Jio Innovations Showcase
Driving innovation and enhancements at Jio.
A collection of Jio concepts, in-progress products, and shipped work spanning 2019 to 2024. Some of these designs reached live users, others remained leadership pitches or paused explorations, but together they show the breadth of product and UX work across Jio's ecosystem.
20+
Projects across user, business, and internal domains
5
Primary platforms: feature phone, web, desktop, mobile, TV
2019–2024
Span covered by this source-verified showcase
Scope
Digital product concepts and upgrades pitched to Jio leadership, alongside live user-facing launches.
Focus
Research, conceptualisation, feature ownership, delivery of key modules, and cross-platform UX execution.
Coverage
Concept work, internal and client-facing tools, education products, games, campaigns, and platform enhancements.
Platforms
Feature phone, web, desktop, mobile, smart TV, and broader cross-device product systems.
Shipped Work
Significant contributions to Jio's user experience and innovation.
The following products were described in the original Astro page as launched work that remained live on Jio's websites and apps, reflecting direct contributions to user-facing experiences across events, games, and campaigns.
JioEngage — SuperSquad (Seasons 2020 & 2021)
Timeline: Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
The strongest shipped Android case in this set: a live consumer engagement game redesigned under sports-season deadlines with match states, onboarding, prizes, and live-release constraints.
- Simplified match entry, navigation, and how users found the right live state quickly.
- Improved how-to-play and onboarding so the rules became understandable faster.
- Created repeatable templates for match cards, team assets, prizes, and state changes.
- Balanced engagement polish with real release pressure and fast content turnover.
Status
Shipped live to public
Ownership
Fully owned single-handedly; revamped from older version
Platform
Android mobile / JioEngage
Why It Matters
Live consumer release under rapid sports-season timelines
2M+
DAU during peak seasons
200M+
Total participants across peak seasons
JioEngage — ISL (Season 2021)
Timeline: Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
A shipped live sports engagement experience for mobile users, designed for rapid match-time participation, visual energy, and fast updates across a live calendar.
- Designed for quick match-time participation rather than long exploratory sessions.
- Supported both light and dark visual systems for the same live product language.
- Created assets and templates that scaled across teams, polls, and match contexts.
- Balanced entertainment energy with quick mobile comprehension.
Status
Shipped live to public
Ownership
Designed after manager guidance
Platform
Android mobile / sports engagement
1M+
DAU during peak season
3L+
Engagements during peak season
Ludo
Timeline: Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
A live mobile game flow focused on making familiar board-game mechanics readable and usable on a phone through clear turns, moves, states, and feedback.
Status
Shipped live to public
Ownership
Fully owned single-handedly
Platform
Android mobile game
4L+
Total participants
Lifebuoy Mobile Doctorni
Timeline: Apr 2021
A compact conversational and multimedia experience across login, text, call, audio, and video states. It remained a smaller support project, but still shows consumer mobile UX handling across multiple interaction modes.
Status
Supporting conversational / mobile experience
Ownership
Fully owned single-handedly
Platform
Mobile / JioInteract conversational flow
Upcoming Product
Virgin Groups
At Jio, the UX work for Virgin Mobiles' upcoming Dubai super app covered purchasing, loyalty, and rich communication features including chat, media, and calling.
It was an ambitious super-app effort developed in collaboration with a teammate, with the work focused on the product's next release rather than a public live launch.
The work reached successful pitch and design-complete stage, and had moved into development before my exit. I led the design foundation and overall direction, while a teammate executed many flows under that system and guidance.
The product direction was framed as a broader telecom and internet services ecosystem rather than a single-utility mobile app, connecting telecom, communication, content, and service workflows into one scalable product frame with shared navigation and interaction language.
Role
Lead designer — responsible for research, conceptualisation, design, and delivery of key modules and feature areas.
Team
2 designers, 1 product manager, 5+ developers
Timeline
Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
Status
Successful pitch / design complete / development stage before exit
Flagship Concept
JioSpace
Unlike JioMeet and its competitors, JioSpace explored immersive 2D virtual environments without VR. Users could navigate and interact in virtual spaces for celebrations, gatherings, and other shared experiences.
The concept included stages, rooms, virtual objects, and potential gaming integration, positioning it as a distinct opportunity in the Indian market. One example extended McDonald's Party beyond the physical venue so remote attendees could participate fully and even order food.
Role
Lead Designer — responsible for research, conceptualisation, design, delivery of key modules and feature areas, UI, and user testing.
Team
3 designers, 1 product manager, 8+ engineers
Timeline
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Format
Immersive 2D virtual environment concept without VR
Under Wraps
JioMeet+
Driving innovation beyond JioMeet, JioMeet+ introduces AI-powered features and improvements across web, desktop, and mobile, with a focus on elevating the overall user experience through areas such as intelligent meeting scheduling.
The visual details remain under wraps ahead of launch. Core design ownership is credited to Jinal Mehta and Sushmita Mandal.
Role
Lead designer / Design manager
Team
3 designers, 2 product managers, 10+ engineers
Timeline
Jan 2024 - Nov 2024
Status
Visual details under wraps ahead of launch
Jinal Mehta
Design ownership
Sushmita Mandal
Design ownership
Nexus of Collaborative Partnerships: Clients & Departments
In five years as a designer at Jio, the original page states that the work spanned over 20 projects across user, business, and internal domains. The design output covered feature phones, web, desktop, mobile, and smart TV, along with design systems, subscriptions, dashboards, data visualization, emailers, banners, CMS, games, chatbots, messaging and video calling, STB, and admin portals.
Recognition
Jio Platforms Star Award 2022: Design Impact
Recognized for "extraordinary performance & ownership mindset" through key contributions to the JioMeet website revamp, McJio designs, and the broader enhancement of JioMeet's user experience and business growth.
