Abhas Bhargava
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since December 18, 2018
Having worked independently on end-to-end projects across multiple fields and platforms, Abhas is a versatile, data-driven designer with a user-centered approach. He has several years of experience navigating through design challenges across a spectrum of complex industries such as travel, fin-tech, insurance. All in all, Abhas is a talented creative with his finger on the pulse of the latest technology and communicates exceptionally well.
Portfolio
PTL Responsive Website
Work Experience
Junior Product Manger
Sellics
- Served as a junior product manager at Sellics, a unique.
- type of B2B and B2C analytics software for Amazon.
- Transitioned successfully into a product manager role but also working as a product designer.
- Designed assets and screens on Figma and created prototypes.
- Managed a team of four developers for a new feature in the tool.
Product Designer
Diaspark
- Single-handedly designed Bulletin, a hyperlocal vernacular news platform. The app is currently live on the Google Play store.
- Conducted research through primary and secondary sources, created user personas.
- Designed wireframes and high-fidelity screens on Sketch and interactive prototypes on Invision.
- Applied a user-centered approach to all designs and deliverables.
UX/UI Designer
PTL
- Conceptualized and redesigned a custom responsive website that quadrupled web traffic and dramatically increased user retention rates.
- Collaborated with developers and communicated the workflow to product management and stakeholders.
- Applied a user-centered design approach by planning and conducting extensive user research through interviews, literature reviews, and personas.
- Conceptualized ideas through sitemaps, user flows, and wireframes.
- Designed UI kits and engaged in an iterative design process by creating low- and high-fidelity prototypes.
UX/UI Designer
Designlab
- Designed the entire UX/UI and branding of an iOS application for a furniture marketplace that utilizes augmented reality.
- Designed the UX/UI for a new financial management feature in an existing fintech iOS application.
- Designed the entire UX/UI and branding of an Android application for an insurance company.
- Designed the entire UX/UI and branding of a responsive website for travel.
- Applied a user-centered design approach in all projects by planning and conducting extensive user research through interviews, surveys, literature review, personas, customer journey maps.
- Conceptualized ideas from sketching and brainstorming to sitemaps, user flows, and wireframes.
- Designed brand identities and UI kits and engaged in an iterative design process by creating low- and high-fidelity prototypes and conducting usability tests.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems Engineering and Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Certifications
UX/UI Immersive
Designlab—UX Academy
Six Sigma Lean Green Belt
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
Skills
Tools
Sketch 4, InVision, Sketch, Sketch 2, Sketch 3, Affinity Diagrams, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Jira, Confluence, Marvel
Platforms
iOS, Android, Web, Figma, Adobe Suite
Languages
Id
Industry Expertise
Travel & Leisure, Insurance
Other
Strategic Planning & Execution, UI Design, Prototyping, Personas, Journey Mapping, Surveys, Interviews, Empathy Mapping, Responsive, User Flows, UX Design, User Research, Interaction Design (IxD), Usability Testing, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Heuristic Evaluation, Responsive Web Apps, Product Roadmaps, Paper Prototyping, Contextual Inquiry, SurveyMonkey, eCommerce, Augmented Reality (AR), ARKit, Branding, Google Material Design, Information Architecture (IA), Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Fintech, Data Visualization, Statistics, Web UX Design, Responsive Design, User Experience (UX), Tourism
Experience
- Web - 3 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 3 years
- iOS - 2 years
- Prototyping - 2 years
- Strategic Planning & Execution - 2 years
- InVision - 2 years
- Usability Testing - 2 years
- Sketch - 2 years
Tools
- InVision
- Sketch
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