Nidhi Palan
UI/UX Designer and Researcher
San Diego, CA, USA
6506600590
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I am a creative and motivated UI/UX designer specializing in user research and product design. As a designer, I love crafting aesthetically appealing, simplistic and user-friendly designs. My work experience as a product designer and research assistant has helped me to sharpen my design skills and gain practical knowledge of working with waterfall and agile development teams.
I share an unbiased passion for design and technology which drives me to create intuitive and innovative designs.
I share an unbiased passion for design and technology which drives me to create intuitive and innovative designs.
Work Experience
Center For Accessibility And Inclusion Research Lab
Research Assistant
• In the research, the effective methods of teaching accessibility are studied.
• As a researcher, conducted surveys, performed quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and created research reports.
• Categorized and coded qualitative data with the help of NVivo.
• As a researcher, conducted surveys, performed quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and created research reports.
• Categorized and coded qualitative data with the help of NVivo.
October 2016
- Present
Rochester, New York, United States
Infosys
Test Engineer
• Assisted the testing team to provide test data for a client’s online banking website
• Built and deployed macros for automatic fetching of the data, which reduced the turnaround time.
• Organized daily meetings with the client for requirement gathering, status updates, and feedbacks.
• During my tenure, shared knowledge and trained newcomers to increase the productivity of the team.
• Built and deployed macros for automatic fetching of the data, which reduced the turnaround time.
• Organized daily meetings with the client for requirement gathering, status updates, and feedbacks.
• During my tenure, shared knowledge and trained newcomers to increase the productivity of the team.
May 2013
- December 2015
Pune, India
Vela Arts And Creation
Product Designer
• Designed decorative LED products using CorelDraw, ArtCam and SolidWorks on laser cutting machine and CNC machine
September 2012
- April 2013
Mumbai, India
Design Incubator R&D Labs
Project Executive
• Worked on inception phases of developing online travel portal which involved contextual inquiry, wire framing, navigation design and rapid visual prototyping.
May 2012
- August 2012
Pune, India
ANSYS
User Experience Designer Intern
September 2017
- December 2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Hewlett-Packard
User Experience Researcher
January 2018
- Present
San Diego, California, United States
Education
Rochester Institute Of Technology
MS in Human Computer Interaction
Found Human-Computer Interaction
Information & Interaction Design
Client Design and Development
Prototyping Wearable and Internet of Things Devices
Research Methods
Information Design
Introduction to Statistics
Information & Interaction Design
Client Design and Development
Prototyping Wearable and Internet of Things Devices
Research Methods
Information Design
Introduction to Statistics
January 2016
- Present
Rochester, New York, United States
Maharashtra State Board Of Technical Education
Diploma in Information Technology
May 2006
- May 2009
Mumbai, India
Skills
.NET,
Ajax,
ArtCam,
Basics,
C#,
CorelDraw,
CSS,
Data,
Data Visualization,
Experience Design,
Heuristic Evaluation,
HTML &,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Interviewing,
InVision,
JavaScript,
Jquery,
NVivo,
Personas And Scenarios,
Prototyping,
Sketch,
Sketching,
Storyboarding,
Surveying,
Task Flow,
Usability Testing,
Visual,
Wireframing,