UI ARCHITECT
UDAY HEGDE
15+ years of versatile experience in UX / Interaction Design and Visual Design. Creating engaging & usable experiences for wide range of physical products and software verticals including Product User Interface, e-Learning, Multimedia, e-Publishing and Web/ Desktop based applications.
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Responsibilities include creating the Information Architecture, Design Patterns, Wireframes, and establish Usability & User Experience Design process. Responsible for shaping of the product user interface and applications by coordinating with the technology components. Liaising with partners, requirement gathering, understanding end user to create meaningful experience for the product.
EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
Drawing and Painting Diploma
Government Fine Arts College, Dharwad (India)
May 1999. (1 year)
Art Masters Diploma
Government Fine Arts College, Dharwad (India)
May 1998. (5 years)
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) - 2017
Human Factors International
UX Certified (UXC) - 2019
Nielsen Norman Group
SKILLS
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Interface design
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Prototyping
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Storyboards
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Information Architecture
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Task Flows
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Usability Testing
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Visual Design
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Icon Design
TOOLS
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Photoshop
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Illustrator
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Axure
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Visio
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Adobe Animator
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InDesign
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Dreamweaver
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HTML & CSS
PORTFOLIO
MY LATEST WORK. SEE MORE >
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 - Present
HP Inc. (Singapore)
2006 - 2009
Hewlett Packard India
UI Architect
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Collect information from multiple sources, including usability studies and customer feedback to develop the UI architecture and design solutions for the HP inkjet printers. Formulate data-driven design decisions, establishing hypotheses to feed user testing and research inquiry in order to validate design decisions
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Define and promote design patterns, guidelines, best practices and standards for the printer UI
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Partner with different teams that include Product Management, Marketing, Development, and QE to arrive at requirements, user needs, and design feasibility for the product
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Collaborate with product management and engineering team to define and implement the design
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Produce wireframes, interaction diagrams, sketches, storyboards, workflows and interactive prototypes to describe design solutions for the inkjet printers
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Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
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Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
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Provide guidance and mentoring to the junior design team members
2004-2006
Impelsys India Pvt. Ltd.,
Lead Interaction Designer
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Led the creative team, responsible for project and resource planning and guiding the team members
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Responsible for designing the application designs (desktop) and website design specific to publishing and educational domains. Including all Flash, Audio, Video or DHTML that may be incorporated on websites and the desktop applications
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Responsible for creating the rich icon graphics for the applications including conducting usability tests, concept development and storyboards
2001-2003
Questech India Limited
Visual/Interaction Designer
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Responsible for designing the desktop business applications and consumer website designs
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Document user requirements, create storyboards, usage scenarios and participatory design iterations
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Responsible for creating the info graphics and rich high fidelity flash corporate presentations
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Involved in designing company brochures, handouts, flyers and marketing posters
2003-2004
Infolink Pvt. Ltd
Senior Web/Interaction Designer
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Responsible for designing the websites. Work included information architecture, wireframes, visual design and development in Dreamweaver, using basic JavaScript and Flash
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Conceptualizing and creating information graphics
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Leading and creating design explorations and prototype designs
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Working closely with the creative lead on project and resource planning
2000-2001
Phoenix Global Solutions
Animator
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Responsible for creating the rich 2D flash animations for e - Learning and Educational based CD’s
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Created illustrations and story boards for several educational based projects
CONTACT
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Tel: +65 97833662
