Design Graphic Designer

RUCHIKA

KOTIAN

USER INTERFACE

DESIGNER

A graphic designer who specializes in User Interface Design with a key detail to user experience and user centric solutions with experience is designing mobile apps. Passionate about creating interactive designs across various platforms with a diverse background in user experience research, interface design, mobile app style guide design, rapid prototyping, branding and signage design. Considerable experience in following a design process with tools to create and validate solutions to construct effective outcomes.

- Experience with research methodologies, creating personas, user scenario flows, usability testing, task analysis and information architecture

- Defining functionality, content, navigation, and interaction models through page level wireframes and process

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- Good verbal, visual and written communication skills to articulate UX logic and reasoning across disciplines

- Ability to collaborate with a team of designers and work well with cross-functional teams

- Skilled in rapid prototyping and concept mock up generation

- Conduct early-stage designs to usability testing Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Sketch

InVision

Omnigraffle

Axure

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

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- Creative thinker with innovative and unconventional outputs

- Natural leader and collaborative team player

- Conducting detailed and thorough user research and behavior and incorporating it within the deliverable

- Designing complex user centric solutions with a simple, clean, methodical approach with rapid delivery

-Graduate Diploma in Design from MAAER’s MIT INSTITUTE of DESIGN, Pune

-Bachelor Degree in English Literature from Mumbai University, Bombay

-Professional educational courses in Interaction Design, Branding and Logo Design

-Professional courses in swimming, dance and personal development

-Did a range of freelance projects in branding and logo designs

-Actively volunteered in NGOs in India for cancer patients and old age homes

Junior UI Designer- Constellation Brands

August 2015- Present

San Francisco

- Designed two sales enablement apps for intra company use as a collaborative effort including all the design processeses such as user interviews, information architecture, design concepts, wireframes, prototypes

- Created a style guide with all the visual elements, so as to have a consistent workflow and experience throughout all the apps

- Made a sharepoint repository website to for asset management purposes

Design Intern- Ogilvy & Mather

June-August 2014

Bombay

- Explored detailed concepts and developed team insights for concept generation and development strategies

- Devised concepts for propective brand pitches and schemes to increase brand portfolio

- Made copywriting drafts for creative teams

- Worked in collaboration with teams for making creatives Intern- Bridge 360 Solutions

December 2013-February 2014

Bombay

- Completed initial stage processes such as multiple user studies, research modules to understand key requirements

- Had a major part in the ‘Florista’ campaign, which is their biggest project making a range of posters, banners and generating online content

-Helped generate concept deliverables by making wireframes PROFILE

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