Sumner Bhandal

Designing for clarity,speed, and craft.

From founding-stage startups to scale — I shape products that are fast to ship, built to last, and a pleasure to use.

Based inUK

Experience10+ Years

FocusComplex AI Products

Case Study — 1 of 3

Robin AI

Scaling a legal AI platform from founding team to enterprise — design systems, IC craft, and 0→1 product thinking at speed.

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Experience

Digital Product Designer and Builder

I take AI products from zero to one, grow focused teams, and raise the presence of design across the organisation.

10+Years of craft

4xEngineering velocity

0→1AI products built

81%WAU — industry-leading retention

(Founding) Lead Product Designer at Draftwise

Joined as the founding product designer, now overseeing design strategy and vision across all products. Built infrastructure that reduced 0→1 product build time from months to weeks, and created a pipeline to expedite product-to-GTM content creation.

2023–Now

(Founding) Lead Product Designer at Robin AI

Joined as the first product hire with the task of leading research and design at a legal AI company. Hired and managed the design and research team while championing data-driven, experimentation-led decision making across the organisation.

2021–2023

Senior UI Designer at Next Ltd

Achieved successive promotions, leading design on platform modernisation, white-label e-commerce solutions, enriched site search, and an AR furniture experience. Also served as accessibility champion and organiser of design team meetings.

2017–2021

Lead Designer at Impero Software

Responsible for the full design spectrum — UI and UX for digital products, all marketing collateral, and exhibition stand design for global trade shows. Wrote UX frameworks and created personas to ground product decisions in user needs.

2014–2017