8+ years of experience

Product
Designer

Hitanshu Sahu Profile
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I Build
Systems.

Product designer with 7 years embedded inside high-growth SaaS teams — not consulting from the outside, but shipping inside WPMU DEV, Themeisle, Eclectic, and Ideajam.

My MCA background means engineering pushback doesn't surprise me. Design decisions I make are grounded in how they'll actually be built — no throwaway concepts, no handoffs that go in a drawer.

Technical constraints are the medium, not an obstacle. I design for what can scale, not just what looks sharp in Figma.

MostSaaSproductshavethreeflowsthataccountforeightypercentofusertime.Ifindthemearly,designthemprecisely,andbuildsystemsaroundthemthatholdupwhentheproductscales.Designisengineeringwithadifferenttoolset.

PROOF OF EXECUTION

Work Experience

Product Designer & Frontend Designer

SomeTechWork

Dec 2025 — Present

Developing product blueprints and translating client requirements into clear, user-centered UI/UX designs. Implementing front-end pages in WordPress using Elementor and Gutenberg, ensuring WCAG-aligned accessibility and cross-device responsiveness.

Product Designer & Social Media Designer

Eclectic

Mar 2025 — Present

Leading app redesigns using scalable Figma design systems for multi-region localization. Leveraging AI tools and After Effects to accelerate graphic design workflows and motion graphics production.

Product Designer

WPMU DEV

May 2022 — Sep 2024

Spearheaded a scalable atomic design system and WordPress-standard monochrome mode. Redesigned core plugin flows (Smush, Hummingbird, Snapshot) to boost Pro conversions, reduce bounce rates, and streamline complex database restore UX.

UI/UX Designer

Ideajam

Aug 2021 — Jan 2022

Led a Kanban SaaS redesign, leveraging user feedback to remove bottlenecks. Engineered a fresh, white-labeled design system from scratch to ensure cross-brand consistency and future scalability.

SaaS Video & Brand Designer

Searchmetrics

May 2021 — Jan 2022

Produced engaging data-driven animations demonstrating API capabilities. Designed marketing materials, brochures, and client awards to highlight core sales points and strengthen brand loyalty.

Starter Template Designer

Themeisle

Jul 2018 — May 2021

Designed 50+ diverse, high-performance layouts for the Neve Theme. Conducted niche research to optimize typography, color systems, and cohesive WordPress starter template designs.

Core Strengths

What I'm Known For

Design Systems

Atomic Design Systems

FigmaDesign TokensComponent LibraryDev Handoff
Enterprise

Complex SaaS Interface Design

B2BMulti-tenantDashboardsData-heavy UI
CMS

WordPress Ecosystem

GutenbergElementor
Motion

Interaction Design & Motion

GSAPFramerAfter Effects
AI · Operations

AI-Assisted Design Operations

Prompt EngineeringMidjourneyCursorWorkflow Automation
Standards

Accessibility-First UI Engineering

WCAG 2.1 AA

My Toolkit

Tools & Stack.

The tools I reach for first. Every one shipped in production.

Figma logo
9 yrs

Figma

Design Systems

In Figma since 2017 — components, tokens, atomic systems, and production-ready handoffs.

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8 yrs

WordPress

Ecosystem

8 years deep — Gutenberg blocks, Elementor systems, starter templates at scale.

Svelte logo
1 yrs

Svelte

Frontend Dev

The framework this portfolio runs on. Fast, reactive, close to the metal.

GSAP logo
1 yrs

GSAP

Motion

Every scroll animation, stagger, and entrance on this site runs on GSAP.

TypeScript logo
3 yrs

TypeScript

Frontend Dev

Type-safe development across every Svelte project — fewer runtime surprises, faster refactors.

Tailwind CSS logo
4 yrs

Tailwind CSS

Styling

The utility-first system behind this portfolio's entire design language. Iterates fast.

Also in the stack
Photoshop logo
Photoshop
15 yrs Image Editing
Illustrator logo
Illustrator
15 yrs Vector Design
Premiere Pro logo
Premiere Pro
12 yrs Video Editing
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Media Encoder
12 yrs Export / Render
After Effects logo
After Effects
12 yrs Motion
Miro logo
Miro
4 yrs Whiteboarding
Maze logo
Maze
3 yrs User Testing
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Elementor
6 yrs WordPress
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Spline
2 yrs 3D Design
Framer logo
Framer
2 yrs Prototyping
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VS Code
6 yrs Dev Env
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Notion
3 yrs Workflow
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Vertex AI
1 yrs AI Ops

Process

How I Work

Five focused phases. No wasted motion.
Every decision traces back to the problem.

01 / 05 Research

Discover

User interviews, heuristic audits, competitive mapping. Understand the real problem before touching Figma.

02 / 05 Strategy

Define

Problem framing, success metrics, technical constraints. Scope is set here — ambiguity is the enemy of good design.

03 / 05 Execution

Design

Tokens first, atoms second, screens last. Everything is a system — nothing is a one-off.

04 / 05 Delivery

Ship

Production Figma or working Svelte components. Engineering receives zero-ambiguity specs, every time.

05 / 05 Growth

Iterate

Real user data drives every revision. Keep what earns its place in the critical path. Cut what doesn't.

Explore

More Projects

WPMU DEV Dashboard & Plugin System Work

+47%

Pro Conversions

Product Designer · 2022–24

2M → 3M installs. Atomic system across 200+ plugins.

Redesigned the WPMU DEV dashboard and plugin ecosystem for 3M+ active WordPress professionals — reducing churn and driving pro conversions through cleaner information hierarchy.

2M → 3M installs−37% bounceAtomic system
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