Product Designer · UI/UX · Systems

Designing useful
things for people.

I’m Sumit Baranwal, a product designer combining UX thinking, visual design and engineering to turn complex problems into simple experiences.

Based in India Open to product design opportunities Available for selected freelance work
01 / Selected work

Selected projects

2024—26
02 / About

Designer with an
engineering mindset.

I work across digital products and physical experiences, bringing together research, interaction design, visual systems and rapid prototyping.

With a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Des from IIT Guwahati, I enjoy working on problems where technology, people and business meet.

More about me ↗
03 / Experience

Experience

May 2025—Jul 2025

Summer Intern

BuildUP India · Delhi · Hybrid

End-to-end user-centred design including UX research, ideation, wireframing and prototyping.
UX · Product
Dec 2024

User Experience Intern

Delhi Technological University · Remote

User interviews and journey mapping for campus commute, accessibility and navigation challenges.
Research
Feb 2020—Aug 2020

Supply Quality Assurance

OPPO Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd. · Greater Noida · On-site

Root-cause analysis and process workflow improvements across smartphone assembly operations.
Operations
04 / Skills

Skills & tools

01

UX & Research

UX Research, User Interviews, Journey Mapping, Information Architecture, Usability Studies, Heuristic Analysis, Wireframing, Interaction Design, A/B Testing and Interactive Prototyping.

02

Design Systems

Scalable design systems, reusable components, interface standards, design tokens and responsive design.

03

UI & Visual Design

High-fidelity UI, visual hierarchy, responsive interfaces, accessibility and inclusive design practices.

04

Tools

Figma (Advanced), Adobe Photoshop, Miro, Procreate, Sketch, Planner and Framer.

05

AI-Assisted Design

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Notion AI and Wispr Flow for AI-assisted research and design workflows.

06

Collaboration

Stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, design documentation, presentations and developer handoff.

07

Front-End Awareness

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular, REST API, Agile and Dev Mode with awareness of implementation constraints.

08

Design Thinking

Human-centred design, interaction design principles, system thinking, complex problem-solving and causal-loop modelling.

05 / Process

Think. Make.
Learn. Repeat.

01

Discover

Understand users, context and the real problem.

02

Define

Turn insights into a focused opportunity and direction.

03

Design

Explore, prototype and build the right experience.

04

Validate

Test assumptions, iterate and prepare for delivery.