Priyank Sharma

I’m a Design Leader who was most recently leading the Design Function at Koo India. Before Koo, I was with MX Player/MX TakaTak, where I led a strong 50-member design team across Product, Graphics and Games. I’m credited for the successes of Hotstar, MX Player and MX TakaTak – some of the biggest products to come out of India.

Career Highlights

I joined Hotstar as a Senior Designer in November 2014, where I designed the product across a diverse array of platforms, such as Android, iOS, Web, Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV; it helped pave the way for many other OTT platforms in India which began springing up. Owing to the success of the product, I eventually became the Head of Design in 2016, and subsequently headed the product and graphic design teams responsible for most of the company’s significant feature releases.

I was formally recruited to MX Player as a Global Head of Design in April 2018. My first major assignment was regarded as a breakthrough for MX Player when it moved from only being a video player to a full-fledged OTT platform. I overlooked the design teams in India and China.

 

Award-winning experiences

Hotstar

Hotstar

Hotstar is your go-to video streaming app for the best of Indian entertainment, TV shows, LIVE cricket, news and movies.

MX Player

MX Player

MX Player is a video streaming app that offers over 150,000 hours of premium content across various local languages.

MX TakaTak

MX TakaTak

MX TakaTak is not just a dialogue dubbing app but also an incredible video editor, where you can shoot, edit videos online, apply filters, and become the next superstar.

Koo

Koo

Koo is a globally available micro-blogging platform that empowers people to express their thoughts in a language of their choice.

Testimonials

In the Media

Experience

17 years of professional work experience

2021
Koo

Design Leader

Building social experiences for the next billion.

2020
MX TakaTak

Head of Design & Experience

Building the next-generation video sharing platform for India.

2018
MX Player

Head of Design & Experience

Building entertainment experiences for over 80M daily users employing leadership and collaboration, towards building a larger than life product.

2015
Hotstar

Head of Design

Designing consumer experiences for Hotstar via effective interfaces and user journeys across screens and platforms, towards building a solid world-class product.

2014
Vodafone

Web Management

Managing design and technology for Vodafone’s digital assets together with various partners viz. OgilvyOne, Tata Consultancy Services, PennyWise Solutions, internal stakeholders and circle teams.

2013
Sony Pictures

Design & Technology

End-to-end designing, production work and managing technology for Sony LIV and its various child properties viz. Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian Idol, Filmfare Awards, Comedy Circus and Extra Innings T20.

2012
Law & Kenneth

Art Direction

Managing the entire creative process for prestigious clients like Godrej, Tata Capital, Bombay Dyeing and GVK. Also extending creative support on their social media platforms.

2010
Coral Hub

Creative Direction

Building the e-commerce brand from scratch and designing the entire user experience for the online store. Along with full creative support for marketing, social media and print.

2007
Yahoo!

Rich Media Design

Managing the entire IMVironment India business from a design & technology point of view. And providing advertising solutions to almost every brand out there in the market.

2005
Tribal Worldwide

Web Design

Managing the entire creative process for prestigious clients like British Telecom, TimesJobs, Simply Marry and Honda. Also extending creative support on their social media platforms.

13 years of startup experience

2017
Learn Marathi

Founder

Building a world-class language-learning platform for promotion of the Marathi regional language.

2017
EDM Bytes

Co-Founder

Strategising, designing and building a platform for Electronic Dance Music lovers, which couples as a very unique proposition for Advertisers and Musicians alike.

2016
Learn Nagamese

Founder

Building a world-class language-learning platform for promotion of the Nagamese regional language.

2007
Trance Hub

Co-Founder

Designing, strategising and building India’s first Trance music community.

Leadership Skills

Leadership

100%

People Management

100%

Culture Creation

100%

Mentoring

95%

Project Management

100%

Design Skills

Product Design

100%

User Experience

100%

User Interface Design

100%

Visual Design

100%

Coding Skills

HTML5/CSS3

90%

WordPress Development

90%

Android Development

60%

Additional Skills

UX Writing

100%

Email Marketing

85%

SEO/Web Analytics

75%

Languages Spoken

English

100%

Hindi

100%

Marathi

50%

Contact

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Mumbai, India

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