Surya S J — AI-Powered UI/UX Designer
Surya S J AI-Powered UI/UX Designer · JP Nagar, Bengaluru
AI-Powered UI/UX Designer

I turn complex AI & SaaS into
products people actually love.

Almost 3 years designing accessible, AI-enhanced enterprise products — from a multilingual chatbot across 7 states to an AI grading platform in 100+ schools.

🎯 Open to Product Designer & UX/UI roles · Bengaluru · Chennai · Hyderabad
📍 JP Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ✆ +91 96006 90255 💼 linkedin.com/in/surya-sj-019102264 ✉ suryajelon123@gmail.com
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Skills & Toolkit

UX, AI-Powered Design & Modern Tools

A comprehensive toolkit spanning end-to-end user research, accessibility-aware system design, and next-generation AI prototyping.

UX & Product Design

User Research User Interviews Surveys Usability Testing User Personas Journey Mapping Design Thinking Onboarding Design Accessibility (WCAG) Information Architecture Interaction Design User Flows Wireframing Prototyping Visual Design Responsive Design Typography Design Systems Component Libraries B2B SaaS Design Enterprise Software Design User Stories Documentation Feature Planning

AI-Powered Design & Tools

AI Product Design Chatbot Design Multilingual Chatbot Design Conversational Interface Design Generative AI for Design Acceleration Prompt Engineering AI-Assisted Prototyping (Lovable, Replit, Antigravity) AI-Assisted Coding

Tools & Platforms

Figma Adobe XD Photoshop Illustrator Lovable Replit Antigravity ChatGPT Claude
Proven Impact

Key Achievements

Shipped products delivering tangible scale, operational impact, and cross-state institutional adoption.

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Sole Designer, Multilingual AI Chatbot

Owned end-to-end UI/UX for Mitra, a multilingual AI chatbot deployed across 7 Indian states (Karnataka, Bihar, Nagaland, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha) for teachers and principals in government schools.

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AI Grading Platform at Scale

Designed core screens for DeepGrade, an AI grading platform used by 100+ schools and 50,000+ students across northern and southern Indian states.

Solo Product Redesign (SAATHI)

Rebuilt SAATHI's entire flow and shipped new features as the only designer on the project, providing teachers and Cluster Resource Persons with 30–40 day actionable progress nudges.

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Built DeepCue End-to-End

Designed and shipped an AI-powered flashcard tool that helps students revise syllabus and class material through guided, chatbot-style study sessions from concept to launch.

Work Experience

Experience Across AI, EdTech & Healthcare

Leading end-to-end product design across multi-tenant enterprise software, conversational AI platforms, and B2B SaaS suites.

Jul 2025 — Present 📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full-time · Hybrid
Associate UI/UX Designer ShikshaLokam · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Mitra & Dashboard SAATHI Redesign Elevate Conversational Analytics PoC WCAG Accessibility
Main Projects: Elevate, Mitra, Mitra Dashboard, SAATHI, Conversational Analytics
Mitra & Mitra Dashboard (7 States)

Owned end-to-end UI/UX and interaction design for Mitra, a multilingual AI chatbot rolled out across 7 states (Karnataka, Bihar, Nagaland, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha) for teachers and principals in government schools to record Chaupal discussions and micro-improvements.

SAATHI Redesign (Solo Designer)

Rebuilt the entire SAATHI flow as the only designer; multilingual app where educators log challenges, pick objectives, and receive 30–40 day action plans with nudges.

AI-Accelerated Prototyping

Used Generative AI tools (Lovable, Replit, Antigravity) to build working AI dashboard prototypes within days instead of weeks, validating ideas with real users before engineering build.

Onboarding & Multi-Tenant Enterprise

Simplified complex onboarding validated through usability tests with principals; designed multi-tenant institutional software deployed across government education departments in 7 states.

  • Sole Designer — Mitra & Mitra Dashboard — Owned end-to-end UI/UX and interaction design for Mitra, a multilingual AI chatbot rolled out across 7 states (Karnataka, Bihar, Nagaland, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha) for teachers and principals in government schools, used to record Chaupal discussions and school leaders' micro-improvements.
  • Sole Designer — SAATHI Redesign — Rebuilt the entire SAATHI flow and added new features. SAATHI is a multilingual app where teachers, principals, and Cluster Resource Persons log school challenges, choose objectives, and receive a 30 to 40 day action plan with nudges to track progress.
  • Onboarding Redesign — Simplified a previously complex onboarding flow and validated it through usability testing and interviews with principals; added the login feature and a chat history view showing each past conversation and its status.
  • AI-Accelerated Prototyping — Used Generative AI tools (Lovable, Replit, Antigravity) to build working AI dashboard prototypes within days instead of weeks, letting the team validate ideas with real users before engineering spent time building.
  • User Stories and Documentation — Wrote user stories and design documentation clear enough that engineering could build directly from them, reducing back-and-forth during handoff.
  • Mitra Dashboard — Designed the real-time dashboard the Programs team checks daily to see newly recorded micro-improvements and discussions, including the underlying data views and layout.
  • Enterprise / Institutional SaaS — Designed Mitra, Mitra Dashboard, and SAATHI as multi-tenant institutional software deployed across government education departments in 7 states, with role-based experiences for teachers, principals, and Cluster Resource Persons.
  • Team Communication — Created demo videos and walkthroughs that got product managers, developers, and leadership aligned and signing off faster.
Aug 2024 — Jun 2025 📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Full-time
UI/UX Designer Smartail Pvt. Ltd · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
DeepGrade (100+ Schools) DeepGrade Analytics DeepPrep DeepCue (AI Flashcards) Nextenti (Healthcare SaaS)
Main Products: DeepGrade, DeepGrade Analytics, DeepPrep, DeepCue, Nextenti
DeepCue (AI-Powered Flashcards)

Designed DeepCue end-to-end, an AI-powered flashcard tool helping students revise syllabus and class material through guided, chatbot-style study sessions.

DeepGrade (100+ Schools, 50,000+ Students)

Designed responsive, high-fidelity screens for DeepGrade, an AI grading platform used across India, plus DeepGrade Analytics and DeepPrep.

Teacher Dashboard (DeepGrade Analytics)

Designed a per-class dashboard for teachers; ran user research with teachers across northern and southern Indian states to shape design around real classroom needs.

Nextenti (B2B Healthcare SaaS)

Designed admin flow, dashboard, and consumer-facing experience for Nextenti, an AI-powered healthcare hiring platform in its early incubation stages.

  • Designed DeepCue — Designed DeepCue end-to-end, an AI-powered flashcard tool that helps students revise syllabus and class material through guided, chatbot-style study sessions.
  • Business Software Design (B2B SaaS) — Designed responsive, high-fidelity screens for DeepGrade, an AI grading platform used by 100+ schools and 50,000+ students across India, plus DeepGrade Analytics and DeepPrep.
  • Teacher Dashboard (DeepGrade Analytics) — Designed a per-class dashboard for teachers; ran user research with teachers across northern and southern Indian states and shaped the design around what they actually needed.
  • Nextenti (B2B Healthcare SaaS) — Admin, Dashboard, and Consumer Design — Designed the admin flow, dashboard, and consumer-facing experience for Nextenti, a healthcare hiring platform, in its early stages.
  • User Research — Ran user interviews, surveys, and usability tests with principals and other stakeholders, catching problems early instead of after release.
  • Team Collaboration — Worked with sales, engineering, and product teams to keep designs aligned with what the business actually needed to ship.
Dec 2023 — Aug 2024 📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Internship
UI/UX Design Intern Smartail Pvt. Ltd · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Shared Component Library Design System Upkeep Wireframing & Prototyping Documentation
  • Design System Upkeep — Maintained a shared component library so every product looked and worked consistently, saving other designers from rebuilding the same elements.
  • Design Support — Supported senior designers with wireframes, prototypes, research, and documentation across multiple live products.
Honors & Recognition

Awards Earned for Impact & Team Excellence

Recognition for cross-functional collaboration, design velocity, and user advocacy.

🌟 Velocity & Ownership

Rise and Shine Award

ShikshaLokam · 2026

Given for fast, high-quality work and for leading key design projects including Mitra AI and the SAATHI redesign.

🏆 Peer-Voted Award

People's Choice Award

ShikshaLokam · 2025

Voted by coworkers across teams for being easy to work with and focused on good design.

Credentials & Background

Certifications, Education & Languages

Advanced AI and UI/UX credentials combined with engineering fundamentals.

Certifications

✓ Generative AI Mastermind
Outskill
Does Not Expire
✓ UI/UX Design Certification
Image Creative Education
2022 — 2023

Education

B.E. Mechatronics Engineering
Coimbatore Institute of Engineering & Technology (Anna University)
2017 — 2021

Languages

TamilNative
EnglishProfessional
MalayalamConversational