Ketak Gupta

Founding mentor

Senior UX designer @ Walmart

Bentonville, arkansas 10 yrs in design

About

I started in fashion design and found my way into UX — so I know what a non-linear path feels like. I've spent 10 years designing at scale, most recently at Walmart, Adobe, and Intuit, and I'm genuinely interested in helping designers who are figuring out their next move. I'm direct. I'll tell you what's not working in your portfolio before I tell you what is.

How I can help

I help mid-career designers level up their storytelling — portfolio reviews, career pivots, and navigating the jump from individual contributor to senior and staff roles. 10+ years across enterprise, retail, and AI-integrated products at companies like Walmart, Adobe, and Intuit.

Ask me about

Agency to in-house

Pivot into design

Freelance to full-time

First or only designer

A reorg

Getting passed over

Influence without authority

Stakeholder standoffs

Presenting to execs

First design hires

Craft to strategy

A hard problem I've navigated

I've been the only designer on two major systems simultaneously — both touching over a million people. No design manager, no design team. Just you, the product, and a lot of stakeholder opinions. I learned quickly that your job isn't just to design well. It's to make everyone else confident enough to let you.

Expertise

Design Lead

Interviewing

Negotiation

Graphic Design

AI workflows

E-commerce & Retail

Design systems

Agentic AI

Motion

AI tools

Product Designer

UX Designer

B2B SaaS