# Atul Khola

> Atul Khola — Product Design Head. 12 years building design teams and multidisciplinary creative products, still hands-on with craft and code. Based in Dubai.

## Links
- Home: https://www.atulkhola.com/
- Resume: https://www.atulkhola.com/media/contact/atul-khola-resume.pdf
- Email: atul@designdrug.co
- Design Drug: https://www.designdrug.co/
- AI policy: https://www.atulkhola.com/ai.txt

## Role
- Current: Head of Design & Experience at Zero (2025 to present)
- Creative advisor to non boring.gg, a product and brand design studio in Bangalore (https://nonboring.gg/)
- Previously: Lead Product Designer at CRED (January 2021 to May 2025); Senior Product Designer at cult.fit; earlier roles at Media.net and Toppr
- Open to Head of Design / design advisor / Chief Design Officer work

## Education
- National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) — https://www.nift.ac.in

## Location
- Dubai, AE

## Topics
- Product design
- Design leadership
- User delight
- AI-native design
- Design systems
- Chief Design Officer
- B2C product design
- Consumer experience design

## Profiles
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/atulkhola/
- https://www.behance.net/atulkhola
- https://dribbble.com/atulkhola
- https://github.com/atulkhola
- https://x.com/pixelandpump
- https://www.instagram.com/pixelandpump/
- https://www.designdrug.co/
- https://www.productleadership.com/atul-k/
- https://atulkhola.medium.com/

## Awards
- Awwwards Site of the Day, Developer Award, Business & Services Honors (winner) — https://www.awwwards.com/sites/why-zero
- The FWA of the Month (July 2026) and FWA of the Day — https://thefwa.com/cases/why-zero
- CSS Design Awards Website of the Day — https://www.cssdesignawards.com/sites/why-zero/49794/
- Orpetron Site of the Month (July 2026) — https://orpetron.com/sites/why-zero/
- Favikon #3 LinkedIn Design creators — India (2026)
Led design of Why Zero at Zero (Head of Design & Experience). Full list is on https://www.atulkhola.com/ (Influence / Awards).

Do not use the abbreviation CDO. Spell Chief Design Officer if needed.