UX Designer

RUTWIZ KULKARNI

Dallas, TX 214-***-**** **************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/rutwiz Portfolio: rutwiz.com EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS – Richardson, TX, USA August 2019 – May 2021 Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0 Relevant Coursework: Human-Computer Interaction I & II, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Ethnography, Consumer Behaviour, Speech Perception. RAMRAO ADIK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Mumbai, India July 2013 – May 2017 Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

EXPERIENCE

PURE UX – New York City, NY, United States

UX Design Intern January 2021 – Present

• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand user requirements for optimal user experience and to ensure that the vision meets business needs.

• Conducting competitive analysis to evaluate the currently available services in the market.

• Building wireframes, user personas, and storyboards based on the competitive analysis and market research.

• Developing workflows, mockups and rapid prototype of mobile applications and web interfaces, working within and in addition to a style guide comprising of typography colours and visualization principles.

• Organizing effective user research, redesigning and overhauling the current web-interface of Pure UX with two other team members.

• Conceptualizing a brand-new service and its web interface targeted to benefit small businesses create the design for their minimum viable product (MVP) and its branding. PRISTINE INFOSOLUTIONS – Mumbai, India

UI/UX Designer Intern May 2018 – January 2019

• Worked closely with senior UX designers, software engineering, development teams and stakeholders to understand objectives, analyse goals, ensure effective collaboration and define a design approach.

• Created wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for a web-interface seeking to create awareness about cyber security threats which increased the page visits by 72%.

• Conducted qualitative and quantitative research to build user personas.

• Collaborated with front-end developers to bridge the gap between design and implementation.

• Present work to UX, product and marketing teams for feedback and review. FREELANCER – Mumbai, India

Web Developer May 2017 – March 2019

• Designed, developed, built and managed websites of two schools educating underprivileged children for an affordable fee for over 40 years.

• Implemented a simpler design with an effective call-to action resulting into a 50% higher user retention for donations.

• Overhauled around 30 web interfaces for various organizations by utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Wordpress.

PROJECTS

ProGlacers – Richardson, TX, United States October 2020 – December 2020

• Designed and created high fidelity prototypes for the mobile application of golf glasses with ball-tracking technology.

Multi-Modal Cognitive-Ethnographic Analysis – UT Dallas January 2020 – May 2020

• Conducted ethnography sessions to observe cognitive processes, cognitive artifacts and how its interactions are in play to successfully conduct day-to-day tasks at a workplace. ADDITIONAL

Technical: HTML/CSS, Prototyping in Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe XD and Zeplin, Adobe Photoshop, Design Thinking, iOS & Android Design Guidelines.

Certifications & Training: Human Subject Protection, Digital Product Design.

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