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Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since
October 9, 2018
Kumar is a seasoned web and UX/UI designer. Having worked for various industries and platforms (web, mobile, tab, etc.), he has led projects and teams through the key stages of the design process with his deep knowledge of design. His ability to understand business, research, ideate, strategize, and empathize with human behavior to solve complex design problems has initiated growth for products and delighted millions of users.
Work Experience
Senior User Experience Designer
2016 - 2018
GreyOrange Robotics
- Solved a complex design problem of a warehouse by automation using an amalgamation of bot and software, which used to be a manual operation at length.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams and global teams.
- Assisted developers in achieving the perfect design outcome.
- Conducted user research in several warehouses to study user behavior and working mental models.
- Designed dashboards and mobile partner tools to gain a higher success rate in solving problems.
Technologies: Principle, Zeplin, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Figma
Lead User Experience Designer
2016 - 2018
BYJUS - The Learning App
- Hired, mentored, and led a highly talented design team.
- Designed products for responsive websites, Android, iOS, and tablets.
- Awarded as the best app of the year in 2016 by Google Play awards.
- Managed the work in agile mode, streamlined the design process, and built a system for efficient and productive results.
Technologies: Principle, Zeplin, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
Assistant Manager | Design
2015 - 2016
Genpact
- Designed big-data web apps for high ticket clients like Disney, Mcdonalds, etc.
- Learned a lot about the data analytics industry.
- Worked on sentiment analysis dashboard to gage the sentiment of people of a product on social platforms.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop
Senior User Experience Designer
2015 - 2015
Capital Float
- Designed an Android and IOS app for investors to keep track of the money they have invested. Also, the vision was to make this app an online marketplace for lenders and borrowers in phase two. This helped lenders in finding prospects looking for investment and for borrowers to find investors to apply for investment.
- Designed an internal dashboard for the company to keep track of a borrowers loan application across their internal teams for checking and filling borrowers before they take final call for disbursal of loan.
- Designed user experience, user interface, and visual design.
- Worked on the company website to redesign the whole experience.
- Performed user research methods like user interviews to understand users psychology and their behaviour pattern which eventually helps in designing the experience better.
Technologies: Zeplin, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
Assistant Manager | Design
2014 - 2015
American Express
- Worked with across region clients and product managers.
- Worked on one of the best CMS for events i.e Cvent.
- Worked on HTML and CSS.
- Designed micro-sites for clients.
Technologies: Microsoft PowerPoint, CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Cvent
User Experience Designer
2011 - 2014
Infiniti Research
- Worked on the company website to redesign the whole experience.
- Designed an online B2B networking platform for companies to connect with each other and use their business network to grow their business.
- Designed an online B2B events platform on which users can see the list of B2B events and show their interest in joining them.
- Worked with their clients as well like Nokia on their app which was used by millions of users in India.
- Designed style guide for their B2B networking website.
- Gained expertise in HTML and CSS.
Technologies: WordPress, CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop
Education
2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Science Degree in Animation and Multimedia
Arena - MS University - Bangalore, India
Certifications
JULY 2021 - PRESENT
Leading Organisations and Change
MIT Sloan School of Management
JANUARY 2016 - PRESENT
User Experience Design Fundamentals
Udemy
MAY 2014 - PRESENT
User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability
Udemy