulting in a 24% increase in retention and comprehension of complex technical concepts.

• User Experience Consultant · Palo Alto Networks09-01-2022 – 12-01-2022

  Conducted User Interviews, Survey Deployment and Analysis, Affinity Mapping, Usability tests to optimize the team's ticket-handling process on ServiceNow with respect to queuing, prioritization, escalations, and internal hand-offs. Recommended improvements to the engagement model with partners and internal teams. Identified self-service opportunities to reduce ticket volume by conducting user research.

• Product Designer · Indexnine Technologies Pvt Ltd02-01-2021 – 05-01-2022

  Reduced user drop-off rates by 18% for SaaS web and mobile applications through user feedback and stakeholder inputs, defining product requirements, and conducting Usability Testing to validate design decisions.

 Developed and maintained a UI Design system with 100+ components, compliant with WCAG 2.1, cutting development time by 30% and enhancing consistency across four portals for a $15M+ revenue-generating investment platform.

• Fractional Product Designer · Freelance05-01-2020 – 02-01-2021

  Increased product adoption by 35% by designing scalable and extensible product features tailored to diverse user needs, and applying iterative prototyping and usability testing to optimize the user journey. Conducted user research sessions to gather insights and identify pain points, incorporating findings into interaction design decisions that boosted engagement and feature usability.

Education

• University of MichiganMaster's degree, UX Design and Research
• Pune Institute of Computer TechnologyBachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

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