Arpita Dhir
Product Design Lead
Dubai, UAE
ADPList
EXPERIENCE
8+ years designing AI features and 0→1 products. Most recently Design Lead at ADPList, often owning product calls with no dedicated PM.
2021 – 2025
Product Design Lead
at
ADPList
Led design for a 35K+ mentor platform with no dedicated PM. AI Journals lifted mentor retention 34% and mentee retention 22%.
2020 – 2021
Founding Designer
at
Growth School
Built the first product, brand and assets with the founder, and wrote the 12-week UX curriculum used across cohorts.
2021
UX Consultant
at
Commudle
Shipped the design system, cutting developer handoff time by about 30% as the community grew.
2021
UX Consultant
at
AutoVRse
Designed interaction flows for enterprise XR products, turning spatial concepts into real-time interfaces teams could prototype fast.
2020 – 2021
Product Designer
at
Headout
Built a modular content system for city travel blogs that cut production time 40%, plus the banner system the design team built on.
2018 – 2020
Lead Designer
at
Ola
Owned brand and digital design for Ola's food division: 4 sub-brands, 50+ touchpoints, 2× social engagement, a team of 3.
2017 – 2018
Graphic + Web Designer
at
Krafting Networks
2017
Junior Art Director
at
Happy McGarryBowen
Mentorship
I've mentored designers since 2020 across ADPList, NextLeap, Growth School and 10K Designers. It keeps my own thinking sharp.
2021 – Present
Mentor
at
ADPList
17K+ minutes of 1:1 mentoring with 300+ designers.
2021 – 2024
Mentor
at
10K Designers
4 cohorts and 4 industry projects across 50+ learners.
2021 – 2023
Mentor
at
NextLeap
5 cohorts and 6 project evaluations across 80+ learners.
2020 – 2021
Mentor
at
Growth School
4 cohorts plus weekly sessions for 200+ learners. I also built the UX cirriculum for these cohorts.
Skill STACK
0→1 product design
Gen AI & automation
User research & testing
Information architecture
Wireframing & prototyping
Design systems
Interaction design
Accessibility & inclusivity
Agile product management
Mentorship & coaching
Education
Bachelor's in Electronics & Communication
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor's in Psychology
Indira Gandhi National Open University