Akshyanshu Sekhar Nayak AKA Akshy

Started as a designer. Ended up building it all.

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01 — Origin. The beginning.

I didn't start with a course, a job, or a fancy subscription. I started with a pencil and a head full of ideas.

I started sketching superheroes as a kid and never stopped creating. As a kid, I was always drawing something. Spider-Man in the margins — my favorite since forever — Ben 10 aliens on the back of test papers, little comics that nobody asked for but everyone passed around class. I didn't know it then, but I was already learning the most important part of design: how to turn imagination into something people can actually see.

Over time, those sketches evolved into curiosity. I started experimenting with digital design — colors, typography, layouts, motion. What began as making things look good slowly became about making them feel right and work better. Every project was another experiment. The tools changed. The canvas got bigger. But the kid with a pencil never left.

02 — One yes led to the next. Things that happened.

Core philosophy: art with a purpose. Every design starts with a question: what should this make you feel, understand, or do? I design with purpose, then make that purpose impossible to ignore.

186M+ views driven in 3 months. Google Gemini Ambassador. College Lead Event Coordinator. 5+ hackathon wins. Founding Marketer at BNTL. Interned at Grimbyte, MuseVerse, Tookers, Freed & Sultana and Blue Tea. Grew an artists community from scratch to 200k+ followers, and pulled off a wild campus launch for a 3x Hotstar show. Still figuring things out.

Section 03

Projects

R&D Intern — AI & DevOps Automation

// Mar 2026 — Present
  • Designing and implementing a CI/CD pipeline for full data lifecycle management of a Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Registry, automating ingestion, validation, classification, enrichment and publishing of SEP datasets.
  • Architecting trigger-based workflows for transforming, indexing and deploying data using Jenkins, Docker and Python pipelines, integrated with search engines like Elasticsearch.
  • Implementing data governance best practices including access control, audit logging, rollback mechanisms, and documenting architecture and dataflow diagrams for reproducibility.
12K+
SEP records indexed
40%
Faster publish cycle
6
Pipeline stages

New Delhi

Product Designer

// Feb 2026 — Apr 2026
  • Designed and developed the company's landing page from scratch, creating high-fidelity Figma prototypes and translating them into a polished, responsive front-end implementation.
  • Built reusable UI components following a consistent design system, ensuring visual coherence across breakpoints and devices.
  • Iterated on designs based on stakeholder feedback and usability observations, refining layouts and interaction patterns to improve user engagement and conversion.
2.4x
Demo sign-ups
38
Components shipped
4
Breakpoints

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Android Development Intern

// Feb 2026 — Present
  • Delivering structured Android development curriculum integrating Generative AI concepts, guiding learners through practical, project-based modules.
  • Designed and facilitated hands-on sessions combining core Android SDK principles with modern Gen AI tooling, bridging foundational mobile development with emerging AI workflows.
120+
Learners taught
9
Modules built
4.6
Avg session rating

Remote

Product Designer

// 2026
  • Owned end-to-end product surfaces from wireframe to shipped UI, running discovery with founders and translating requirements into interaction flows.
  • Extended a shared component library so new screens could be assembled from existing primitives instead of one-off designs.
  • Ran design QA against staging builds, catching spacing, state and responsive regressions before release.
18
Screens designed
3
Product surfaces
60+
Library primitives

Remote

Section 04
  1. RV Road
  2. Ragigudda
  3. Jayadeva Hospital
  4. BTM Layout
  5. Silk Board
  6. Bommanahalli
  7. Hongasandra
  8. Kudlu Gate
  9. Singasandra
RV Roadಆರ್‌ವಿ ರಸ್ತೆ

Instruction Manual

→ Swipe L/R↙ Step out⛨ Mind gap
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Safarnamaರಾಗಿಗುಡ್ಡ

A TOURING POSTER SERIES THAT OUTSOLD ITS OWN SHOW.

  • Built one visual grammar across 40+ city drops
  • Turned the venue queue into the campaign's own set
  • Handed the artist a kit they could run without me
Reach
33M+
Cities
40+
ROI
3.2X
Unlock Piಜಯದೇವ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ

A PRODUCT SURFACE THAT EXPLAINS ITSELF IN ONE SCREEN.

  • Cut the first-run flow from nine steps to three
  • Wrote the empty states before writing the features
  • Shipped a token set the team still builds against
Focus
APP
Beta users
500+
Growth
4X
Debunking Mythsಬಿಟಿಎಂ ಲೇಔಟ್

A SOCIAL FORMAT BUILT TO SURVIVE BEING SCREENSHOTTED.

  • One frame carries the claim, the next carries the receipt
  • Designed for the crop, not for the canvas
  • Ran 90 days without the format going stale
Views
186M+
Window
3 MO
Saves
2.4X
Mischief Managedಸಿಲ್ಕ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್

AN IDENTITY THAT HAD TO WORK ON A STICKER AND A BUILDING.

  • Drew the mark at 16px first, scaled it up second
  • Two typefaces, one rule, no exceptions
  • Gave it a voice before giving it a palette
Scope
BRAND
Assets
120+
Rollout
6 WK
Night Shiftಬೊಮ್ಮನಹಳ್ಳಿ

TYPE THAT READS AT A GLANCE FROM ACROSS A DARK ROOM.

  • Set the whole system in one family, five weights
  • Contrast tested against the worst screen we could find
  • Every size step is a ratio, never a guess
Craft
TYPE
Sizes
9
Contrast
AAA
Cold Openಹೊಂಗಸಂದ್ರ

MOTION THAT EARNS THE FIRST TWO SECONDS.

  • Storyboarded to the beat before touching a keyframe
  • Every cut lands on a word, not on a bar
  • Exported nine crops from one timeline
Craft
MOTION
Cuts
48
Hold
2.1S
Grain & Glowಕೂಡ್ಲು ಗೇಟ್

A GRADE THAT MAKES PHONE FOOTAGE LOOK DELIBERATE.

  • One LUT, built from the worst clip in the batch
  • Grain matched to the sensor, not to the mood
  • Handed over as a preset anyone could apply
Craft
COLOUR
Clips
300+
Turnaround
48H
Field Notesಸಿಂಗಸಂದ್ರ

AN EDITORIAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT READ.

  • Every spread answers one question and stops
  • Margins do the work the headings used to do
  • Print and screen share a single grid
Craft
EDIT
Spreads
64
Grid
12 COL

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Selected work

  • SafarnamaPoster Design
  • Debunking MythsSocial Media
  • Zomato × PaytmContent Creation
  • Mischief ManagedBrand Design
  • Night ShiftTypography
  • Unlock PiProduct Design
  • Cold OpenMotion Graphics
  • Grain & GlowColour Grading
  • Standup SeriesPoster Design
  • Field NotesEditorial
  • Neon DriftArt Direction
  • Pixel PerfectUI Design
  • Ink & IronIllustration
  • Signal NoiseVisual Identity

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