Gaurav Sharma

UX Designer, UI Designer

New Delhi, India

Work Experience

Saranite Technologies Llp

Co-Founder/Designer

We’re an independent digital product studio from India, in the business of creating unforgettable interactive experiences with people like you.

We work with startups and established companies to design and build digital products that deliver outstanding results. We create impactful digital experiences driven by insight, strategy, design, and technology to help clients succeed.

• Successfully redesigned the TUI India (World's largest travel company) website.
• Working with Spinny (used car buying platform in India) to increase their conversion rate by designing experiments based on qualitative/quantitative data and testing hypotheses.
April 2019 - Present Faridabad, India

Pretlist India Pvt. Ltd

Associate Director, User Experience and Design

Designed a smart radio that communicates offline and without carrier networks. It keeps people connected, no matter the situation. I also designed an Android as well as a Web app that works with radio.

Facilitated the company product vision by researching, sketching, prototyping and users testing experiences for digital/print products. Designed and deliver wireframes, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
February 2018 - April 2019 Noida, India

Pretlist India Pvt. Ltd

Principal, User Experience and Design

Designed a smart radio that communicates offline and without carrier networks. It keeps people connected, no matter the situation. I also designed an Android as well as a Web app that works with radio.

Facilitated the company product vision by researching, sketching, prototyping and users testing experiences for digital/print products. Designed and deliver wireframes, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
February 2017 - January 2018 Noida, India

InstaLively Livestreaming Pvt. Ltd

Lead UI/UX

(Acquired by Hike Messenger)

Working closely with the founders to creating the product called Pulse - a new go-to app for everything college or around you. Applied User-Centered Design strategies to define, model and design intuitive, functional application interfaces by working with the stakeholders and users. Conducted competitive analysis, user interviews, design interfaces, and user interaction flows for mobile devices.

I also created the InstaLively app — a mobile app that can directly live stream from any mobile phone. It seamlessly integrates with one's Youtube channel, thereby managing all the DRM (Digital Rights Management) and enabling video monetization.
January 2016 - January 2017 New Delhi, India

Pulse App

Lead UI/UX

(Acquired by Hike Messenger)

Pulse is a hyperlocal social networking app, centered around colleges. It utilizes the new-age UX and a full-screen visual experience to help consumers (primarily millennials) create & consume engaging localized content relevant to them, around them.
January 2016 - January 2017 New Delhi, India

Unicommerce ESolutions Pvt. Ltd.

Manager, Product Design

(Acquired by Snapdeal.com)

Responsible for designing the entire cloud-based order and inventory management software as well as an android app called Uniware - used by almost all the leading e-commerce companies in India. Some of the known customers are Snapdeal, Jabong, Myntra, Groupon, Lenskart, Zovi, Zoffio, Officeyes, etc.

Worked with different teams including developers, business analysts, business users, architects, and stakeholders to create overall user interface with complete consideration for architecture and performance. Develop Mobile Design Strategy and design the UI elements and user experience.
July 2014 - December 2015 India

Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd.

Manager, Creative Design

Responsible for successive redesign/Design, development and managing all phases of www.yatra.com and www.buzzintown.com websites with the main goal to bring the design and user experience to a new level.

Worked with marketing, direct response, design and development teams to support new products and campaigns on the web, from concept to execution.

Responsible for Project Planning and Research, UI development, all HTML production, CSS development, HTML/CSS troubleshooting, JavaScript support, cross-platform/browser quality assurance.
January 2012 - July 2014 India

Wortal Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Creative Designer

(Acquired by Yatra.com)
Managed & headed overall design as well as the front-end development of the portal buzzintown.com, one of India's largest events and entertainment portal. Instituted user-centered design principles and usability best practices across the entire project to ensure project consistency and success. Built buzzintown.com and various associated portals, some of which are listed below:

• www.buzzintown.com - No 1 site in India in Events space.
• deals.buzzintown.com - A portal focused on daily deals in Major Indian cities.
• jayhind.buzzintown.com - A video site hosting India’s first internet comedy show
• And various other vertical sites for Buzzintown

Participated in designing all types of print-media work like Brochures, Hoardings, Letterheads, Newspaper Ads, School Boards, Visiting Cards, e-Cards, and Calendars.

Handled the designing operations pertaining to Buzzintown bi-monthly newsletter, mailers & other marketing collaterals.

In January 2012, Buzzintown was acquired by Yatra.com, India's leading online travel company.
January 2008 - December 2011 India

Neoteric UK Ltd

Web Designer

Designed e-commerce websites and integrated them with their software called Neotericuk. Creates professional designs and layouts for promotional materials including direct advertisements, posters, signs, logos, and other visual layouts. Proficiently managed the creation of websites, landing pages, and microsites.

Design with standards-compliant code with an emphasis on browser compatibility, accessibility with newest trends which includes different mobile browsers and other necessary devices with flexibility in coding.
December 2005 - February 2007 India

Education

Sikkim Manipal University

Bachelor of Science

2004 - 2007 Faridabad, India

Arena Animation (Aptech)

2.5 years Diploma

Faridabad, India

Languages

English (Conversational),
Hindi (Native),

Skills

Art History, Design Thinking, Product Design, Typography, UI/UX, Usability,