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About Himanshu Bharadwaj
As a Product Innovation Leader, I’ve dedicated my career to shaping human-centered, scalable, and joyful experiences that drive business success. With over 15 years of experience in design strategy, I’ve delivered three world-first product innovations, guided 25+ startups to commercial success, and built globally distributed teams—onsite, remote, and offshore.I am the creator of Joyful Design, a unifying process that combines cognitive science, behavioral insights, and UX design to transform how companies approach product development. My work spans various industries, from FinTech & SaaS to AI-driven solutions and digital media. I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with companies of all sizes (S, M, L, XL).Outside of work, I’m a yogi, a thought leader for health & well-being. My philosophy? Design with joy because joyful experiences lead to happier users & better products.Let’s connect: himanshugb@gmail.com | www.joyful.designKey Skills & Expertise:Leadership: Executive Design Leadership, Thought Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Team Management, Mentorship & Coaching, Talent Acquisition & Hiring, Resource Allocation, Conflict Resolution, Change Management, Visionary Leadership, Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Process Improvement, Customer Satisfaction, Talent Development, Emotional Resilience, Relationship Management, Strategic Growth, Organizational Leadership, Leadership Agility, Workforce Planning, Corporate Governance, Crisis Management, Executive Decision Making Strategy: - UX Strategy, Product Strategy, Innovation Strategy, Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Agile Scrum, roadmapping, Feature Prioritization, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Market Analysis, Digital Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategic Vision, Strategic Design, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Planning Design: Digital Product Design, UX Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), User Interface (UI) Design, Wireframing & Prototyping, Information Architecture (IA), Human-centered Design (HCD), Interaction Design (IxD), Responsive Design, Visual Design, Design Systems, Process Mapping, Journey Mapping, Mobile Design, Cross-Platform UX, High-fidelity Mockups, MVP Design, Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, Accessibility (WCAG), Animation & Motion Design, AI/ML in Design, AR/VR Design, EdTech Design, Rapid Prototyping, Design Thinking Workshops, UI/UX Audits, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Marketing, Advertising, branding, Neuroscience, cognitive science, NeuroUX, Psychology.
Himanshu Bharadwaj's Current Company Details
Joyful Design
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Founder, Head of Product Design
New York, NY, US
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Himanshu Bharadwaj Work Experience Details
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Founder, Head Of Product DesignJoyful DesignNew York, Ny, Us
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Consultant Director Ux/Ui, Head Of Product Design, Vp Of DesignConsultant Oct 2011 - PresentCaI create with heart, think with intention, and lead with optimism. Director UX/UI and Creative, Head of Product Design for various agencies & clients like MRM, FCB, Area23, Publicis, Vivaldi, Momentum, Lenddo, Gabardine, Hudson Rouge, Patients & Purpose, Synechron, etc. NY and CT. Led internal teams. Partnered with senior executives & practitioners across business units to drive product strategy, execution, & optimization processes. Morgan Stanley: Led Design strategy and implementation with a large cross-functional team of 30+ experts and 20+ global technology team members. Lionbridge: Influenced 60% of the new business pipeline within 2 years of launch. Increased unique website pageviews for desktop by more than 3x, from 100,000 to 3,200,000 in two years. Clocked 50,000 valid top-of-the-funnel chat interactions, resulting in massive engagement and millions in new business. Implemented new brand experience globally in 9 languages across 250+ markets. -
Innovation Consultant, InvestorIlluminix.Ai Feb 2024 - PresentPioneering the world’s first AI-driven marketing solution at Illuminix.ai, I’ve been at the forefront of integrating advanced AI technologies to disrupt and transform marketing processes for businesses of all sizes. My contributions span product innovation, strategic UX research, and customer experience design, all driven by a deep understanding of cognitive science and human behavior. At the heart of my work is the belief that AI should serve human needs, not replace them. By combining cutting-edge technology with empathetic design, I strive to create products that transform industries while staying deeply connected to human emotions.Key Contributions:Capital Raise & Strategic Vision: As a key figure in Illuminix.ai’s strategic growth, I secured investments and drove investor confidence through a compelling vision of how AI can revolutionize marketing. - AI-Driven Innovation: Designed and led the development of an AI-enabled marketing platform that empowers small businesses to compete with industry giants by automating real-time complex marketing tasks.- User-Centric AI Solutions: Blended AI technology with neuroscience principles to craft seamless, hyper-personalized user experiences, ensuring intuitive and human interactions.Cognitive and Behavioral Expertise: Leveraged my expertise in cognitive science and behavioral psychology to design products that anticipate user needs and make interactions effortless, joyful, and scalable.- Design Leadership & Business Growth: In addition to driving product innovation, I’ve led the design team in crafting intuitive, AI-driven solutions that resonate with users and investors alike. My design leadership extends beyond aesthetics to building systems that deliver measurable business results, enhancing both product-market fit and long-term value for stakeholders. -
Public SpeakerVarious Global Conferences And Podcasts Sep 2017 - PresentSpeaker on topics ranging from design, innovation, well-being, and joyFeatured Speaking Engagements:Keynote: 'Make Joy Your Design's Source Code.' Web Directions Summit, Sydney, Australia.'Creating joyful experiences.' World Usability Congress, Graz, Austria. 'The Power Of Joyful.Design.' thinkfuture: innovation, startups and the future. Podcast.'Frustration to fulfillment.' UCD Gathering. Cambridge, UK. 'Rethink Happiness - Insights on Mind, Body, and Consciousness.' The Free Thinkers Institute. New York, NY. 'Design and Innovation.' National Cognitive Science Conference, San Diego, CA5 Reasons to invite Himanshu to be a speaker at your next event:Proven thought leader: Himanshu has delivered presentations worldwide and has been a keynote speaker to large audiences of over 1000 at top conferences. His presentations have been recognized as creme de la creme at these events.Inspirational: Himanshu's unique joyful philosophy on life and work has been lauded as inspirational, practical, provocative, and full of industry insights and takeaways. Interactive and Joyful: Himanshu's talks are engaging and memorable, and Your audience will leave smiling. It is perfect for any event or organization that wants to learn and be entertained at the same time.Himanshu is very humble, easy, and straightforward to work with. He believes public speaking is an opportunity to help people, share knowledge, and push the industry forward.Himanshu will help your event succeed. He has been an event organizer himself on a much smaller scale than yours (meetups) and knows how extremely tough your job is.
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Vp Design - Product DesignCentime, Inc. Oct 2019 - Jul 2024Boston, Massachusetts, UsAs a co-founding member and the first employee at Centime, I had the privilege of shaping the company from the ground up from 2-125 employees. My role went far beyond design—it was a mission to solve long-standing problems that hold businesses back. Over 5 years, I led the UX, product design, and marketing efforts, building a team and developing a cohesive brand strategy that positioned Centime’s B2B SaaS fintech platform as a leader in cash-flow optimization.“My goal was to make cash flow management simple, intuitive, engaging, empowering, and, dare I say it, even enjoyable. We built trust, empowerment, and hope for businesses navigating uncertain financial waters. And that, for me, is the heart of what good design is all about.”AI-Driven Cash Management Solutions: Led the development of an intuitive, AI-driven platform that reduced manual cash flow interventions by 25%, resulting in significant operational cost savings for clients.Joyful Design: Introduced the concept of “Joyful Design,” which blends cognitive science and emotional resonance to create experiences that customers truly connect with. Content-Driven Growth: Created thought leadership content—blogs, eBooks, SEO-driven articles that led to an 8,935% increase in organic blog traffic in just one year and a 10X increase in LinkedIn followers & customer interest in just two years. Integrated detailed SEO research into our content strategy, increasing our presence on Google’s top 100 search results for target keywords and driving an exponential increase in organic traffic.Modular Design System: Developed a scalable, modular design system that enabled the platform to support diverse business sizes across multiple product lines. This system improved design efficiency and accelerated the time-to-market for new features.FinTech of the Year: Centime was awarded the 2022 Commercial Banking FinTech of the Year by Aite-Novarica and named one of American Banker’s Best Places to Work in FinTech for 2023 -
Founder, Head Of UxRgb Matters Jun 2017 - Oct 2019Founder of a UX agency with 3 partners. RGB Matters was an Experience Design agency based in New York. Role: business development, operations, created joyful design philosophy, and design leadership. At RGB Matters, I led the design and development of UX strategies and execution for clients across FinTech, healthcare, and SaaS, improving user engagement and customer satisfaction with the product or helping them with product marketing. Who we are:At RGB Matters, we take joy in everything we do, whether it is our ideation process, strategic approach, work delivery or even the way we hire. Our approach is simple. We join the dots between thinking, doing and feeling. We aim to design the human interface instead of the user interface. Because we believe that joyful people create joyful experiences, leading to lasting engagement and higher brand loyalty. Our key clients are Timeless Media, the Advertising Research Foundation, Iris Software, and Alphaserve. No debt nor operating loss in its years of existence. -
Vice President UxAmpology Oct 2016 - Jun 2017Fort Lee, Nj, UsCreative leader for digital experience and Brand development projects. Led the user experience strategy, design & brand development of Kazzam! B2B product, Life Extension, Diamond Resorts etc. Worked on leading the design for Kazzam! a digital product for Party City. It is a complex e-commerce platform driven by artificial intelligence. A great place to work with a unique private equity investment/partnership model with clients unlike the fee-based model of agencies. Conducted 20 minute meditation sessions everyday for employees to help manage stress and improve productivity. Kazzam! by Party City grew from a pilot market to nationwide within three years, booking 10,000+ annual events, grossing $2M in its first two years, and reaching $16M revenue with 88 employees. Achieving 80%+ month-over-month customer sales growth, it has fulfilled over 10,000 parties nationwide. -
Senior Director, CreativeTravelers 2016 - 2016New York, Ny, UsDigital Center of Excellence leadership board member. Design team lead for Traveler’s public-facing Web sites, marketing, and e-learning product. Cross collaboration with multiple departments and external agencies.- Led digital work that kept everyone secure, one policy at a time. - Digital design board member in Travelers Digital Center of Excellence leadership team. Work included evolving new digital brand style for the company.- Collaborated with several internal departments on digital projects: Enterprise Digital Marketing, User Experience, Personal Insurance marketing, Business Insurance Marketing, Corporate Marketing etc - Creative leadership on designing an online e-learning course for insurance agents.- UX leadership on evaluating current website experience for Prepare and Prevent section and redesigning it .- Thought leadership in the area of digital design. Presented new digital trends, technologies and opportunities to Enterprise Digital Marketing department and Advertising & Media department employees. -
Senior Creative Consultant Ux/UiSynechron 2015 - 2016New York, Ny, UsStarted this awesome gig with the good guys at a UX design startup —Usable, which was acquired by Synechron. I was tasked with leading the UX/UI function for for the following client teams:1) Deutsche Bank- Building an internal global data management application that provides timely, complete, and accurate responses to data requests to efficiently manage an ocean of data. It is a complex, multimillion-dollar project and I can hear my brain cells being tickled every day since I came onboard. We gathered requirements, created a new architecture, designed and built the solution to ensure the Bank’s data assets are indexed, classified, and cataloged with an associated governance and control model. 2) EverBank: My goal was to lead the team to streamline the User Experience of their CRM system and design a ‘better way of doing important things’ through a visual design solution. The design solution saves EverBank's time by creating logical organization, limiting distractions and visual hierarchy of content. -
Freelance Creative DirectorMomentum Worldwide Jun 2015 - Jun 2015New York, New York, UsFor their 100th anniversary, American Express Travel launched Journeymakers: a new digital campaign and platform that recognizes the special people behind every travel moment.I led the concept and creation of an immersive launch event experience to highlight the stories, images, and functionality of the platform. -
Contract Creative DirectorWit + Mind Jun 2014 - May 2015- Led the product design and 0-1 innovation for Singlecare insurance product at Leob Labs, NY. Led its Branding, Responsive Web design, Application Design, and Mobile Apps. Created the foundational product that eventually grew @ 0.12% monthly in 5 years to have 8M+ web traffic & 158,000 app downloads, partnering with 35,000 pharmacies since its launchIn less than a year of launch, SingleCare streamlined and made healthcare more accessible, serving over 7,000 Pennsylvania residents who faced affordability challenges or coverage gaps.In less than a year, the company grew its Pennsylvania network to more than 4,400 healthcare providers, including doctors, dentists, chiropractors, mental health specialists, and pharmacies.Built the product right from scratch at Leob Labs, NY, by helping SingleCare establish itself as the big brand it is today, resulting in millions of customers & growing to 150 employees - Digital design for Sage Software Inc.- iPad application design work for AXA Financial Services. Financial advisors will look no further and will definitely entice their clients into using AXA's variable annuities and retirement plans once the app is out. -
Freelance Creative DirectorHudson Rouge May 2014 - May 2014New York, Ny, UsDigital communication projects for Lincoln Car. Almost bought the car at the end of the gig, but fell short on money. Would definitely like to go back here and earn more so buy it soon. Great place. Great people and a wonderful account to work on. -
Freelance Creative DirectorPublicis Apr 2014 - May 2014New York, New York, UsShingles is serious and super painful. Each year, about 600,000 Americans are diagnosed with it. Thank god there is a vaccine for it and I helped advertise it. So hoping for the number to come down significantly this year because of my advertising effort! -
Freelance CreativeMrm//Mccann Mar 2014 - Apr 2014New York, Ny, UsDigital marketing for Verizon. Changing the world one banner and one message at a time. -
Consultant Creative DirectorLenddo Dec 2013 - Feb 2014Singapore, Singapore, SgLed the design of the world's first loan application on Facebook that got coverage on Wired magazine. http://www.wired.com/2014/05/lenddo-facebook/Led UX/UI design for the backend web application for this product, various UX and Visual Design projects. Facebook App, Back end Admin system Interface. -
Associate Creative DirectorHavas Worldwide Apr 2013 - Nov 2013New York, Ny, UsCharged with exploring and shaping digital marketing initiatives for IBM with his mighty awesomeness. Design team lead across 4 IBM divisions.Digital initiatives for IBM Design Lab projects, IBM Social Business, IBM Midsize Business Solutions, IBM Risk Analytics, IBM Research, IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM Information on Demand and IBM Security Systems divisions.Trained in Agile Scrum team environment & Process Improvement. -
Freelance Digital Creative Lead/AcdDraftfcb Jan 2013 - Mar 2013New York, New York, UsDesign team Leadership for Vivus: Qsymia, ( A weight loss medication) consumer and HCP digital efforts that included iPad app, banner ads, email marketing and interactive exhibition panels. -
Freelance Art Director/AcdHarrison And Star Sep 2012 - Dec 2012New York, Ny, UsiPad apps, Banner ad campaigns, email campaigns,interactive Exhibition Kiosks for Genentech:Metastatic, Novartis Oncology:Gleevec & Tasigna,Santarus: Uceris & Zegerid, Clovis Oncology and Bayer: Aspirin. -
Freelance Art Supervisor/AcdPatients & Purpose Jun 2012 - Aug 2012New York, Ny, UsResponsive Website design, mobile and tablet application design projects for Genentech brands: Avastin, Actemra, Lucentis. Pfizer Brand: Somavert -
Associate Creative DirectorMww Group 2011 - 2012New York, Ny, UsDesign team leadership for Nikon and Sara Lee brands: Hillshire Farm and Jimmy Dean, Samsung Mobile. -
Freelance Senior Art DirectorGabardine 2009 - 2011Digital projects for Cognizant and [x+1]
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Founder, Creative DirectorRgb Matter 2006 - 2011Founded a design studio in Connecticut, with focus on offshore development and production work at an RGB Matter office in India. Set up a production center and trained staff in New Delhi, India. Client work for Halifax Health, Chase Bank, Wall Street Journal, GE, Global Air Charters, Fletcher knight and Greenwood publishing Group
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Founding Member, First Employee And Creative LeadEpsilonium 2006 - 2011Founding team member, employee 1, Creative Lead. Led a team of 20 designers, PMs, and front-end developers. Built In-house SAAS product AssociationEZ and zero-to-one products for early-stage startups. Scaled a digital agency business from 0 to $1M and 10 employees in less than 2 years.Creative direction on digital projects on Thomson Reuters, ASML, AZ.gov, NYC.gov, University of Michigan, AZ State University, FRAM, Birds Eye Voila! Developed and managed the Internet marketing strategy, concept, design, and production of complex applications and websites for over 50 clients. Produced the agency’s corporate identity, marketing program, and materials. Help establish an offshore innovation and execution center in India. Established internal standards and creative development processes. Pitched and won new clients, managed and trained a team of 20 onshore and offshore design staff.
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Art DirectorDigitas 2001 - 2006Boston, Massachusetts, UsUsed to be Modem Media before being acquired by Digitas. Websites and applications for fortune 500 companiesWorked on interactive projects for General Motors, Kodak, Snickers, GE, Eastern Mountain Sports, Citibank, Heineken, IBM, Kraft, Pfizer, Merrill Lynch, Dice, Revlon, Sirius, Delta, Bunge and AOL. I brought 2 of the world's first successful digital product innovations to life:First Social Networking Ad. A chat-enabled social banner for Dice. Winner of 22 industry awards, including 11 Gold, and hundreds of thousands of users ranted wildly inside the ads for 2 years. Multi-player gaming banner- Humanaction for Heineken. Played by 1M+ users over 4 months. Average time engaged: 5+ mins. 4.2% CTR – highest in brand history. 38% shared with a friend. -
Student Web DesignerSyracuse University 1998 - 2001Syracuse, New York, UsResponsible for the design of School of Management SU website and website for Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University.
Himanshu Bharadwaj Skills
Creative Direction
User Experience
Brand Development
Art Direction
Interactive Advertising
User Interface Design
Advertising
Creative Strategy
Interaction Design
Digital Marketing
Digital Media
Graphic Design
Web Design
Experience Design
Interactive Marketing
Integrated Marketing
Adobe Creative Suite
Branding And Identity
Social Media
Online Advertising
Corporate Branding
Concept Development
Social Media Marketing
Content Strategy
Information Architecture
Digital Strategy
Corporate Identity
Creative Problem Solving
Entrepreneurship
Typography
Copywriting
Mobile Applications
Strategy
Mobile Design
Thought Leadership
User Interface
Mobile Devices
Marketing Communications
Online Marketing
Logo Design
Pharmaceutical Industry
Marketing
Branding
Brand Management
Product Development
User Experience Design
Public Relations
Banner Ads
Ux
Virtual Reality
Web 2.0
Indesign
Himanshu Bharadwaj Education Details
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Syracuse UniversityAdvertising Design -
National Institute Of DesignNid Ahmedabad
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St. Francis De Sales SchoolHindi
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