Gurgaon, India

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Riya Khandelwal

Lead Visual Designer | UI/UX Design

Contact: +91 9560838118

About

I’m a visual storyteller and design lead who crafts meaningful, user-centered experiences grounded in design thinking and fueled by curiosity. I connect strategy to execution across brand, UI/UX, and generative AI, simplifying complexity and shipping work with measurable impact.

▪️ Lead end-to-end design across branding, packaging, advertising, typography, data visualization, UI/UX, and generative AI.

▪️ Partnered closely with the CEO’s office to translate high-level vision into bold, outcome-driven design strategies.

▪️ Turn imaginative ideas into clear, simple, testable deliverables with measurable outcomes.

▪️ Design user-centric solutions grounded in research and real user insights, building products that foster genuine connection.

▪️ Passionate about illustrating in Procreate; continually mastering AI tools to elevate craft and accelerate workflow.

Experience

Lead Visual Designer – CEO Office,

Hike

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Jun 2020 - Present • 5 yrs 3 mos

Partnered with the CEO’s office to design high-stakes presentations including investor decks, board updates, and strategy documents, blending sharp narrative flow with visual impact.

  • Built modular, scalable design systems ensuring brand consistency across product, marketing, and internal platforms, reducing rework and asset creation time by 35%.

  • Solved cross-functional alignment challenges by partnering with Product, Marketing, and People teams to translate complex ideas into compelling visuals, improving internal presentation NPS from 7.8 to 9.2.

  • Reimagined cultural engagement through campaigns like Hike Code Marketing and milestone celebrations, increasing employee participation in internal events by 50%.

  • Designed employee experience touchpoints including onboarding kits, festive hampers, and awards (e.g., SHP Legends Trophy) that improved new hire satisfaction scores by 18% in onboarding surveys.

  • Pioneered AI-augmented workflows with Midjourney, Leonardo AI, and ChatGPT that cut creative exploration time by 40% and enabled faster delivery of high-stakes decks without compromising quality.

Senior Graphic Designer – Gaming & Product

Hike

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Jul 2022 - Jul 2024 • 2 yrs 1 mo

Led creative direction for Rush by Hike and Legends of Ludo, creating brand identities, marketing assets, and in-game visuals that contributed to a 30% increase in average session time.


Designed tournament branding and engagement campaigns, boosting returning player participation by 22%.

Graphic Designer – Social & Digital Branding

Hike

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Jun 2020 - Jul 2022 • 2 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Brand Identity

Packaging

Data Visualization

Marketing

User Interface Design

UX Design

Wireframing

Prototype

Usability testing

Accessibility (WCAG)

Narrative Structuring

Generative ai

Design Strategy

Digital illustration

Advertising

Languages

Hindi

Native

English

Fluent

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