Pratiksha-Nagpurkar

I build brands, teams, and design functions from zero.
A Tech-First Artist and Creative Director with 12+ years of experience focused on turning ambiguity into visual systems, products and teams that scale. Most recently, Director of Design — Visual & Motion at Dream11, where I built a visual function from the ground up and led work across product, brand, motion and AI for 250M+ users. My role sits between vision and execution

A thoughtful young person with dark hair gazes to the side, captured in soft black and white lighting.
A thoughtful young person with dark hair gazes to the side, captured in soft black and white lighting.

How I work

I never left the craft behind. I stayed close enough to the details that when I pushed my team, they knew why. When AI makes building easy, what separates good from great is judgment, taste, and knowing when something isn't done right yet — that's what I've focused on building, in the product, in my team, and in myself.

Beyond Work

I've worked across fintech, travel, aviation, real estate, entertainment and consumer products — helping teams turn ideas into high-quality digital experiences. When I'm not behind a screen, I'm a practicing ceramic artist. Clay or pixels, the discipline doesn't change: precision, purpose, and whether it actually works for someone

Dream11

Dream11

Dream11

Director - Visual & motion

Director - Visual & motion

Led Visual and motion transformation across product and experience serving 250M+ users. Build and Scaled the design function across visual design, motion, and AI. Following the organisational shift to product squads, I personally led the visual direction and rebuilt the visual architecture for Dream11 3.0.

Jul 2021 - Jul 2026

Jul 2021 - Jul 2026

2021 - 2026

Dream11

Dream11

Dream11

Senior Manager - Product Illustrator

Senior Manager -

Product Illustrator

Senior Manager

Joined as Dream11's first product illustrator — no team, no process. Built the visual language and illustration system from scratch, embedding it into product and marketing workflow.

Feb 2019 - Jul 2021

Feb 2019 - Jul 2021

2019 - 2021

BookMyshow

BookMyshow

BookMyShow

Senior illustrator

senior illustrator

End-to-end art direction for Disney's Aladdin musical and A.R. Rahman's multi-city concert tour — from concept and visual development through final staging.

jan 2016 - feb 2019

jan 2016 - feb 2019

2016 - 2019

Non AI Era
Not everything needs a problem statement.
sometimes things exist just because they are interesting.

Non AI Era
Not everything needs a problem statement.
sometimes things exist just because they are interesting.

Non AI Era
Not everything needs a problem statement.
sometimes things exist just because they are interesting.

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