OPAL ALMEIDA

Design Consultant (UI/UX, Web, Graphics)

Cell: 437-***-**** Email: ade25r@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/opal-almeida-49984b123/ Portfolio: tinyurl.com/y449zqyz I am a multidisciplinary designer, passionate about user-centric design and well-versed with front-end designing (interactive prototyping, wireframing) & development (HTML, CSS & Media query). My experience of working in two Fortune 500 companies includes coordinating with clients to understand project requirements, researching the current state of the product & finding solutions to make it visually attractive & user friendly. EXPERIENCE

• UX Design Intern at LifeCare Insurance – Toronto June – August 2020

o Redesigned branding and promotional materials for their website and social media posts

o Coordinated with the project manager and developer for implementing the design on their new website

• Creative Producer at Accenture Operations – Mumbai October 2018 – August 2019

o Designed brochures, flyers, standees, banner, emailers, and PowerPoint presentations to publicize products of a leading pharmaceutical company across the globe and ensured these designs adhered to branding guidelines o Ran a quality check to evaluate Jr. designer’s work to make sure there are no content errors and branding issues

o Collated branding guidelines from different documents into one to enable the designers to refer to a single PDF rather than browsing through multiple PDFs while designing

o Involved in conducting team building activities for the group

• Web Designer at Capgemini Consulting – Mumbai

October 2014 – September 2018

o Collaborated with the web team to design emailers on Outlook using photoshop and develop them further in HTML

o Conducted user interviews to understand the current issues within the existing websites, and redesigned websites from scratch using sketch and XD o Coordinated with clients independently for understanding the job requirements

o Created test cases to make sure the website designs are user friendly o Redesigned and structured PowerPoint slides to make it visually appealing and to allow clients to consume content easily

SKILLS

• Product Designing

• Graphic Designing

• Design Marketing Materials

• User Interviews

• Wireframing

• Prototyping

• Usability Testing

• Website designing

• Project management

TOOLS

Design:

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe XD

• Adobe Dreamweaver

• Sketch

• Balsamiq

• Figma

Development:

• Bracket (HTML, Email designing)

• WordPress

• Webflow

• Wix

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified in Photoshop from Arena Animations

• Human Factors International certification in the following: o User centred analysis and conceptual design

o The science and art of effective web and application design EDUCATION

• Postgraduate Certificate in Interactive Media Management Centennial College, Toronto (2019-2020)

• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

St. Andrews College, Mumbai (2011-2014)

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