Sumona Bose

UX Designer

Summary:

More than * years of experience in IT industry encompassing Architecture, analysis, design, prototyping, wire framing, execution of different modules in various domains.

Expertise in various web technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, XML, XHTML, DHTML &CSS3, to develop various User Experience (UX) designs.

Collaborated with designers and developers to implement solutions that bridge user and business goals

Utilization of research methods to discover user needs and Web/UX Design

Experienced in designing UX patterns and UI applications with the help of adobe products like Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe illustrator CS6, Adobe captivate 5.

Developed responsive UX screens and checked it on all resolutions and patterns.

Extensively involved in redesigning the entire site with CSS styles for consistent look and feel across all browsers and all pages.

Created Images, Logos and Icons that are used across the web pages using Adobe Flash and Photoshop.

Created and developed the web-page layout and positioned/developed design elements, using Dreamweaver, HTML and Adobe Photoshop.

Proficient in designing Master pages, Templates, Wire Frames, Mockups and prototypes, Web Interfaces and layouts, clickable prototypes

Designed Visual Comps/Mockups with the help of Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Fireworks CS3 and Adobe Illustrator CS3.

Worked closely with business teams to collect UI & UX Requirements.

Created Graphical User Interface (GUI) and applied to the websites.

Collaborating with an Agile product team of product managers, front-end and back-end engineers, QA and usability testers throughout project lifecycle.

Participated in meetings for enhancing the features for the portal.

Leverage research and telemetry to validate and accelerate design iterations.

Understanding of common software project management practices

Experienced in front end editors like Espresso, TextMate and Microsoft Expression Web.

Conducts qualitative research for user interviews. Constructs user empathy maps for client engagements and facilitates provocations in design-thinking collaborations

Well-versed in designing and developing responsive Designs that are concurrently optimized for multiple devices and screen sizes.

Experienced in Agile methodologies, waterfall methodologies, daily stand up meetings, client meetings to better understand all the requirements.

Ability to work with dedication in order to meet the deadlines, excellent verbal and communication skills, and capable of handling responsibilities independently as well as a proactive team member.

Education:

Touro College, New York, NY

Masters in Web Design and Multimedia

Tilak Maharastra University, Pune

Bachelor of Mass Communication

Certificate:

Still Photography

Technical Skills:

Programming Languages

HTML,CSS2/CSS3,XML,XHTML

Design Tools Adobe

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe CC, Wordpress, Drupal, Adobe XD, Adobe InDesign

IDE's and Tools

Adobe Photoshop CS5, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Web UI toolkit, Visual Studio 6.0, MS Azure, GUI

Methodologies

Agile, Waterfall.

Version Tools

Zeplin, JIRA, Tortoise SVN, Visual SourceSafe

Wireframe Tools

Sketch, Balsamiq, Invision, Omnigraffe, Story Board, Axure.

Prototyping tools

UX Pin, Proto IO. Axure, Balsamiq, Marvel, Invision, Pixate, Sketch

Professional Experience

Freelance Designer June 2021- Present

UX Designer

Working on After Effects projects

Developing Invision and Sketch mockups

Designing print brochures and menu cards

Designing an Illustrated storybook for kids

Softstuf Inc., NJ August 2016- June 2021

UX Designer

Project Description: As a UX designer, worked with the project team to create user-friendly and appealing application interfaces for desktop and mobile applications. Worked closely with project managers, business analysts and architects. Day to day tasks involved user research, conceptualizing and developing user experiences, User interface design for mobile and desktop applications. Worked with usability testing. Experience in leading UX project team.

Responsibilities:

Leading user-centered design process involving business research, user research, information architecture, interaction design and prototyping. Acting as the user advocate during the development process.

Developed user personas and scenarios in order to enhance functionality and usability for key audiences.

Developed user stories, user journey maps, Interaction Design.

Responsible for creating sketch, wireframe, prototype and visual mockups, creating clickable prototypes when needed with Axure RP.

Performing on early-stage designs to usability testing and presenting implementation recommendations from a user-centered perspective.

Conducting requirement meetings, design reviews with internal stakeholders and end-users to gather and transforming constructive feedback into great design solutions.

Conducted usability testing.

Participated and conducted Focus Groups.

Created User Profiles, Use cases, Personas, Use case scenarios.

Created prototypes and wireframes for websites and mobile applications.

Designed User experience (UX) prototypes with tools like Axure, Balsamiq.

Using Task Analysis, SHERPA Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Root cause Analysis to identify flaws in the existing design.

Worked with UI developing technologies such as Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Angular JS, JSON, HTML DOM, Browser BOM, AJAX, SASS/LESS.

Created Responsive Web designing using Bootstrap, Bootstrap studio

Worked in AGILE (SCRUM) environment practices and planning of sprint attending daily agile (SCRUM) meetings and SPRINT retrospective meetings to produce quality deliverables within time.

Environment: UI Designing with Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON, AJAX,

Leo9 Studio, NJ Apr 2014- Dec 2015

UX Designer

Project Description: As a UX designer, worked with project teams to create user-friendly and appealing application interfaces for web, mobile and wearables. Day to day tasks involved user research, conceptualizing and developing user experiences for mobile, desktop and wearable applications. Experience in leading UX project team.

Responsibilities:

Conducted business analysis, concept analysis, competitor analysis, focus groups.

Conducted user interviews, surveys using Structured interview methods and Qualtrix.

Worked with card sorting, usability testing and developing design strategy, interaction models, interactive wireframes prototypes, design recommendations and visual design assets.

Developed high-low fidelity prototypes with Axure RP, HTML, CSS, Sketching.

Participated as a key technical and design contributor to an interdisciplinary team.

Owned the complete user experience of more than 5 projects.

Created elegant UX and UI for responsive web, mobile, mobile-web and desktop applications utilizing Axure, Adobe CC, and Invision.

Defined information architecture and interaction design for several complex web applications using user flow diagrams, site maps, and interactive wireframes created in Axure RP.

Ensured mock-ups met both visual and textual branding standards. Defined and documented website design standards when needed.

Worked with Augmented Reality platform, enterprise portals, ecommerce applications, hotel management portals.

Worked with the industry domains like entertainment, e-commerce, enterprise, construction, finance, charity, education and social networking.

UI Designing with Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Angular JS, JSON, HTML DOM, Browser BOM, AJAX. .

Environment: Prototyping and Wireframing using Axure RP, User-centered Designing, AGILE (SCRUM) Environment Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Ovation Productions, India Oct 2008 - Apr 2014

Web Designer

Project Description: Project was picked by Ovation Productions when the client was looking for a team capable of developing a complete web application that can integrate into client's existing environment of multiple custom websites. Application was also required to have complete event management capabilities as well.

Responsibilities:

Participated in user research and research consolidation; identified opportunities from the research that balanced the needs of the users with the needs of the client.

Developed personas that represented users and helped focus designs.

Defined the scope and navigational flow of applications.

Responsibilities included working with Operations to improve the accuracy and efficiency of design process and information flow.

Consulted with management to define and capture user interaction flow diagram.

Provided data flow diagrams identifying systems, dependencies, and supporting processes.

Interpreted regulations and developed methods of compliance.

Interacted with Business Analyst to define and document design document.

Created interactive medium fidelity prototypes; Used tools like Adobe Illustrator and Sketch for designing Mockups and Wireframes respectively.

Analyze and document User Interface Specification which includes the designs and flow of pages and how they interact.

Evaluate process improvements and develop system solutions to meet user requirements.

Document software changes and enhancement requests using visual graphics.

Participate in weekly team meetings, prioritizing client needs and implementation planning meetings for prospective client.

Worked in Scrum environment which is an Agile methodology.

Environment: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Window XP

Xperience Unlimited, India Oct 2006 - Mar 2008

Web Graphic Designer

Project Description: Provided creative direction for the team and responsibilities of designers, UX/UI and visual design collecting requirements from Business Stake Holders and develop dynamic wireframes and visual design for desktop web and mobile applications in a store environment. Performed UI, functionality, integration, regression and acceptance testing for client server, web and host based applications. Worked on Bootstrap, HTML and CSS, Media queries for responsiveness.

Responsibilities:

Garnered experience as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional, high-quality designs for the clients.

Generated high-fidelity user interface designs for web; created style guides and generated design assets; produced logos, business cards, and promotional materials.

Design information architecture, information design, visual design, Sketching, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to support the complete cohesive user experience.

Work extensively on Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, Media queries for responsiveness.

Designed low and high fidelity wireframes using Axure, Photoshop and prototypes.

Develop UI components for different modules using High Charts, and Data Tables.

Make sure product has the ability to support multiple languages.

Responsible for Quality Assurance of Web Usability and Accessibility

Collaborated with clients, project managers, designers, and developers; provided creative direction when required.

Environment: Bootstrap, HTML, CSS etc.

References- Available on request.

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