Hello &
Namaste

I'm Rohit, an inquisitive Product designer from Bangalore, India.
I have over 13 years of combined experience in designing Mobile Apps(iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS), Desktop apps(Mac), Websites and WebApps.

A photo of Rohit looking at the text "Hello and Namaste"

I love typography, minimalism and everything that’s elegantly crafted. When not designing, you can find me passionately debating on existentialism, psychology and technology. Recently, I've picked up woodworking and delved into Vibe coding apps with Gemini CLI. A devoted Cinephile, you'll often find me cartographing the massive landscape of Cinema.

Work Journey

2024 — Present

Organization

Google

Size

183K Employees

Duration

1 year

Role

UX Designer (L4)

About the Organization

Google is an American multinational technology corporation that focuses on numerous areas including search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, and artificial intelligence.

What I worked on

Looker

A governed Business Intelligence tool for the enterprise where users can create semantic data models and leverage them to create dashboards.

  • Gained a comprehensive understanding of BI landscape in relation to Data distribution and Roles & permission
  • I led the Data distribution and Roles & Permissions charter
  • Collaborated with multiple designers on the unification charter which focused on bringing the Self-serve capabilites of Looker Studio into Looker
  • Developed a product vision around Data Distribution and Roles & Permissions to unify stakeholders under a shared objective.
  • Analyzed usage data and addressed user issues through continuous monitoring.
  • Partnered with the Product team to transform user and business objectives into intuitive, stress-free experiences.
CASE STUDY (COMING SOON)

2019 — 2024

Organization

VMware

Size

22K Employees

Duration

5 years

Role

Senior Product Designer

About the Organization

VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company founded in 1998. It builds server virtualization tools along with server monitoring and analysis tools. Its virtualization stack is used to create SDDC(Software Defined Data Center); several Fortune 500 companies use VMware Products for their IT infrastructure.

What I worked on

VMware Cloud Sizer

A tool that helps users estimate the cloud resources required to move their on-premise workloads to the Cloud.

  • I spearheaded the entire product design for the VMC Sizer.
  • Conducted user research and generated reports utilised by stakeholders in the development of roadmaps
  • Crafted a comprehensive product vision to align stakeholders towards a unified goal.
  • Monitored analytics to identify and address user issues, as well as tracked usage statistics
  • Worked closely with the Product  team to translate user and business goals into compelling, delightful, and stress-free solutions.
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VMC on AWS Networking

VMC on AWS brings together a customers existing data centers and the cloud, providing a versatile and scalable solution. I worked on the Networking and Compliance vertical for this product.

  • Outlined the experience for various aspects of network connections that customers  establish in their environment.
  • I partnered with fellow designers to create a more streamlined networking experience for VMC on AWS
  • Worked closely with the Product  team to translate user and business goals into compelling, delightful, and stress-free solutions.

VMC on AWS Compliance

  • Gained a comprehensive understanding of compliance landscape in relation to VMC on AWS.
  • Identified pain-points in the user’s compliance journey and provided streamlined solutions to reduce their Support time drastically

Other Reponsibilities at VMware

  • Advocated for Design thinking and Accessibility through various events and workshops
  • Contributed to the hiring process to expand the VMware design team.

Recognitions and accolades at VMware

  • VMC Sizer was one of the first web applications in VMware that prioritised accessibility, achieving full compliance with WCAG 2.1 at level AA.
  • Built first of its kind accessible graph for VMC Sizer. Which was later adoped into other VMware products

2018 – 2019

Organization

Tally

Size

200 Employees

Duration

1 Year

Role

UX Designer

About the Organization

Tally is India’s largest accounting software being used across India since 1990s

What I worked on

Tally

  • Performed ethnographic research to gain insight into how diverse demographics utilise Tally.
  • Explored specific product areas where users experienced pain-points and devised viable solutions.

Design System

  • Conducted research on different Design systems to comprehend their architecture and components.
  • Assimilated Tally’s core organisation principles and started building a Design system to support it.

2014 – 2018

Organization

CloudMagic

Size

50 Employees

Duration

4 Years

Role

Senior Product Designer

About the Organization

CloudMagic (Rebranded to Newton) is an Email and Calendar app for iOS, Android, MacOS and Windows at it’s peak it had 4 Million active users. In 2019 It was acquired by Andy Rubin and merged into Essential.

What I worked on

CloudMagic(Newton) Email — iOS, MacOS, WatchOS & Website

An email app that's rich with features which are missing from other email clients.

  • Led Experience Design for Newton iOS App & WatchOS
  • Teamed up with fellow designers to enhance the user experience for Newton Email on MacOS.
  • Occasionally spruced up the Website to keep it relevant to the times.
  • Created promotional Videos

Newton Calendar — iOS

A companion Calendar app that complimented Newton mail

  • Explored various calendar functionalities to identify potential features that not only enhance user experience but also distinguish Newton calendar from competitors.
  • Led the Experience Design for Newton Calendar iOS
  • Coupling the Email and Calendar experience and building a seamless experience across Newton ecosystem
  • Wrote Blogs and created content videos

2012 – 2014

Organization

DelightCircle

Size

5 Employees

Duration

2 Years

Role

Interaction Designer

About the Organization

DelightCircle was a coupons platform for the offline stores. When users used the coupons in the offline stores they would earn points on DelightCircle, which they could redeem for goodies. DelightCircle had tie ups with several offline stores and their goal was to bring more foot-fall to the offline stores.

What I worked on

DelightCircle Mobile APP — Android, iOS and BlackberryOS

An app that provided users with coupons for offline retailers and rewarded them for their purchases.

  • I worked on the User experience of DelightCircle Mobile apps across all the platforms (iOS, Android & Blackberry)
  • Keept an eye out on the rapidly changing Mobile platform landscape and quickly incorporated those changes

DelightCircle Web-app — Design & Develop

  • I worked on the User experience of DelightCircle web-app.
  • Developed the web-app's Front-end and the back-end

DelightCircle Marketing materials

  • Designed banners for the Social media platforms
  • Designed banners, standees and artefacts for Offline marketing
Thanks for patiently going through my work!
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WOODWORKING
CINEMA
MUSINGS

Woodworking

I started Woodworking in 2016. A bushcraft video on YouTube got me excited enough to get 3 morkniv knives and a Japanese saw. When I whittled my first spoon, I realised how therapeutic it felt to work with something that is tactile!
While I started my journey with these handtools; today, I posses quite a few tools in my repertoire: Circular Saw, a sanding machine and a Dremel (my new favourite) plus many others. Here are few thing that I have crafted in the recent times.

Cinema

I am a huge Cinephile and have been recently exploring the vast landscape of local and international cinema. Some of my most faviourite movies of all time are.

Movie poster of 'In the mood for love'Movie poster of 'Ikiru'Movie poster of 'Hannabi'A movie poster for Mon Oncle

Some directors whose work I adore: Akira kurosawa, Wong-kar-wai, Jaques Tati, Satyajit Ray & Jim Jarmusch. I keep a track of my movie watching endevours on Letterboxd

My Letterboxd

Musings

Here are some thoughts and musings I've pondered over the last decade.

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GENERIC THOUGHTS
DESIGN
DIY
WELL THAT'S INTERESTING — SERIES

Generic thoughts

Didn’t see it coming

A visual history of my weight gain.

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A hand holding rose

Is Compassion a virtue we’ve lost?

A blog post about an incident that made me question the world we live in.

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planet earth

Why hasn’t the world become a better place yet?

All those products aiming to help us live better. But have they actually helped?

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Humans standing around in a circle

Be sure to hear ’em out

There are things: you know, you don't know & you dont know that you dont know!

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Design

A set of screenshots of iOS calendar App

How we designed the iOS Calendar app

A blog post about how we came up with the design for Newton Calendar app

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iOS Newton Calendar app events card

Some spit & polish for Calendar App

A blog post about enhancing our Calendar app based on user feedback

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DIY

a wooden bird carved out of wood

Dremel — where were you all these years!

My first encounter with Dremel and how it became a part of my woodworking arsenal

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Well That's interesting

This is a series of articles I wrote about three things that captivated me that week.

A typewriter

Well, that’s interesting!

First post in the series of posts about thatngs that made me go 'Well, that's interesting!'

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An ink bottle with a feathered ink pen

Price tags, The regret test, Journey birds & Bitcoin

Second post in the series, taking about interesting things I encountered that week

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a water droplet

Birth of a star, CSS painting, Calm Interface & Font map.

Third post in the series, taking about interesting things I encountered that week

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a light bulb

Distinction Bias, Infinity drum machine, & Visual history of light

Fourth post in the series, taking about interesting things I encountered that week

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A native American sending out a smoke signal

Parallax compression, Biomimicry & targeting the Reddit CEO

Fifth post in the series, taking about interesting things I encountered that week

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Email

rohitbhat39002@gmail.com

Phone number

+91 - 9742503073
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