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Available for freelance

I'm Akshay Gite.

I execute ideas for a living.

Senior Product Designer. Berlin. 9+ years across Airalo, IKEA, H&M, Husqvarna, and early-stage teams. Currently Founding Designer at OHR.FM.

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Products shipped, systems shaped, prototypes made real.

Selected projects across consumer apps, enterprise tools, AI workflows, IoT, and early-stage products.

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OHR

Founding Designer

Building a music culture platform giving credit back to club culture

LiveMusic Tech
2024–
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Airalo

Senior Product Designer

Core product design through Airalo's growth from 6M to 20M+ users

ConsumerGrowthSystems
2023–24
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IKEA

UX Designer & Researcher

Smart home experience across 40 markets

WebIn-storeSystems
2021–22
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H&M

Lead UX Designer & Researcher

AI logistics tool for global merchandisers

B2BAIInternal Tools
2022–23
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Husqvarna

Lead Product Designer

Connected robotic mowers to mobile

IoTMobileConsumer
2016–20
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Side project

Altrue

Founder / Product Designer

Founder-led microdonation product with AI-guided cause discovery and a working MVP.

Founder0→1Pitching
2023–Present
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Working on something?

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For founders and teams

Hire me when the product needs
shape, speed, or sharper judgement.

I'm most useful when a team has enough ambition to move, but not enough structure to move cleanly. I help turn loose ideas, messy flows, unclear positioning, and half-built products into something people can understand, test, and ship.

Founding product design

0→1 flows, MVP definition, prototype direction, interface systems, and early product decisions.

See: OHR.FM, Altrue

UX/UI redesigns

Sharper journeys, clearer IA, better screens, and cleaner handoff for apps, websites, and SaaS products.

See: Airalo, H&M

Conversion & growth audits

Onboarding, landing pages, purchase flows, activation loops, and trust gaps that block users from moving.

See: Airalo

Workshops & product sprints

Founder alignment, user journeys, product framing, IA, feature scoping, and fast decision-making.

See: IKEA, Husqvarna

Accessibility is part of the work, not an add-on: WCAG AA contrast systems at IKEA and glove-friendly touch targets at Husqvarna.

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AI speeds up the loop.
Judgement still leads.

I use AI where it shortens the distance between idea, prototype, and evidence. The taste, trade-offs, ethics, and product decisions stay human.

Prototype earlier

Clickable flows, front-end experiments, and realistic states before the team commits to build.

Stress-test product logic

Edge cases, empty states, onboarding paths, acceptance criteria, and variant flows.

Edit with judgement

AI increases surface area. I narrow the direction, protect the user, and decide what not to ship.

Founding product design

From loose idea to working product.

UX/UI redesigns

Sharper journeys, clearer IA, and better screens for apps, websites, and SaaS.

Conversion & growth audits

Audits and flows that improve sign-up, purchase, onboarding, or activation.

Workshops & product sprints

Reusable patterns, sharp decisions, and less theatre.

Have something half-formed?

Send it over. I work with founders and teams on product design, UX/UI, and early-stage builds — based in Berlin, working with clients across Europe, remote-friendly.

Tell me what you're trying to fix, launch, validate, or redesign. Rough notes are fine.