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Lead UI/UX & Product Designer with 12+ Years of Experience

Crafting Seamless Digital Experiences

I believe great design is invisible — it just works. Whether it's simplifying a multi-step banking flow or making a Web3 platform feel approachable to first-time users, my goal is always the same: reduce friction, build trust, and create experiences people actually enjoy using.

Hemant P. Pawale, Lead UI/UX Designer based in Pune, India
Years Experience
12+Years Experience
Projects Completed
45+Projects Completed
Industries
8+Industries
Tools Mastered
14+Tools Mastered

About me

I turn complex problems into simple experiences

Portrait of Hemant P. Pawale, Lead UI/UX & Product Designer

Lead UI/UX Designer with 12+ years of experience turning complexity into clarity. I've spent my career inside dense, data-heavy worlds — banking, enterprise SaaS, real estate, and Web3/sustainability platforms — where the real design challenge isn't decoration, it's translation: taking tangled business logic and turning it into something a person can navigate without thinking twice. I own the full arc of that translation, from early user research and information architecture through to high-fidelity UI and developer handoff, and I've built scalable Figma design systems that outlive any single project because they're designed for teams, not just screens. Good design is invisible until it's missing — I build for the moment a user doesn't notice the interface at all, they just get where they're going.

Based in Pune, Maharashtra, India · Available for full-time collaboration

What I do

End-to-end design, from research to handoff.

UX Strategy & Research

User research, personas, journey mapping and usability testing that ground every decision in evidence.

UI & Visual Design

Dashboard design, data visualization and responsive interfaces built for dense, real-world data.

Design Systems

Scalable Figma component libraries and design tokens that keep teams consistent as products grow.

Developer Handoff

Clean, accessible, dev-ready specs — Figma Dev Mode, WCAG-aligned states and documented behaviour.

Featured work

Making complex products feel simple

Each project below is a full case study — the problem, the approach, and what changed.

Systems & strategy

Enterprise Design Systems & Strategy

Beyond individual screens, I build the scaffolding that lets teams ship faster, stay consistent and raise quality over time.

80+ Reusable Figma Components & Variables

A token-driven library of buttons, inputs, tables, cards, charts and navigation patterns that keeps every product consistent as teams scale.

Automated Developer Handoff with Figma Dev Mode

Specs, spacing, responsive rules and component anatomy are exported straight from the source file — no extra documentation hand-assembly.

Accessible UI Patterns (WCAG AA Compliant)

Contrast, focus states, touch targets and screen-reader labels are built into the components from the start, not patched in later.

Experience

12+ years across regulated, complex domains.

Jul 2021 – Present

Lead UI/UX & Product Designer · Impactility Pvt. Ltd.

Cleantech & Sustainability Technology (Web3, Blockchain, IoT, Circular Economy)

  • Led end-to-end UX for enterprise Web3, IoT and sustainability platforms, turning complex blockchain and ESG data into intuitive dashboards.
  • Built a scalable Figma design system of 80+ components and tokens, cutting design-to-dev handoff time by ~40% across 5+ products.

Nov 2019 – Jun 2021

Lead UI/UX & Product Designer · Kyros Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd.

B2B SaaS CRM & Analytics Platform for Growth Teams

  • Led UX strategy for a B2B SaaS CRM, redesigning customer lifecycle, lead management and sales pipeline workflows.
  • Redesigned analytics dashboards, cutting KPI report generation time by ~30% for sales teams.

Nov 2018 – Oct 2019

Lead UI/UX & Product Designer · XRBIA Developers Ltd.

Real Estate & Construction, Pune

  • Redesigned property search, payment tracking and document management journeys across web and mobile.
  • Built scalable Figma design systems and interactive prototypes that streamlined design–development collaboration.

Sep 2016 – Oct 2018

Lead UI/UX & Product Designer · Wipro Technologies

Enterprise Banking & Customer Experience (Retail & Commercial Banking)

  • Redesigned payments, fund transfer, loan servicing and onboarding workflows to simplify complex banking processes.
  • Delivered accessible, consistent banking interfaces backed by reusable component libraries and design tokens.

Sep 2013 – Aug 2016

Lead UI/UX & Product Designer · Convergys India Pvt. Ltd.

Customer Engagement & Digital Contact Center Platform (Fortune 500 clients)

  • Designed supervisor analytics dashboards visualising agent performance, CSAT and operational KPIs.
  • Ran user research, usability testing and heuristic evaluations that measurably improved task efficiency.

Skills

Craft, process and tools.

UX Design & Process

  • User Research
  • Usability Testing
  • Personas
  • User Flows
  • Journey Mapping
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Information Architecture
  • UX Strategy

UI & Visual Design

  • UI Design
  • Dashboard Design
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Systems
  • Component Libraries
  • Design Tokens
  • Responsive Design
  • Accessibility / WCAG
  • A/B Testing

Tools

  • Figma (Auto Layout, Variables, Dev Mode)
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Jira
  • Asana
  • Notion
  • AI-Assisted Design Workflows

Education & Certification

2010 – 2013

Master of Computer Science (MCS)

MGM College, Aurangabad — Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

Certification

Certificate — User Experience Design

iMAGINXP, Pune (DQ Score: 8.4)

Testimonials

What collaborators say.

Working with Hemant has been a game-changer for our product. His attention to detail and innovative design approach helped us deliver an exceptional user experience.
Siddharth GujrathiCEO & Founder, Kyros Corporate Services Ltd
Hemant's creative vision and leadership brought clarity to our complex design challenges. He truly understands the balance between aesthetics and functionality.
Nitin MoreProject Manager, Wipro Technologies
From concept to execution, Hemant consistently delivers top-notch design solutions. His work added significant value to our project, and the results speak for themselves.
Nitin GavhaneFounder & Technologist, Impactility Pvt Ltd

Contact

Let's Stay Connected

Have a project idea or need design support? I'm always open to collaborations, freelance opportunities, or even a quick creative chat.