Gururaja Basavaraj

UX Specialist

Bangalore, India
My passion is to tie the goals of both the client and end user together. I take pride and joy in figuring out how to balance the goals of each side through each stage of the design process. It is a true pleasure to transform complex ideas and design problems into seamless and beautiful digital products that resonate with people.

When I’m not solving design challenges, I thoroughly enjoy with my camera in hand.

Skills:
+ User Centered Design
+ User Research & Strategy
+ Information Architecture
+ User Testing
+ Prototyping
+ Wireframing
+ Design Studio
+ Project Management

Tools:
+ Sketch
+ Photoshop
+ HTML/CSS
+ Grid Framwork


Let's catchup, and make things that make sense together!

email: grafixguru123@gmail.com

Work Experience

Prysm Inc

UX/UI Specialist

- Providing visual artifacts and leading discussions for Agile user stories and grooming sessions
- Defining user flow maps, user journey documents and information architecture maps
- Advocating for a UCD process among developers, product teams, development managers and executive leadership
- Creating and maintaining an online style guide
- Creating and maintaining a dynamic/clickable HTML prototype library
- Storyboarding
- Wireframing (hi-fi and lo-fi)
- Whiteboarding and strategy sessions with developers/product owners
- Providing working HTML/CSS examples for developers
April 2014 - March 2018 Bangalore, India

Relecura

UX Architect

As a UX architect for Relecura, my focus is to help plan and execute our research for the redesign of the application. Some of my roles include but not are limited to:
- Designed complete patent Analyser application
- Interviewed users to understand their needs and translate them into design concepts
- Ideated using creative problem solving and design thinking methods
- Prototyped on paper and validating the design
August 2012 - April 2014 Bangalore, India

Cisco Systems

UX Lead

Working as a UX strategist on multiple projects.

- Suggest new approaches to complex functional & UI challenges considering best user experience standards, user testing feedback, client preferences and priorities.

- Multiple Review sessions, user testing sessions, problem / issue tracking for effective resolution of defects and continuous enhancements in the system.

- Effectively coordinating with technical team for producing flawless prototypes / mockups.This also includes suggestions in the area of screen visual design & layout considering industry best standards & design principles.

- Make Use Cases, Guidelines and Specification documents that effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
September 2010 - July 2012 Bangalore, India

Harman International Industries

Senior UI developer

Creative / Development:
• Create Photoshop screens with all requirements for new projects.
• A rapid development of demos for business feasibility and user flow.
• Creation of HTML / CSS structure for newly developed projects utilising CSS preprocessors for LESS development.
• Creation of custom document events that scale across the entire site for global actions & events.
• JQuery development for projects that utilise highly complex/multidimensional arrays or objects, JSON and output results while keeping rules and required standards.
• LESS Mixin() development for repetitive CSS usage and keeping classes clean and well managed.
• Sprite, SVG & Base64 image optimisations for high-level reusability and reducing requests to the server.
• Creation and maintenance of CSS media queries to target specific resolutions/devices
• Leading the team who are responsible for the wireframe, UI design and development
• Supervised teams of junior designers in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, maintaining superior client satisfaction levels and completing all projects on time and within budget.
May 2007 - September 2010 Bangalore, India

CSC

Senior Web Designer

HTML, CSS front end work for app pages and websites
• Designed sitemaps and mockups after client intake meetings
• Designed and developed landing pages and email blasts
• Graphic design for logos, headers, etc. for print and web projects
• Photo editing for print and web projects
• WordPress website, page and content development
• Uploaded files to live sites via FTP / FileZilla
• Pushed/Pulled work to/from Git/GitHub
• Created and posted ads, articles and photo collages to Facebook, Pinterest and Websites
• Content writing and designing graphics for SEO pages, WordPress blogs, etc.
• Worked on Object Oriented CSS, Reset CSS framework.
August 2005 - May 2007 Bangalore, India

ERiva Systems

Web/Graphic Designer

Worked as Web/Graphic Designer and responsibilities are:

- Visual design for the web and windows application
- Design and development of the website
- Analysing the existing website and providing detail report on the performance
- Analysing, understanding user requirement, detail out the spec based on the features
December 2003 - August 2005 Bangalore, India

Education

Jawaharlal National College Of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering

June 1997 - September 2001 Shimoga, India

Languages

English (Fluent),

Skills

+ Design Studio, + Design Studio, + HTML/CSS +, + HTML/CSS +, + Information, + Photoshop, + Photoshop, + Project Management, + Project Management, + Sketch, + Sketch, + User Centered, Architecture +, Design + User, Grid Framwork, Prototyping + Wireframing, Prototyping + Wireframing, Research & Strategy, Tools:, Tools:, User Testing +,

Certification

Certified Usability Analyst - CUA
from Human Factors International