Helping recruiters focus on hiring again
Helping recruiters focus on hiring again
How I designed the core recruiter experience for a recruitment marketplace that brought jobs, candidates and communication into one place, supporting 500+ recruiters and 100+ employers.
Designed a recruiter first platform to streamline job discovery, candidate submission and tracking, cutting job search time by ~55% and speeding up submissions.
Shipped
Shipped
Shipped
Founding Designer
Founding Designer
Founding Designer
0 → 1 Product
0 → 1 Product
0 → 1 Product
B2B SaaS
B2B SaaS
B2B SaaS
Marketplace
Marketplace
Marketplace
Workflow Design
Workflow Design
Workflow Design
Simplifying cancer symptom reporting for patients during treatment
Simplifying cancer symptom reporting for patients during treatment
Designed a patient-centered symptom reporting system that reduces reporting time by ~90% and improves engagement by ~30% through guided, adaptive check-ins.
Academic Project
Academic Project
Academic Project
HealthTech
HealthTech
HealthTech
B2C
B2C
B2C
Mobile App
Mobile App
Mobile App
Improving Speed and Trust in AI-Based Essay Grading for Academic Assessments
Improving Speed and Trust in AI-Based Essay Grading for Academic Assessments
Designed an AI-assisted grading tool to speed up and standardize essay evaluation, achieving 90% agreement with human graders and under 30-second grading per essay.
Shipped
Shipped
Shipped
EdTech
EdTech
EdTech
Agentic Design
Agentic Design
Agentic Design
Web App
Web App
Web App
Improving Early Stage Review Of Research Inventions In Universities
Improving Early Stage Review Of Research Inventions In Universities
Designed an AI-assisted platform that reduced invention review time from ~6 weeks to under 30 minutes while maintaining 85%+ alignment with expert reviewers.
Shipped
Shipped
Shipped
EdTech
EdTech
EdTech
Agentic Design
Agentic Design
Agentic Design
Web App
Web App
Web App
WHAT PEOPLE SAY /
Ashik designs where AI meets human-centered thinking.
Ashik designs where AI meets human-centered thinking.
At the ASU AI Cloud Innovation Center, he consistently transformed complex AI technologies into intuitive experiences, creating products that were not only technically advanced but genuinely useful for the people using them.
At the ASU AI Cloud Innovation Center, he translated advanced technical concepts into intuitive product experiences, collaborated closely with engineers and product managers, and consistently demonstrated strong ownership throughout the design process.
Arun Arunachalam
Solution Architecture Leader
AWS
Amazon Web Services
Ashik transformed abstract challenges into compelling, functional prototypes.
His ability to combine design thinking, technical execution, and creative problem-solving consistently exceeded expectations. He approaches ambiguity with confidence and delivers solutions that are both innovative and practical.
Cameron Rennacker
Faculty
Arizona State University
Ashik designs where AI meets human-centered thinking.
At the ASU AI Cloud Innovation Center, he consistently transformed complex AI technologies into intuitive experiences, creating products that were not only technically advanced but genuinely useful for the people using them.
Arun Arunachalam
Solution Architecture Leader
Amazon Web Services
Ashik transformed abstract challenges into compelling, functional prototypes.
Ashik transformed abstract challenges into compelling, functional prototypes.
His ability to combine design thinking, technical execution, and creative problem-solving consistently exceeded expectations. He approaches ambiguity with confidence and delivers solutions that are both innovative and practical.
Cameron Rennacker
Faculty
Arizona State University
Focused on clarity, usability and intuitive designs that move key business metrics.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY /
Ashik designs where AI meets human-centered thinking.
At the ASU AI Cloud Innovation Center, he consistently transformed complex AI technologies into intuitive experiences, creating products that were not only technically advanced but genuinely useful for the people using them.
Arun Arunachalam
Solution Architecture Leader
AWS
Ashik transformed abstract challenges into compelling, functional prototypes.
His ability to combine design thinking, technical execution, and creative problem-solving consistently exceeded expectations. He approaches ambiguity with confidence and delivers solutions that are both innovative and practical.
Cameron Rennacker
Faculty
Arizona State University
Ashik Mathew Tharakan
Product Designer + Engineer
Product Designer with over 3 years of experience simplifying complex workflows that drive real business impact.
Product Designer with over 3 years of experience simplifying complex workflows that drive real business impact.
I thrive in fast-moving environments where I can take ownership and turn ideas into shipped solutions quickly.
I thrive in fast-moving environments where I can take ownership and turn ideas into shipped solutions quickly.