Harshit Beniwal
Designer with over 4 years of experience and a keen interest in emerging technologies. I specialize in early-stage design and the 0 to 1 process. Tool fanatic, software tinkerer and citizen of the internet.
Currently shaping how software teams bridge the privacy-engineering gap in products with Privado. In the past, I have worked with Fold, Thursday, Thence, and several other talented teams, building exciting products with them.
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Work Experience
Sep, 2023 – Now
Remote / Bengaluru, India
Helping software teams bridge the privacy-engineering gap in products.
Led the design for core product features and oversaw their end-to-end development. Notable projects include: Privacy Assessments redesign, CICD Setup, Login/Signup, Notifications System, Overview pages overhaul, Collaboration layer, Bulk actions, Data Tables, Third party Integrations, and Mobile app scanning.
Unlocked new revenue streams with the Mobile App Scan project by attracting mobile app customers.
Developed the design system and product visual language to align more cohesively with the broader product and brand to support the rapidly growing product. This includes colors, typography, layouts, components, icons and motion design tokens.
Asaisted the design team with the revamp of the marketing website, including art direction, branding, illustrations, and web design.
Mar, 2023 – Jul, 2023
Remote / Bengaluru, India
Helped the team with projects on both web and mobile platforms. Some notable projects:
Iconography
Themes: a color system to build themes for Fold that works across platforms.
Refunds: designed the refund transaction flow for the mobile app.
Tagging: designed the tagging transaction feature for the web app.
Pitch Deck: designed the pitch deck used for the investor meeting.
Jun, 2021 – Mar, 2023
Remote / Pune, India
Led the product and design. Thursday is a platform for remote teams to build a strong culture by inculcating social events into the workplace. Some things that I worked on:
0 → 1 Product and brand conception
User research and product discovery through 25+ interviews, market studies and meta-analysis.
Led the operations of our design system to help the team ship faster. This effort resulted in our product launch in less than 3 months.
Designed over 6 marketing websites, which resulted in multiple product launches, attracting new users each time and creating an organic lead-generating funnel.
Web app design, Interaction design, Prototyping with novel technologies like facial detection, AI and machine learning.
Product Hunt Product of the Year (Golden Kitty Awards).
100+ teams, 10k+ socials hosted
Average rating: 4.8/5, a significant improvement from the launch rating due to constant improvements in product experience.
Jun, 2021 – Dec, 2021
Remote / Pune, India
Listener is a tool for software teams to conduct user research. Built on Zoom, Listener allows you to highlight key moments from your user interviews and share them with your entire team, bringing the user's voice to the forefront. Some projects I worked on:
Onboarding experience: Converting one-on-one founder onboarding into a self-serve process.
Design System: Scaling and streamlining the operation and execution speed of the design team.
Visual guidelines: Creating a guide for Listener's new interface design, including colors, typography, and grids.
Project redesign: Redesigned the core module inside Listener, Projects, enhancing the modularity of user content and providing an overall better experience.
Aug, 2020 – May, 2021
Remote
Worked on AngelOne, one of India's largest stock trading platforms, focusing on designing their web experience.
Created a professional tool for experienced traders that provides resources for in-depth analysis and quick order execution.
User Research: Understanding traders' needs and translating them into actionable insights.
Competitor Analysis: Analyzing the market offerings and identifying the gaps.
Information Architecture: Providing various types of trading—intraday, positional, and holding—while ensuring the interface remains simple to navigate.
Project Management: Collaborating with AngelOne stakeholders to align on key directions.
Other responsibilities included ideation, wire-framing, audits, prototyping, and visual design.
Education
Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Awards
In remote cateogry
Extracurriculars
ETH India
2022
Bengaluru, India
ETH India is Asia's largest hackathon where builders get to explore cryptographic and decentralized technologies like Ethereum. I, along with four engineers from my team, participated in the hackathon to build a concept in 48 hours.
Craft Documentation
2019
Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, India
Documented the dying art of bell-metal craft through on-field research in a small town in central India.
VH1 – Supersonic
2018
Pune, India
Worked with a team of 50 students for one of India’s largest music festivals. Created multiple art installations for the event.
Fundamentals
2017
Pune, India
Hosted and participated in the fashion show competition at Fundamentals, Symbiosis University’s annual college festival.