Alkesh S.
UX Designer & Researcher | Human-Computer Interaction | M.Des
2.6
Years of Experience
Education
jain deemedtobe university, visvesvaraya technological university, kendriya vidyalaya, air force school sulur
Companies
ajeenkya dy patil university, freelance, onething design studio, onsurity, ministry of women child development, google, fiverr, exodia iit mandi
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Experience
2024 - Present
ajeenkya dy patil university
Educator (Assistant Professor, Researcher)
Department: School of Design. Handling user experience, human-computer interaction, and user interface design. Also exploring other areas such as research publications, design events, etc.
2023 - 2024
freelance
UX Designer
Working on projects, and design tools. Networking & Industry Engagement I had the opportunity to attend various design events, and conferences, that enriched my knowledge and kept me abreast of the latest trends in UX design. 1. SAP Design Summit'23 2. Salesforce Design, Design Day'23 3. Nasscom, Design & Engineering Summit'23 4. Cisco Design, Blueprint'24 5. Jain University, Design Event'23
2023 - 2023
onething design studio
UX Designer
We are a global UI UX design company offering innovative experience design services to bring in rapid conversions for businesses. I focused on crafting engaging and intuitive user experiences across multiple platforms, including mobile, tablet, and website. Over the course of my internship, I have had the privilege of working with several high-profile brands, such as boAt, Qubo, Videonetics, and Royal Enfield. • boAt (D2C Consumer Electronics) - I spearheaded a mobile re-design for the boAt crest app resulting in customer usage, retention, enhancing the app's usability and brand's digital presence. • Qubo (B2C, B2B Consumer Technology, Smart Indoor Devices) - Worked on Qubo Tablet design, Designed a user-friendly tablet interface for smart home. • Videonetics (B2B, SAAS Intelligent Video Analytics And Video Management Software) - Worked on redesigning Videonetics website and mobile interface, for simplicity, enhancing web and app usability, and giving fresh brand identity. • Royal Enfield (B2C Automotive) - Played a key role in the Royal Enfield website and mobile redesign.
2022 - 2022
onsurity
Product Designer
Onsurity (B2B2C) is India's only health tech company providing monthly, comprehensive employee healthcare to SMEs, MSMEs, startups, and growing businesses. Creating the future of accessible healthcare and employee benefits. During my tenure at Onsurity, I played a pivotal role in creating compelling user interfaces and interaction design experiences for the Android and Desktop dashboard platforms. • My responsibilities encompassed an array of design tasks, including designing digital health and insurance cards, doctor consultations, and feedback mechanisms. • Designed an end-to-end interaction and interface for auto payment and e-mandate module, resulting in a 15% reduction in average payment processing time, increased convenience, and greater user engagement. • Designed an end-to-end interaction and interface design from scratch for the claim+ doctor dashboard module. • Designed the loan draft journey from end to end for simplicity, usability, and scalability. • I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, UX researchers, developers, doctors, customer success teams, founders, and key account managers. • Throughout the design process, I was responsible for creating detailed design deliverables, such as card sorting, information architecture, user flows, application flows, low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes (for primary, secondary, and negative scenarios), interaction patterns, user interface design, and rapid prototyping.
2021 - 2021
ministry of women child development
UX Researcher
During my time at Bangalore North Anganwadi Centers, • I focused on understanding their system & ecosystem. • Anganwadi workers' (frontline staff who manage India’s child nutrition program) lifestyle, and the problems faced by them on a regular basis. • Their duties. • Probing into their interactions with government digital mobile applications, I unearthed invaluable insights into their motivations, needs, and the hurdles they encountered while navigating these tools. • Insights for re-designing the government digital mobile application - SNEHA a “Multi-Sectoral” solution.
2019 - 2019
google
Researcher
• Worked with Google India on the google pilot search project.
2018 - 2019
fiverr
UX Designer
During my time at Fiverr, worked for various freelance clients based out in India.
2018 - 2018
exodia iit mandi
Campus Ambassador
• As a campus ambassador, my role was to promote IIT Mandi Fest. • I have published all IIT mandi fest details (Exodia'18) on social media platforms. • I came in the top 3 positions all over India.
Experience
120 Skills
Adobe XD
Adobe XD
analytics
Android
architecture
Attention to Detail
Balsamiq
Business-to-Business (B2B)
Card Sorting
Collaboration
Customer Retention
Data Analysis
Data Analysis
Data Visualization
Design
Design Patterns
Design Strategy
Design Thinking
designer
Ecosystem Map
Ecosystem Map
Education
Ethnography
Ethnography
Figma
Figma (Software)
Formative Evaluation
Formative Evaluation
Heuristic Evaluation
Heuristic Evaluation
Human Computer Interaction
Human Interaction
Image Processing
Information Architecture
Information Architecture
Information Architecture
Information Design
Information Design
Interaction Design
Interaction Design
Interaction Design
Leadership
Leadership
Management
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Miro Collaboration Platform
Miro Collaboration Platform
Mobile
Mobile Web Design
Mockups
Open-Source Software
Paper Prototyping
Persona
Presentations
Problem Solving
Product Design
Product Design
Product Design
product designer
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
R
Rapid Prototyping
Raspberry Pi
Research
Research Scientist
SaaS
Salesforce
SAP
scalability
Search
Secondary Research
Secondary Research
strategy
Surveys
Task Analysis
Task Analysis
Taskflows
Teamwork
Typography
ui
UI Design
Usability
Usability
Usability Testing
User Experience
User Experience
User Experience (UX)
User Experience (UX)
User Experience (UX)
User Experience Design
User Experience Design (UED)
User Experience Design (UED)
User Experience Design (UED)
User Interaction
User Interaction
User Interface
User Interface Design
User Interface Design
User Interface Design
User Interviews
User Interviews
User Journeys
User Research
User-centered Design
User-centered Design
UX Research
UX Research
Visual Design
Visual Design
Web
Wireframing
Wireframing
Wireframing
Education
2020 - 2022
jain deemedtobe university
Masters of Design - M.Des
User Interaction and Experience Design (UIED)
2014 - 2018
visvesvaraya technological university
Bachelor of Engineering - B.E
Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
2001 - 2013
kendriya vidyalaya
Matriculation and Intermediate
PCMB
1999 - 2001
air force school sulur
