// About · Mumbai, India

Twelve years building teams that ship the numbers.

I'm Vidhi — a design leader who's scaled design across India's most loved B2C brands and global platforms. Sharp product instinct paired with design-ops rigor, keeping craft grounded in real business impact.

I've built and mentored teams from ground up, set product strategy and design vision, and led conversion-critical experiences end to end across e-commerce, D2C, fintech and consumer tech.

Vidhi Shah playing Jenga
Vidhi, 2026

// Trajectory

Career growth

Sep '22 — Jan '26

Nykaa

Nykaa is India's go-to online beauty app, trusted by millions for 100% authentic products, while Nykaa Fashion leads in offering unique global and indie brands.

  • Group Product Design Manager · Sep 2022 — Jan 2026
  • Managed a diverse team of product designers, a UX writer, a visual designer and a UX researcher — owning Cart & Offers and Checkout for Nykaa (beauty), Post Order across Nykaa and Nykaa Fashion, and more recently Nykaa's Affiliate Program (NAP).
  • Reduced customer service load by 14% by revamping the post-order experience, improving clarity and customer satisfaction.
  • Drove bottom-funnel growth by redesigning cart and cart rules — a ₹4 lift in AOV, 2.45% increase in ATC rates, 1.78% rise in revenue per visit and an 8% YoY boost in checkout-to-order conversions, while sustaining high CVRs.
  • Delivered ₹24 Cr top-line impact by strengthening the checkout flow and optimising payment experiences — minimising friction and improving completion rates at scale.
  • Spearheaded programs that embedded customer obsession into Nykaa's design culture, championing user empathy and proactive advocacy across teams.
  • Elevated product experiences across the Nykaa suite by leading the UX Writing function, shaping consistent, user-smart communication across a team of 35 designers.
  • 🏆 Catalyst for Change — Being the customer's champion
Aug '19 — Sep '22

Cactus Communications — Editage

Editage helps researchers across the world refine their manuscripts and get published.

  • Principal Product Designer · Jul 2021 — Sep 2022
  • Senior Product Designer · Aug 2019 — Jul 2021
  • Led Editage 2.0, enhancing the shopping experience across China, Japan, Korea and the US — driving $8M in incremental revenue.
  • Increased average order value from $275 to $380 by partnering with product stakeholders to reposition services and optimise cross-sell and upsell strategies.
  • Redesigned the Editage brand identity, including the new logo and a full platform revamp.
  • Established design processes and ways of working for a newly formed team, enabling seamless collaboration with product and engineering.
  • 🏆 Mentor of the Year — FY 2021
  • 🏆 Design Champion of the Year — FY 2020
Jul '18 — Aug '19

Coverfox

Coverfox was a leading insurance aggregator that helped users take informed decisions, cutting through the clutter.

  • Product Designer · Jul 2018 — Aug 2019
  • Led design for Motor (bike & car) and Term insurance, crafting informed shopping experiences that drove both growth and retention.
  • Bike insurance: designed a 100% unassisted sales journey, scaling to 30,000 policies sold per month.
  • Term insurance: revamped the mobile and web experience to simplify decision-making in a complex category, reducing drop-offs and boosting visit-to-sale conversions by 45%.
May '16 — Jul '18

BookMyShow

India's most loved platform to buy movie, concert and event tickets.

  • Product Designer · Oct 2017 — Jul 2018
  • Interaction Designer · May 2016 — Jul 2018
  • Designed Plan It, a seamless chat platform that let users make movie plans within the app — bringing 1M+ logged-in users into the BMS app.
  • Fantain Sports: created the initial interfaces for the fantasy gaming platform, contributing to its growth to ~2M users.
Nov '14 — Aug '15

Jio HealthHub

Interaction Designer — Founding interfaces, logo & microsite

// Early experience · Graphic design

2012 — 2015

FITCH, Design Orb & studios

Graphic & Packaging Designer — Coca-Cola, Pidilite, Vodafone

// Education

2008 — 2013

MIT Institute of Design

Graphic Design

// How I work

Multidisciplinary — from research to systems.

Leadership

  • Team building
  • Hiring & org design
  • Mentorship
  • Design ops
  • Stakeholders

Strategy

  • Product strategy
  • Roadmapping
  • Conversion
  • Business outcomes

Craft

  • Research
  • UX & UI
  • Interaction
  • UX writing
  • Visual
  • Design systems

Domains

  • E-commerce
  • D2C
  • Fintech
  • Consumer tech

Always up for a conversation. Let's talk!