Design & Prototyping
Adobe Creative Suite ( XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premier, After Effects), Figma, Axure, Invision
Coding:
HTML, CSS, Sass , JavaScript, Bootstrap, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, ZIM, Microsoft Office, Jira
3D Modeling:
- Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk Alias, Autodesk AutoCAD, Showcase, Solidworks, KeyShot
Additional Knowledge:
- JIRA, Responsive Web Design, AODA/WCAG guidelines, Miro, Microsoft Suite, Remote working
- Addressed user pain-points for an in-car music app by developing interactive prototypes that reduced driver distraction by almost 70%
- Led the UI/UX design and execution of a community-based car-charging app.
- Revamped the UI dashboard of an e-learning application by producing sketches, wireframes and functioning prototypes that focused on seamless user experience
- Conducted qualitative research and performed usability testing to optimize the user interface of a smart classroom solution
- Communicated complex UX concepts by creating simplified visuals and storyboards
- Reorganized a website's information architecture by evaluating Google Analytics data and conducting user testing, which enhanced UX and minimized bounce rates
- Created UI designs for infotainment (HMI), digital instrument clusters and IoT devices (SmartWall)
- Established the company’s brand style guide and design system for UI to cultivate a coherent look and feel across all products
- Designed and coded the front-end of a company’s website while adhering to an effective UX sitemap minimizing page neglect
- Created a single player web based game using ZIM a JavaScript framework
- Designed and coded the front-end of a company’s website while adhering to an effective UX sitemap minimizing page neglect
- Several years of expertise in industrial design positions, contributing significantly to product development in automotive, IoT devices, and robotics (automation)
UI Wireframes and Rapid Prototypes
User Experience (UX) Research, Strategy & Storyboards
User Interface (UI) Design & HMI (Human Machine Interface)
Front-End Development / Web Development
Game & Web Development
Industrial Design
- UX/UI & Web Design Consultant — E-learning Start-up 2021 - Present
- Overhauled e-learning app’s interface design, by redesigning its layout and graphic elements, increasing user engagement by 50%
- Simplified complex product features with the attempt of solving key user experience problems
- Senior Designer — Brio Innovation | Laval (Québec)2019 - 2020
- Conceptualized new ideas, design variants, and prototypes for 40+ components
- Assisted the design director to coordinate various product development projects
- Senior Product Designer — Grey Orange Private Ltd | Gurgaon (India)2019
- Raised the productivity of a warehouse automation unit to 40% by resolving usability issues, optimising process flows and enhancing the hardware’s ergonomics
- Adhered to an agile methodology
- Senior Product & UX Design — Indibon Design | Bangalore (India)2017 - 2018
- Developed interaction and industrial design solutions for smart devices (IoT), also contributed substantially in developing and designing an infotainment interface
- Product Designer — Alius Design Private Ltd | Pune (India)2014 - 2017
- Led the design and development of various projects from basic concept to production
- Facilitated process improvements via improved design, resulting in a 50% reduction in production time and thereby reducing the costs of operation by 30 percent
- Adjunct Faculty for Design — MIT - Institute of Design | Pune (India)2013 - 2014
- Trained students among 3 disciplines, from basic product design principles to advanced 3D software modeling skills
- Industrial Designer — Schoenemann Design | Derby (U.K)2012
- Participated in user research, interviews, and trend analysis for two major client projects
- Envisioned several concepts, and contributed to the vehicles’ final design proposals
- Industrial Designer — Force Motors Ltd |Pune (India)2009 - 2010
- Undertook a wide array of vehicle design projects by cooperating cross-functionally with product managers, engineering teams, and other experts to achieve the expected outcome.
P.G. in Interactive Media Management (Honours)2021
- Sheridan College, Canada
Masters in Design 2012
- Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
P.G. Diploma in Industrial Design 2009
- MIT Institute of Design, Pune, India
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering 2005
- M.S University, Tirunelveli, India
- Ricardo, U.K 2011
- John Deere 2008
- Mahindra & Mahindra 2008
- Winner “Interior-design category - Road to 1966”- competition organised by ‘BERTONE design studio’, Italy
- Award for outstanding graduation project in transportation design
- Noted entry for ‘NASA tech briefs’ competition
- Certificate of commendation for the science and engineering exhibit
- Winner - The 5th Mitsubishi-motors international design competition
