HarshalPatel

UX Designer Product Designer

A UX Designer with experience in creating intuitive designs focused on market analysis, customer feedback, user research, and technical constraints, with an ability to simplify complex processes and data structures into user-friendly interfaces.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Johnson Controls, User Experience (UX) Designer

AUG 2022 - FEB 2024 MILWAUKEE, WI PROJECTS YET TO BE RELEASED

UX Optimization & Collaboration: Led a project yielding a 10% faster timeline through a partnership with cross-functional teams, gathering deep insights on end-users, streamlined workflows, and integrated agile practices for designing applications in Enterprise Manager.

UX Design Conversion: Achieved a 15% increase in user engagement for energy efficiency (SaaS) products by employing a thoughtful design language, refining information architecture, re-iterating flow diagrams and user interface using design tools like Figma & Miro for web applications.

Quality Assurance Leadership: Initiated design reviews, User Acceptance test (UAT), and UX QA throughout the design process, aligning with customer needs and boosting user experience by - 5% through meticulous testing and interface adjustments in Adobe XD.

Key Skills: Figma, Adobe XD, Miro, Cross-functional collaboration, B2B, Task Prioritization, Visual Design, Product Innovation.

HeRTZ Architects, Product Designer & Manager

MAY 2016 - JUL 2021 VADODARA, INDIA

Design-Business Integration: Boosted client acquisition by 15% by marrying strategic design with business goals, leading to cost-effective, timely project delivery, showcasing my strength in balancing creative and commercial needs.

Operational Efficiency: Enhanced project turnaround by 10%, applying my project management expertise to refine operations, optimize resources, and improve team communication, demonstrating operational excellence.

Co-Design Leadership: Leveraged industrial design expertise to lead a co-design initiative with cross-functional teams, resulting in a 20% boost in market relevance and scalability achieved by aligning the product design for local franchises with business objectives, thereby enhancing user experience and fostering growth.

Market Insight Leader: Drove a 15% increase in team efficiency and unearthed new growth avenues through targeted market research and user testing, affirming my ability to align product strategies with innovation and evolving market dynamics.

Key Skills: Miro, Leadership, Mentoring, Define Product Strategies, Team Communication, Project Management, User-Centric Design, Storytelling.

ACADEMIC/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Thomas Jefferson University, UX Designer & Researcher

AUG 2021 - MAY 2023 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Enhanced Usability in Enterprise Applications: Led design enhancements for native E-Commerce mobile apps utilizing Figma prototypes, incorporating UI design principles for IOS to boost usability by 10% and positively impacting client and consumer experiences, integrating competitive analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) models.

User-Centered Research and Insights: Utilized communication skills to conduct research with 15 participants for a carbon emission tractor mobile application, identifying user stories and pain points that aided in creating mockups, user flows, wireframes, and communication artifacts.

Strategic Information Architecture Development: Communicated design effectively through the creation of sitemaps, storyboards, and journey maps, blending visual language with robust data models and user research. This meticulous approach established an organized information architecture that met business requirements for a habit-forming, ADA-compliant product.

Key Skills: Figma, Miro, Adobe XD, User Research, Product development process, AI Model, Typography, Prototyping.

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NOTABLES

Co-founder & Lead Strategist

for design & business projections at HeRTZ Architects.

Assistant Professor & Mentor

for Architecture students at MS University.

Jury member

for design students at SVIT, MSU & Navrachana University.

SKILLS

TOOLS

Figma, Miro, Adobe XD, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Framer, Webflow, HTML, CSS, JS.

SPECIALTIES

Design Thinking, Design Mentorship, System Design, Style Guides/Design System, Storytelling, Interactive Prototype, User-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design, Human-Computer Interaction.

DOMAINS

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Healthcare

E-Commerce

Enterprise Design

Service Design

EDUCATION

Thomas Jefferson University

Masters in Science

User Experience & Interaction Design

AUG 2021 - MAY 2023 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Gujarat University

Bachelors

Architecture & Urban Design

AUG 2009 - JUN 2014 AHMEDABAD, GUJ, IN

CERTIFICATIONS

Google — Introduction to Generative AI

MARCH 2024 COURSERA

Interaction Design Foundation — Boost Mobile UX using UX design principles

JULY 2023 IDF WORKSHOP

LinkedIn Learning — Becoming Product Manager

MARCH 2024 LINKEDIN

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