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Hello, I'm Jinal (gee-nl),
a Product Designer at a startup called Front.
If I'm not chugging Philz coffee, you'll likely find me crafting products with a pinch of pragmatism and an unhealthy amount of empathy. As an interior designer in my past life, my love for form and function goes beyond the realms of a digital screen.
I have a total of 8+ years of design experience out of which
5 years is in Product/UX Design. Previously, I've worked at companies like Fiserv & LinkedIn.
For most recent work, please reach out at mehtajinal06@gmail.com
Hover here: Bay Area chill with a NY hustle
Selected Work
Business Manager
Increasing feature adoption by solving for various types of user pain-points
User Research | Product Design | Design Systems
Company: LinkedIn
Company: LinkedIn
Exploring LLM concepts
Hackathon project exploring possible LLM applications for LinkedIn knowledge marketplace
Prototyping | Concept Testing
Product Design | Design Systems
Campaign Manager
Improving advertiser productivity on LinkedIn's
ad platform through effective deletion.
Company: LinkedIn
First Pay
First Data's Integrated Payment Gateway for India
Product Design | Interaction Design | User Research
Brace
A systemic solution to manage Rheumatoid Arthritis
Systems Thinking | Interaction Design | IoT
SkillEx
Exchange skills, find a mentor, advance in your career
Capstone | Design Research | UX Design | Visual Design
Capstone Projects
Company: Fiserv
Company: Addon.Life
California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts
PORTFOLIO
My Story
In case you are still here...
Let me share a bit more about my journey so far - Being born and raised in the crowded, chaotic city of Mumbai, I've always been passionate about people's stories of how they eat, how they live, and how they connect.
This curiosity led me to pursue Interior Design. But with changing times, I was driven to move my passion along in more fast-paced tech world of Interaction Design. Originally a self-taught UX Designer, before LinkedIn, I was working for Fiserv, an American based FinTech company.
What I learnt last year as a Product Designer:
- I've come around to realize that product design is 20% creativity and 80% strategy. Every design decision is grounded in strategic reasoning to get a business or a user to a desired outcome.
- As a product designer, I have equal responsibility in a product's strategy as that of a Product Manager
- "Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you made with navigation or interaction design" - Jesse James Garret
Outside of design...
Curiosity
Immersive travel, culture, and history
Therapy
Getting creative with my vegan cooking
Reflection
Usual EOD with spirituality and red wine
SAY HI!
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Jinal Mehta
Bay Area, CA
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