Umakant Yadav

Principal Product Designer & UX Strategist

9453619260

uky171991@gmail.com

Seattle, WA

linkedin.com/in/elena-rostova-ux

PROFILE

Strategic UX/Product Lead: 8+ years designing scalable design systems and intuitive SaaS enterprise interfaces.
Metric-Driven Impact: Redesigned core onboarding flow, elevating product trial conversion by 34% for Fortune 500 B2B client.
User Research & Design Thinking: Conducted 200+ usability tests and synthesized heuristic analytics for global FinTech platforms.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with engineering, executive stakeholders, and product management to ship 6 flagship mobile & web products.

2021 – Present

Aether Digital Studio

Spearheaded end-to-end design system adopted across 8 multi-platform products, boosting team velocity by 40%.
Directed user research and usability lab studies across 5 international market regions.
Mentored 8 junior and mid-level product designers in interaction patterns and component libraries.

2018 – 2021

Apex Mobility Platforms

Designed mobile app interfaces from scratch, achieving 4.8-star App Store rating across 1.2M downloads.
Led responsive redesign of self-service customer portal, reducing support ticket volume by 28%.
Created interactive micro-animations and accessibility features meeting WCAG AAA guidelines.

2018

Carnegie Mellon University

2016

University of Washington

Design Systems Architecture 95%

Interactive Prototyping 90%

User Journey Mapping 85%

Conversion Optimization 92%

Quantitative UX Research 88%

Information Architecture 80%

Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) 85%

Stakeholder Management 90%

Design & Prototyping

Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Principle, Framer, InVision

Research & Analytics

UserTesting, Hotjar, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, FullStory

Frontend Knowledge

HTML5, CSS3, Flexbox, CSS Grid, Design Tokens, Tailwind CSS

Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) UX Master Certified

Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) Design Lead

Enterprise Design Thinking Co-Creator (IBM)