Publication
A Product Designer’s Guide to Competitive Analysis
https://www.toptal.com/product-managers/product-consultant/product-designer-guide-to-competitive-analysis
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Chandan Mishra
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Toptal member since July 18, 2016
Bio
With over a decade of experience in product and UX design, Chandan has been providing solutions to startups and mid-level and big organizations worldwide. He ran and sold his 1st startup in September 2015 and is currently leading and building a team of UX designers.
Experience
- Rapid Interactive Prototyping - 11 years
- UX Design - 10 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 10 years
- Mobile App Design - 10 years
- Product Design - 10 years
- Figma - 10 years
- User Interface (UI) - 10 years
- Design Systems - 5 years
Portfolio
My Timbre
Rapid Interactive PrototypingMobile App DesignUX DesignProduct DesignInteraction Design (IxD)Figma+ 7 more
StartupsHire
Rapid Interactive PrototypingMobile App DesignWeb DesignUX DesignProduct DesignInteraction Design (IxD)+ 8 more
Work Experience
Founder | UX/UI Designer
2012 - PRESENT
SudoSaints Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
- Co-founded the company.
- Hired and trained a team of designers and developers.
- Worked on more than 100 websites and web apps.
- Designed more than 150 mobile apps.
- Designed the UX and UI for a platform to handle a million visitors on a daily basis.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Marvel App, InVision, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Mobile App Design, Web Design, UX Design, Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Figma, Design Systems, User Interface (UI), Design Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, User Journey Maps, User Stories
Independent UX/UI Consultant
2016 - 2017
Ganges Finance
- Conducted user interviews—speaking directly to the target users and understood their needs, wants, and fears to design an AI-driven fintech platform.
- Conducted a competitive analysis of three direct competitors: analyzed their service design and product design to find out things which can be done better.
- Designed the information architecture—creating smooth user flows, task flows, and sitemap.
- Created high-fidelity wireframes to structure all the screens and user flows and create a smooth data collection process.
- Built a clickable prototype out of static images using the Marvel app.
- Created a document where the entire visual guideline and specifications were mentioned; essentially a central library for all the UI-related specs and reference.
- Designed a user interface with a custom color palette, typography guidelines, and a custom set of icons.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Mobile App Design, Web Design, UX Design, Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Figma, Design Systems, User Interface (UI), Design Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, User Journey Maps, User Stories
Other Experience
Education
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science
Savitribai Phule Pune University - Pune, India
Skills
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision, Marvel App, InVision App
Platforms
Figma, Windows, OS X
Other
UI Design, UX Design, Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Design Systems, User Interface (UI), Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Design Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, User Journey Maps, User Stories, Mobile App Design, Web Design, Design Engineering
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