Design Designer

PRABHA GANAPATHI UX/UI Designer

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Seattle, WA Portfolio

Summary

Seattle based designer bringing together 7+ years of experience in business operations and project management skills to create intuitive and user-centred platforms.

Skills & Tools

Methods - Visual Design, UX Design, UI Design, Project Management, User Research & Testing, Personas & User Stories, Information Architecture, Brand Strategy & Identity, Wireframing & Prototyping. Tools - Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Adobe Illustrator CC, Maze, Qualtrics, Google Forms, Principle, Usability Hub, HTML, CSS, Javascript, GitHub

Experience

GE Digital Bothell, WA

UX Designer (Contract) March 2020 – Present

● Re-design network viewer application. Lead designer in driving the process end to end from identifying requirements to creating high fidelity UX design mocks.

● Assisted the UX team in transitioning to Google’s Material IO design system from the current design system. Responsibilities include collaborating to various stakeholders and identifying new component requirements and creating them, performing overall quality checks and keeping the design system up-to-date.

● Run various user tests to identify and troubleshoot UX problems and help fix them.

● Created and successfully delivered more than 100 icons for the e-terra suite of applications. The re-vamped and modern UI has helped increase customer sales.

● Collaborate with lead designers, product management, and engineering and provide high-quality deliverables for web applications.

Bloc.io Seattle, WA

UX/UI Design Student October 2018 – February 2020

● Completed a 500+ hour project-based online Bootcamp under the mentorship of an accomplished UX professional.

● Developed strong UX Design process: Research, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Branding, Development, and Testing.

● Conducted User Research: Crafted User Research Surveys, conducted In-Depth User Interviewing, SWOT Market Analysis, and remote & in-person Usability Tests.

● Applied user research to generate deliverables such as personas, user stories, user flows, site maps, wireframes, visual hi-fidelity mockups, and prototypes.

● Created brand identities, style guides, typography, colour palette, and logos.

● Used InVision, Figma, Sketch, and Principle to make clickable prototypes to conduct user research, and iterate based on results.

● Conducted user testing and iterated the designs based on feedback.

● Created highly polished designs including prototypes, mockups, and other communication artefacts. Recent Projects

BusyBus iOS Mobile App https://github.com/prabha-ux/Busy-Bus-Challenge Research • Design • Code using HTML & CSS

● Restructured and designed a transit bus app where people can find out what the next arriving bus is and in how much time. hLife iOS Mobile App https://www.designwithprabha.com/ Research • Design • Branding • Prototype

● Designed a medical cloud storage platform where people can store & share their medical records. WeDoo iOS Mobile App https://www.designwithprabha.com/ Research • Design • Branding • Prototype

● Designed and built an app where users can find friends and do activities together. Bloc Jams Web Music Player https://github.com/prabha-ux/bloc-jams-jquery Code using JavaScript and jQuery

● Developed and completed code for an online music player with JavaScript and jQuery. HR Experience

Microsoft (via Artech Consulting) Bellevue, WA

Cross Border Travel Coordinator November 2016 – February 2020

● Lead Travel Coordinator for inbound travel request to United States, Canada and South American countries. Advice on immigration requirements to employees making short-term travels.

● Maintenance of documentation regarding immigration policy to provide to travellers and Resource managers.

● Working with various stakeholders, CELA (Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs), Resource manager, Tax attorneys in setting expectations on timelines, immigration policy, tax risks for work or business visa permit for the traveller.

● Definition and collection of employee documents to prepare work permit packets on behalf of the traveller to submit to Immigration counsel.

● Improve the existing process by analyzing pain points, prepare reports with data points of interest and come up with a strategy to address them.

Bond Communications Dubai, UAE

Executive Admin to Director of Operations June 2014 – July 2015

● Employee Operations – Take care of employee operations like attendance management, work permits, coordinate and schedule training for new employees, Health benefits creation for new employees and yearly renewal etc.

● Executive Admin – Administrative tasks include calendar management, travel arrangements including hotel, air ticket booking and do visa arrangements, consolidating meeting notes at all of Director’s meetings, help prepare PowerPoint presentations for the meetings.

FedEx Express Dubai, UAE

Operations Coordinator & Customs Clearance Officer January 2012 – May 2014

● Customs Clearance – Help importers and exporters meet the rules and regulations put in place by the government. Segregate the shipments of FedEx flights to colleagues for clearance and release the low-value shipments from the system.

● Detain Shipments - Handle detained shipments by liaising between customers and Dubai customs on additional requirements. Process return or destruction of items that are restricted by Dubai customs for import. Ensure a detained shipment cage is below the failure goal set by the management. Education

UX/UI Design Program October 2018 - December 2019

Bloc.io

● Completed an intensive UX design Bootcamp and completed two full projects covering the entire design process. UX/UI Certificates January 2019 - December 2019

Udemy

● Figma - UX/UI Design Essential

● Adobe Illustrator CC - Advanced Training Course

● Designing Mobile & Web App - UX/UI

Mahatma Gandhi University January 2010 - December 2013 Bachelors in Business Administration

● Completed my bachelor’s degree in Business administration with business operations as specialization.

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