Sruthy Padannappurath

Sruthy padannappurath

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product design lead for select clients | UX & Visual Design | Product & Brand strategy

  • Education

    • Politecnico di milano

      2017 - 2019
      Master's degree product service system design

      Two year masters degree, gained thorough proficiency in using design methods tools like brainstorming, design research, co design, service design mapping, rapid prototyping. Team building skills and project managementCourses attended: Service innovation, Design research, Social innovation, Disruptive technologies, UX design, Digital user innovation, Branding and marketing strategy, Business marketing and financials.

    • National institute of technology calicut

      2009 - 2014
      Bachelor of architecture - barch architecture

      Activities and Societies: Creative head of the Architectural Students Association 2011- 2012 Senior executive of painting and design committee Ragam ‘11 Junior executive of Painting and Design committee Tatva ’10 Five year degree, proficiency in sustainability design, urban design, landscape design, interior design

  • Experience

    • Kitco ltd

      Sept 2014 - Aug 2016
      Project manager- architect

      Managed design execution, cross functional collaboration with engineers and other stakeholders.mentored junior designers for Cochin and Kannur International Airport landscaping projects.

    • Urban portico

      Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
      Co-founder, designer

      A venture into landscape design for urban homes and building a business from the ground up. Focused on innovative upcycled design solutions, designing using eco-friendly materials, branding strategy and content creation.

    • T.ospito

      Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
      Service design manager

      Led 7 designers to create a social innovation startup from Politecnico design studio, winning multiple EU grants for prototyping. Polished co design skills, team building & management, UX design, idea pitching, and communication.

    • Robert bosch engineering and business solutions private limited

      May 2019 - Oct 2019
      Ux & service designer

      As a member of a team of 3, I worked on experience design for Powertrain solutions stakeholders, user research, facilitating design thinking workshops, creating wireframes & low/high fidelity prototypes & pitch communication design

    • Hipbar

      Mar 2020 - Mar 2021
      Ux designer

      Owned design from scratch for 2 apps and improved live consumer app in E-commerce. Released product features and updated apps based on user feedback, enhancing usability and increasing app downloads. Generated new product and service ideas, fueling business expansion and market competitiveness.

    • Striga (yc w21)

      Mar 2021 - Sept 2022
      Head of design

      Spearheaded all design initiatives as the 5th employee and sole designer. Conceptualized, developed, and managed the extensive Striga website with over 500 pages. Consolidated two separate consumer payment apps into a unified, streamlined experience through strategic redesign efforts. Led the design of a cutting-edge banking API dashboard portal, boosting client adoption. Managed stakeholders for the development and manufacturing of the debit card feature. Fostered creativity and collaboration by leading content ideation workshops.Designed the banking API dashboard portal and managed clients and other stakeholders for the debit card design and manufacturing feature. Actively involved in growth strategy and facilitated content ideation workshops for the team. Show less

    • Sprinto

      Sept 2022 - Mar 2024
      Product designer

      Worked on multiple SaaS features in the complex GRC domain for a web app. Instrumental in turning the product to showcase design maturity from a very basic MVP. Designed complex product features as the design owner. Elevated design standards and ensured high velocity deployment of over 8 high impact features every quarter. Ensured business goals were met without compromising on user experience.

    • Self-employed

      Apr 2024 - now
      Freelance digital product designer

      Working on a healthcare app for connecting patients with dietitians and physicians, Enterprise landing page for a Postgres replication platform and website design for a Shipping and logistics platform.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Registered architect

      Council of architecture - india
      Dec 2015
    • Product design: the delft design approach

      Edx
      Jan 2016
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sruthy Padannappurath
      Winner- Designscapes open call Designscapes 2018 Feb 2019 Designscapes is a program funded by the EU, first call for Designscapes was the delivery of a Feasibility Study on Design-enabled Innovations in Urban Environments. There were a total of 293 applications from 29 countries for this first call. Our Social Innovation project T.Ospito was one among the 50 winners of Designscapes open call first round. https://designscapes.eu/open-calls/
    • Awarded to Sruthy Padannappurath
      Targa Rodolfo Bonetto 2018 Targa Rodolfo Bonetto Oct 2018 Received 3rd prize for Postour, a product/ service we created in Polimi design studio. Postour is an innovative system of maintaining correct posture by combining the functioning of posture corrector to the IoT, for backpacks.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Servdes 2018 on Jun 2018
      Servdes 2018Associated with Sruthy Padannappurath
    • Hackathon participant

      Issued by Regione Lombardia on Dec 2018
      Regione LombardiaAssociated with Sruthy Padannappurath