Sunny Kumar is a product designer, platform thinker, and mentor of designers. He’s devoted to making complex enterprise systems feel simple, and runs AI Signal, a daily briefing that helps designers keep pace with what AI is changing in their craft.
He’s currently at Airtel, leading design for Airtel Cloud and its first AI initiative, the AI Campaign Manager.
Experience
- Airtel Digital — Senior Lead Product Designer 2023–now
- HDFC Bank — AVP, UX/UI Designer 2021–23
- Tata CLiQ — Product Designer 2019–21
- ExBorders — Visual & UI Designer 2017–19
- Brandwidth & FH MKTG — Visual Designer 2013–17
- Arvind Mills — Visual & Retail Merchandiser 2011–13
Education
- NIFT Mumbai — Bachelor of Design, Communication Design 2011
- IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay — Human-Computer Interaction Design 2018
- Interaction Design Foundation — User Experience: The Beginner’s Guide 2017
Skills
- Platform strategy & information architecture
- Enterprise UX & complex workflows
- AI product design — human-in-the-loop, explainability, agentic flows
- Design systems & cross-product consistency
- Research — UX audits, benchmarking, stakeholder workshops
- Mentoring & design leadership
Side projects
- AI Signal — a free daily briefing on AI and product design for designers
Community
- Toastmasters — Active member now
- Toastmasters — VP Education 2023–24