✦ Chennai, India

Aadhavan M R

PRODUCTTHINKER

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Product Designer

8+ Years of Experience

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  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Design Systems
  • B2B Products
  • AI Workflows

About Me

I design clarity into complex products.

Eight years spent inside enterprise software has taught me that the hardest design problems are rarely visual — they're structural. I work close to product and engineering to untangle dense workflows, define systems that scale, and ship interfaces people can trust on their busiest day.

My work spans low-code platforms, OTT admin experiences, operating system interfaces, and enterprise marketplaces — products where consistency, accessibility, and long-term maintainability matter more than trends.

I build and maintain scalable design systems, run UX audits, facilitate discovery workshops, and pair closely with engineers through handoff and QA. Alongside product work, I mentor aspiring designers and use AI-assisted workflows to move from idea to validated prototype faster.

  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Product Thinking
  • Design Systems
  • UX Strategy
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • AI-assisted Design Workflow
  • Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai · 2018

Years Experience
8+Years Experience
Enterprise Products
4+Enterprise Products
Design Components
100+Design Components
Companies
2Companies
Mentorship Program
1Mentorship Program

Featured Projects

Selected enterprise work.

Four products where systems thinking mattered as much as the pixels.

Zoho AppStudio — Enterprise Low-Code Platform interface mockup
01Enterprise Low-Code Platform

Zoho AppStudio

A low-code builder that lets business teams assemble internal applications without writing code — rebuilt around a predictable component model and a calmer canvas.

Role
Product Designer — end-to-end
Responsibilities
Design system, component library, workflow redesign, enterprise UX
Process
Audit of existing builder flows, IA rework, component inventory, prototype testing
Outcome
A shared component library adopted across teams and a markedly shorter build path
  • Design System
  • Component Library
  • Workflow Redesign
  • Enterprise UX
  • Scalable Components
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Zoho TV — Enterprise OTT Platform interface mockup
02Enterprise OTT Platform

Zoho TV

An OTT platform with a dense admin portal — channel management, scheduling, and analytics unified into a single operating surface.

Role
Product Designer — admin & analytics
Responsibilities
Admin portal, analytics dashboards, channel management, media experience
Process
Stakeholder interviews, task modelling, dashboard prototyping, usability testing
Outcome
Faster channel operations and a consistent analytics language across the product
  • Admin Portal
  • Analytics
  • Channel Management
  • Media Experience
  • Platform UX
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Surya OS — Operating System Design interface mockup
03Operating System Design

Surya OS

A desktop operating system interface — from the icon grammar and theming model to a settings experience that stays legible at scale.

Role
Product Designer — UI & design language
Responsibilities
UI design, iconography, theme system, settings experience
Process
Visual language exploration, icon system, theming tokens, accessibility passes
Outcome
A coherent design language documented for platform-wide reuse
  • UI Design
  • Iconography
  • Theme System
  • Settings Experience
  • Design Language
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Marketplace — Enterprise Marketplace interface mockup
04Enterprise Marketplace

Marketplace

A marketplace for enterprise extensions where discovery, trust signals, and install workflows had to work for admins and developers alike.

Role
Product Designer — discovery & workflows
Responsibilities
Marketplace experience, product discovery, workflow optimisation
Process
Search and browse research, card taxonomy, funnel mapping, iterative prototyping
Outcome
Clearer discovery paths and a streamlined publish-to-install workflow
  • Marketplace Experience
  • Product Discovery
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Enterprise Design
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Experience

Where I've done the work.

  1. Feb 2022 – Present

    Product Designer

    Zoho Corporation

    • Designing enterprise SaaS products
    • Creating scalable design systems
    • Improving complex workflows
    • Collaborating with Product Managers and Engineers
    • Building reusable UI components
    • Driving product consistency

  2. Apr 2025 – Present

    Mentor

    Aspira Designs

    • Teaching UI/UX Design
    • Industry-level product design thinking
    • Mentoring aspiring designers
    • Conducting workshops
    • Portfolio reviews

  3. Aug 2018 – Jan 2022

    UI/UX Designer

    TCS

    • Enterprise applications
    • UX improvements
    • User-centered design
    • Cross-domain projects
    • Design collaboration

Skills

A toolkit built for systems.

Product Design

01
  • Product Design
  • UX Design
  • UI Design
  • Interaction Design

Research

02
  • User Research
  • Information Architecture
  • Accessibility
  • UX Audits

Design Systems

03
  • Design Systems
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Design Leadership

Tools

04
  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • Adobe Creative Suite

Collaboration

05
  • Front-end Collaboration
  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Mentoring

AI

06
  • AI-assisted Design Workflows

Services

How I can help.

01

Product Design for SaaS Applications

Design enterprise-grade digital products from concept to delivery.

02

UI/UX Design

Web and mobile experience design.

03

Design Systems

Scalable, reusable component libraries.

04

UX Audits

Evaluate and improve product usability.

05

Product Strategy Workshops

Facilitate product discovery and ideation.

06

User Research

Interviews, testing, validation.

07

Design Mentorship

Helping aspiring designers grow.

08

AI-assisted Design Workflow

Leveraging AI to improve design productivity.

09

Prototyping & Interaction Design

Interactive high-fidelity prototypes.

10

Developer Handoff & Design QA

Ensuring pixel-perfect implementation.

Design Process

A repeatable way of working.

  1. Step 01

    Discover

    Frame the business problem and the constraints around it.

  2. Step 02

    Research

    Talk to users, audit the current experience, gather evidence.

  3. Step 03

    Define

    Sharpen the problem into decisions the team can act on.

  4. Step 04

    Ideate

    Explore broadly, then narrow with the product team.

  5. Step 05

    Prototype

    Make it real enough to react to.

  6. Step 06

    Test

    Validate with the people who use it daily.

  7. Step 07

    Iterate

    Refine against what the testing exposed.

  8. Step 08

    Deliver

    Handoff, QA, and design system contribution.

Testimonials

Words from collaborators.

“Recommendation coming soon — this space is reserved for a colleague from the AppStudio platform team.”

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Contact

Let's build something meaningful.

Open to enterprise product design work, design system engagements, and mentorship conversations.

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