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I'm Zeel Patel, a Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital platforms that turn complex ideas into clear, scalable, and intuitive user experiences. I design to drive real business outcomes—boosting engagement, streamlining workflows, and accelerating product adoption across AI tools, SaaS solutions, and multi-user systems. I’m known for collaborative design leadership and mentoring that helps teams perform at a higher level. I’ve led cross-functional projects across time zones, built scalable design systems, and partnered with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. My approach blends pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on user impact, delivering delightful, consistent experiences while accelerating product strategy and team growth.…I'm Zeel Patel, a Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital platforms that turn complex ideas into clear, scalable, and intuitive user experiences. I design to drive real business outcomes—boosting engagement, streamlining workflows, and accelerating product adoption across AI tools, SaaS solutions, and multi-user systems. I’m known for collaborative design leadership and mentoring that helps teams perform at a higher level. I’ve led cross-functional projects across time zones, built scalable design systems, and partnered with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. My approach blends pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on user impact, delivering delightful, consistent experiences while accelerating product strategy and team growth.

Zeel Patel

Product Designer, UX Designer, UI Designer, +3

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I'm Zeel Patel, a Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital platforms that turn complex ideas into clear, scalable, and intuitive user experiences. I design to drive real business outcomes—boosting engagement, streamlining workflows, and accelerating product adoption across AI tools, SaaS solutions, and multi-user systems. I’m known for collaborative design leadership and mentoring that helps teams perform at a higher level. I’ve led cross-functional projects across time zones, built scalable design systems, and partnered with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. My approach blends pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on user impact, delivering delightful, consistent experiences while accelerating product strategy and team growth.…I'm Zeel Patel, a Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital platforms that turn complex ideas into clear, scalable, and intuitive user experiences. I design to drive real business outcomes—boosting engagement, streamlining workflows, and accelerating product adoption across AI tools, SaaS solutions, and multi-user systems. I’m known for collaborative design leadership and mentoring that helps teams perform at a higher level. I’ve led cross-functional projects across time zones, built scalable design systems, and partnered with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. My approach blends pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on user impact, delivering delightful, consistent experiences while accelerating product strategy and team growth.

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I’m Zeel Patel, a Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital platforms that turn complex ideas into clear, scalable, and intuitive user experiences. I design to drive real business outcomes—boosting engagement, streamlining workflows, and accelerating product adoption across AI tools, SaaS solutions, and multi-user systems. I’m known for collaborative design leadership and mentoring that helps teams perform at a higher level.

I’ve led cross-functional projects across time zones, built scalable design systems, and partnered with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. My approach blends pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on user impact, delivering delightful, consistent experiences while accelerating product strategy and team growth.

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Work Experience

Product Design Lead at Gifftid AI

February 1, 2024 - Present

Led complete product design strategy for dual-sided investment platform, architecting user experience from first principles and driving stakeholder alignment on readiness-first approach versus traditional matching algorithms. Designed and validated dual-user ecosystem (SMEs + investors) through comprehensive user research (30+ interviews), resulting in 80% completion rate for readiness assessments. Collaborated with PM and engineering teams to prioritize features balancing user needs with technical feasibility and startup runway constraints. Built comprehensive design system supporting dual-brand architecture, improving development velocity by 40% and enabling consistent experience across user types. Conducted user research that shifted product strategy from AI-matching focus to readiness infrastructure based on validated user insights.

Product Designer at Alira Health

February 29, 2024 - July 14, 2025

Redesigned a mobile healthcare application optimizing user workflows and improving task completion speed by 20%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement a design system ensuring cohesive user experience and reducing UI inconsistencies. Created high-fidelity prototypes and wireframes facilitating stakeholder alignment and helping define critical design metrics for product success.

Junior Product Designer at Self Care Catalysts

December 31, 2022 - July 14, 2025

Designed patient-facing applications incorporating user feedback to enhance functionality and reduce user friction. Conducted user interviews informing iterative design process improving user retention by 15%. Proactively identified UX issues and proposed design improvements resulting in a 10% increase in usability scores for key app features.

Product Design Lead at Gifftid AI

July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Owned cross-domain design of AI-powered platforms and multimodal experiences, contributing to $200K+ in seed funding. Reduced acquisition friction by 50% through streamlined onboarding. Built scalable design systems across products, cutting UI dev time by 25%. Increased SME engagement by 30% with optimized AI workflows (80% task completion rate). Collaborated with PMs and engineers across time zones to clarify requirements, uncover edge cases, and align on execution. Led projects and mentored teammates, influencing strategic design decisions.

Product Designer at Alira Health

February 1, 2024 - February 1, 2024

Led design for visit management, improving HCP task completion by 85%. Streamlined scheduling flows to enable future AI integration. Evolved and maintained the internal design system, reducing UI inconsistencies by 40%. Conducted qualitative and quantitative research to inform product decisions. Collaborated with designers, PMs, engineers, and clinicians to ship HIPAA-compliant features and shape product strategy.

Junior Product Designer at Self Care Catalysts

December 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Redesigned features within patient app, cutting friction by 25% and boosting retention by 15%. Conducted 20+ user interviews to guide UX and feature updates. Delivered WCA/G-compliant, HIPAA-ready designs with senior design support. Created wireframes, prototypes, and production assets for web and mobile. Followed design systems and brand guidelines to ensure a consistent user experience; presented work to cross-functional teams for feedback and alignment.