Manoj Venkata designs calm, credible software for complex work.
An AI product designer working at the intersection of research, accessibility, and shipped product. Based in Hyderabad, available worldwide.
The practitioner behind the work.
I came to product design the long way — through QA, front-end development, and project management. That path taught me to respect what happens after a Figma file is handed off, and to design for the messy reality of shipping software.
Today I focus on B2B SaaS and AI-native products, where the hardest work is rarely visual. It's making complex, novel systems feel obvious — turning model outputs into decisions users can trust, and workflows they'll actually adopt.
It's also where I share what I learn — patterns and practical tips drawn from solving real problems in real user scenarios, grounded in empathy, research, and cross-functional collaboration.
What I work on
Four overlapping practices, one integrated approach.
Product Design
End-to-end interaction and interface design for complex B2B SaaS and AI-native products.
UX Research
Contextual inquiry, usability testing, and synthesis that turns messy input into decisions teams can defend.
Accessibility & Usability
Auditing and remediation against WCAG 2.2 AA — keyboard, screen reader, color, and cognition.
Design Systems
Component libraries, tokens, and documentation that survive contact with engineering.
Submit your idea — together we'll bring it to life.
From a rough sketch on a napkin to a shipped product. Share what you're thinking and let's shape it into something real.
Submit the idea
Tell me what you're building, who it's for, and what's in your head — no polish required.
Connect
We talk it through, pressure-test assumptions, and agree on the shape of the work.
Build together
Design, iterate, and ship — a collaborative path from concept to a product users can touch.
Recent projects
Kinship — from WhatsApp chaos to a single source of truth
Apartment societies ran everything manually — WhatsApp groups, Excel sheets, and paper registers — with no single source of truth for admins or residents.
View detailed workMore projects coming soon
Additional work is in progress and will be added as it wraps up.
More projects coming soon
Additional work is in progress and will be added as it wraps up.