Turnaround Employee Award2024
Design Lead · Lead Product Designer
I lead product design from research to release.
12+ years designing SaaS platforms, AI products, mobile apps and websites across industries including HR, IT operations, pharma, healthcare and lifestyle brands. I lead designers, manage delivery, and stay hands-on in Figma.
12+years designing and delivering digital products
4client countries: USA, Canada, UK and India
4company awards for leadership and delivery
01 / Selected work
Selected
work.
Products across AI, SaaS, HR, IT operations, healthcare and web where I led research, design and delivery. Each card notes my role.
AI Product · UX Strategy01
Meetingful AI
Turning long meetings into transcripts, summaries and insights people can act on. I led research and design and managed delivery for this Canadian client.
Project Manager · Lead UX↗
Pharma SaaS · Data Visualization02
Surgo Health
Making complex health and social data readable for pharmaceutical teams. I led UX research and UI design for this Canadian SaaS platform.
Lead UI Designer · UX Research↗
Healthcare · Web + Mobile · Application03
Resident Engagement Platform
Connecting care staff, residents and families across US healthcare facilities on web and mobile. I led UX research, strategy and UI design.
Lead UI Designer · UX Strategy↗
HR Tech · Mobile Product · Application04
NextGen HR
One mobile app for benefits, payroll, wellness and everyday employee services. I led UX research and UI/UX design.
Lead UI/UX Designer · UX Research↗
Luxury · Website · Webflow05
Carlton Noble
A luxury lifestyle service website for a UK brand, designed and built in Webflow.
UI/UX Design · Webflow Development↗
Healthcare SaaS · OR Optimisation06
OR Optimisation SaaS
Helping hospital teams run operating rooms more efficiently through clearer scheduling workflows, data visualisation and decision support.
Product Design · UX/UI↗
Healthcare · Website07
AppDev Health
Redesigned a Canadian healthcare software company’s website and moved it from WordPress to Prismic and Webflow. I led UX research and managed the project.
UI/UX · Project Manager↗
IT Operations · Data Visualization · Application08
Remote Monitoring App
Giving IT teams a clear view of their systems, monitoring data and remote operations.
Product Design · UX/UI↗
02 / How I work
From idea
to impact.
I don't stop at the interface. I help structure the problem, align people, shape priorities and move work into delivery.
01
Ideate
Understand the opportunity, users, business context and the problem worth solving.
02
Define
Shape requirements, information architecture, user flows, priorities and experience direction.
03
Design + Validate
Turn ideas into flows, prototypes and interfaces, then test, review and iterate.
04
Deliver
Coordinate stakeholders, designers and developers through implementation, QA and delivery.
03 / Leadership
Design is
bigger than UI.
I help teams turn complex problems into focused experiences and executable plans.
At Cabot Technology Solutions and its design studio, Fineart Design Agency, I lead product design for clients across industries, and I often manage the project too.
Leading designers
Design reviews, critique and coaching, including AI-assisted workflows.
Running delivery
Scope, estimates and timelines in Agile teams, through QA to release.
Winning the work
UX strategy and estimates for pre-sales proposals.
Recognised for it
Four Cabot awards, including Role Model and Turnaround Employee.
How I use AI in my design work
AI speeds up the slow parts of the process, so more time goes into decisions.
Research synthesis
Claude and ChatGPT to synthesise research notes and pressure-test ideas.
Faster prototypes
Lovable, Replit and Claude Code to build clickable prototypes early.
Exploration and decks
Figma AI and Motiff for layout exploration, Gamma for stakeholder decks.
04 / Toolkit
The tools
I think with.
A practical toolkit spanning design, product delivery, web, AI-assisted workflows and collaboration.
Design & UX
FigmaAdobe PhotoshopIllustratorAdobe XDMiroMazeRelume
Web & Product
WebflowWordPressFramerShopifyPrismicHTML5CSS3JavaScript/jQuery
AI-assisted
ClaudeChatGPT / OpenAIFigma AILovableReplitClaude CodeMotiffGamma
Leadership
UX StrategyDesign SystemsStakeholder ManagementTeam MentoringDesign ReviewsFacilitation
Delivery
Project PlanningAgile / ScrumAzure DevOpsQA CollaborationEstimationPre-sales
Development
SASSBootstrapGitWooCommerceResponsive UIDesign → Dev Handoff
05 / About
A designer who
leads the work.
Abdul Shukkoor
Design Lead · Lead Product Designer · Kochi, India
12+YEARS
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
I lead UX and product design initiatives, turning business goals and user needs into clear product strategies and intuitive digital experiences. My experience spans SaaS, AI-powered products, healthcare, HR, enterprise platforms and web applications.
I work across the full product lifecycle—from research and UX strategy to design systems, interaction design and delivery. I lead and mentor design teams, collaborate with stakeholders and stay hands-on with design to ensure ideas translate into effective, user-centred solutions.
Based in Kochi, India. I have designed products for clients in the USA, Canada, the UK and India.
CAREER / EXPERIENCE
2021 — Present
Cabot Technology Solutions / Fineart Design Agency
Lead UI/UX Designer · Design Lead · Project Manager
2017 — 2021
Logiticks Technolabs
Senior Creative Designer & Front-End Developer
2014 — 2017
Art Technology and Softwares India Pvt. Ltd.
UI/UX & Web Designer, Front-End Developer
12+ years of designing digital products, experiences and brands — from early concepts through delivery.
06 / Recognition
Work that
got noticed.
Awards from Cabot Technology Solutions for leadership, collaboration and delivery.
07 / Certifications
Still learning.
Jun 2026
Claude 101
Anthropic Academy
Nov 2023
How to Design for Accessibility: For UX Designers (WCAG 2.2)
Udemy
Oct 2023
Design Principles for Effective Dashboard Design
Udemy
Mar 2023
Mobile User Experience (UX) Design
Interaction Design Foundation Credential ID 129327-2023-814074
Sep 2022
Become a UX Designer from Scratch
Interaction Design Foundation Credential ID 129327-2022-760756
08 / Contact