Aarash Contractor

Product Designer · UI/UX · B2B SaaS & Data Platforms

Product Designer with 4+ years of experience crafting dashboards, workflows, and design systems for B2B SaaS and data-intensive platforms. Currently pursuing an MBA in Operations & Data Science, bringing a business and metrics-first lens to product decisions.

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Design Meets Business Fluency

Product Designer with 4+ years designing dashboards, workflows, and design systems for B2B SaaS and data-intensive platforms. Led the Figma design system for a live analytics platform used by traders and analysts, cutting design-to-dev handoff friction across releases. Currently pursuing an MBA in Operations & Data Science, bringing a business and metrics-first lens to product decisions that most designers don't have.

Looking to bring that combination of craft and business fluency to a Product Designer role at a growth-stage SaaS or fintech company.

Quick Facts

4+ years of product design experience

B2B SaaS & data-intensive platform specialist

Design system & dashboard design expert

MBA in Operations & Data Science (pursuing)

Udacity UX Nanodegree Graduate

Feb 2025 – Mar 2026 · Pune, India

UI/UX Designer — Davis Index

End-to-End Platform Design

Owned end-to-end design for DavisInsight, a data-heavy analytics platform used by traders and analysts, delivering dashboards, filters, and interactive data visualisations for commodity price tracking.

Figma Design System

Built and maintained the platform's Figma design system, reducing inconsistency across modules and cutting iteration cycles for the design team on every release.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Partnered directly with the COO to translate business strategy into product roadmap decisions, and led a 3-person cross-functional team that shipped DavisInsight 20% ahead of schedule.

High-Fidelity Prototyping

Produced high-fidelity prototypes used in stakeholder and developer handoff, shortening the gap between design sign-off and implementation.

Aug 2022 – Feb 2025 · Pune, India

UI/UX Designer — Jules AI

Jules AI is a sister company of Davis Index; this role was an internal transfer.

Design System & UI

Built Jules AI's UI component library and style guide from the ground up, establishing the design language later adopted across the product suite. Converted PRDs into user flows and high-fidelity screens, streamlining developer handoff and reducing back-and-forth during implementation.

Freight Booking Module

Designed an end-to-end freight booking module, KPI dashboard, booking table, detail side panel, new booking flow, and status change workflows, shipped as a core product feature.

Mentorship & QA

Mentored junior designers on UX research methods, wireframing, and cross-team communication as part of a growing design function. Partnered with product managers and engineers throughout QA to ensure design intent was preserved through to release.

Website Audit & Redesign

Conducted a full audit of the company website, identifying gaps in visual hierarchy and inconsistent UI elements, then redesigned key pages to improve clarity and brand consistency.

Earlier Career Journey

Aarash's path into product design is unconventional, a transition built on client-facing business knowledge rather than a formal design background. Each earlier role developed skills in communication, problem-solving, and client management that now inform a business-first approach to design decisions.

UI/UX Designer (previously Account Executive) — Davis Index

Feb 2021 – Aug 2022 · Pune, India
Promoted from Account Executive into UI/UX Designer after taking initiative on the initial design phase of Davis BI, the company's first business intelligence tool. Managed multiple client accounts concurrently prior to the transition, maintaining high client satisfaction while meeting delivery deadlines.

Executive Customer Management — Capita India Private Limited

Oct 2019 – Dec 2020 · Pune, India
Webchat-based customer support for a UK delivery company; improved CSAT through complex query resolution.

Sr. Associate Ops — WNS

Jul 2016 – Jan 2017 · Pune, India
Coordinated with third-party insurers to process and settle client damage claims under tight deadlines.

Customer Relations Advisor — Tech Mahindra Business Services

Jul 2015 – Mar 2016 · Pune, India
First-line customer support and issue resolution.

Education

MBA in Operations & Data Science

NMIMS, Pune · Jun 2025 – Jun 2027

Currently pursuing an MBA in Operations & Data Science, bringing a business and metrics-first lens to product decisions that most designers don't have.

User Experience Nanodegree Graduate

Udacity · Jan 2022 – Mar 2022

Formal training in UX design methods, user research, wireframing, and interaction design principles.

Bachelor of Commerce

Savitribai Phule Pune University · Jun 2013 – Jul 2016

Commerce background providing foundational business knowledge that supports a metrics-first lens in product design decisions.

Skills

UX & Product Design

User Experience Design, User Interface Design, User Research, Information Architecture, User Flows, Wireframing, Interaction Design, Dashboard Design, Responsive Web Design, Mobile Design, Design Thinking, Personas, Journey Mapping, Accessibility (WCAG)

Systems & Data

Design Systems, Data Visualisation, Product Design

Process & Collaboration

Prototyping, Cross-functional Collaboration, Scrum, Stakeholder Management

Tools

Figma

Figma Make

Figma Motion

Framer

Sketch

Zeplin

FigJam

Miro

Google Stitch

Claude AI

Featured Projects

PM Co-pilot

AI-powered Product Management assistant concept

Designed and prototyped an AI-first PM assistant in Figma, including high-fidelity interactions and motion prototypes built in Figma Make to simulate a realistic AI product experience. Designed the landing page and interactive product experience to communicate core capabilities and AI-first workflows end-to-end.

Davis Insight

Commodity pricing analytics platform for traders and analysts

Designed dashboards, filters, and navigation to simplify complex financial workflows for mill-level and month-on-month pricing analysis. Built and maintained the platform's Figma design library and delivered high-fidelity prototypes for stakeholder review and developer handoff.

More Projects

Life Insurance Enrollment

Mobile-first enrollment redesign for first-time buyers

Redesigned a complex insurance purchase journey into a guided six-step mobile-first flow, covering the happy path and cross-device re-entry. Designed a resume-from-last-step flow for interrupted sessions, and simplified coverage selection and review screens to build user confidence pre-submission. Reduced cognitive load throughout via progressive disclosure and plain language content.

Freight Booking Module

Jules AI: Logistics booking management feature

Designed an end-to-end freight booking module for Jules AI, including a KPI dashboard, booking table with inline status and column actions, and a detail side panel for individual bookings. Designed the new booking creation flow and status change workflows (dropdown-driven updates), along with in-app notifications to keep users informed of booking changes.

Additional Projects

Various design explorations across platforms

Jules AI Landing Page: Designed a responsive company landing page (web and mobile). AI Co-Pilot Feature: Designed an in-product AI assistant enabling users to surface insights and automate repetitive tasks, responsive across web and mobile. Field Worker Mobile App: Designed a task and shipment tracking mobile app optimised for fast-paced field environments.

Let's Connect

Looking to bring a combination of craft and business fluency to a Product Designer role at a growth-stage SaaS or fintech company. Open to conversations about product design, B2B SaaS, data-intensive platforms, and design systems.

Phone

+91 8788499752

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