Mental Health Design
Resume:
Akash Ghai
UI/UX Designer based in
Washington DC
I am a visually driven UI/UX
designer with skills in visual
storytelling, photography
and creative writing.
Skills
Software
Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD,
InVision, Adobe Premiere,
Photoshop, InDesign, Craft
Design Skills
Wireframing, Prototyping, Design
QA, Graphic Design, Writing,
Photography, Branding
Education
Flatiron School
UI/UX Design Bootcamp
2020
South Asian Media Institute
Artist Fellowship in Visual Media
2018-2019
Penn State University
B.A. in Photojournalism and
Business minor
2012 - 2015
Contact
*********@****.***
www.akashghai.com
Experience
Boketto Club
Product Designer March 2020 - Present
Boketto club is an early stage start-up helping corporate teams bond through curated programming and sustainability experiences.
- Designed, prototyped and created design guidelines for Boketto Club’s iOS and desktop application.
- Completed a design handoff to an iOS developer and defined the company’s brand guidelines.
Network of Creative Thinkers (NOCT)
UX Internship Sept - Oct 2020
NOCT is a remote first UX design and branding studio. Treety Member Portal
A SaaS portal for companies to position their brand and manage customer relationships, spending data and behavioral analysis.
- Collaborated with UX designer to develop SaaS platform from scratch for company brand management
- Created 90 hi-fi screens and flows on Sketch
- Delivered first iteration of 3 to developers during handoff and performed design QA. Product shipped October 2020 Fitswarm Instructor Dashboard
A video platform for online fitness and wellbeing classes for organisations and employees.
- Created 20 screens for instructor dashboard based on designs created by Fitswarm’s visual designer on Figma
- Designed booking confirmation pages for instructors posting classes and provided 3 options for booking confirmation flows
- Performed design QA to unify the design with the existing design which is live in the UK
Opso
A peer-to-peer networking platform to connect business and employees with their extended network. Product yet to launch.
- Create visual designs for 25 wireframes of OPSO’s relationship dashboard based on their design guidelines in Sketch
- Worked with their UX designer to create lean versions of their wireframes for easy handling
Other Experience
Apple
Product Specialist
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
Conducted software training and technology
sales for retail and business customers at
Apple’s Carnegie library global flagship store.
Achieved over $100k in sales in 6 months.
Sheridan School
Visual Arts Teacher
June 2019 - Feb 2020
Helped design and conduct an arts curriculum
for over a 100 middle school students in an
activity based learning program for music,
visual arts and physical education activities.
China Daily
International Photo Editor
Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
Photography and video editor for the world
section of the international newspaper. Member
of the editorial team for 2018 Winter Olympics
held at Pyeonchang, South Korea.
NPR, Associated Press
Freelance Photojournalist
Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
Covered stories for NPR's science blogs
covering mental health, nutrition and education
related stories for AP.
Design Consulting
TallyCode LLC
UI/Web Designer September 2020
TallyCode is an IT company specialising in custom software.
- Redesigned TallyCode’s website and created brand guidelines and design systems for the company to
improve outreach and client conversion from their website. Website currently in development.
Stax at Aptus Engineering Inc
UI Design April 2020
Provided UI focused consulting services for an enterprise software for document management. Product launched in Summer 2020.
- Scanned their initial designs and provided detailed feedback on designs; color choices, UX patterns, visual elements and iconography
- Synced up with their CEO to align on the design
suggestions; many of which were implemented before their product launch
Express App by Lensman Studios
UI/UX Design September 2020
Provided UI/UX consulting for an E-Commerce photo app serving private and public schools in Dubai. App launch in October
- Scanned their initial designs created by a design agency and provided feedback on the color choices, UI patterns, readability and features for the photo app
- Aligned with their founder on next steps for the app in terms of functionality and features.
- Helped strategize the best way to launch virtually through an online event
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