Hi, I’m Akhil. Designing in pixels & thinking in systems. My strength lies in storytelling, architecting systems, and crafting gripping visuals+interactions. I have an entrepreneurial mindset and I thrive in complexity, ambiguity, constraints, and ambitious teams.

Experience

MetaSenior Product Designer - Ads & Monetization

2025 — Now

San Francisco Bay Area

Designing advertiser UX for retailers and RMNs (retail media networks).

MetaSenior Product Designer - GenAI Video

2025 — 2025

Led E2E design for the progressive-scripting AI VideoGen advertiser experience.

Hero AssistantFounding Designer - Mobile / Voice / AI

2023 — 2025

San Francisco Bay Area

Founding designer (first US hire) for a one of a kind, all-in-one daily assistant powered by voice and AI auto-complete. 500,000+ users with 4.9⭐️ rating on the app store. Consistently ranked within the top #200 productivity apps. Designed the e2e UX, brand identity, design system, and everything in between. Supported the team go from whiteboard to launch to product-market-fit.