Gururaja Basavaraj
UX Specialist
Bangalore, India
919886714156
be.net/grafixguru
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
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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
• 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.
• 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
- 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
from Human Factors International