Hemanth Kumar Raju S Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Researching, consulting, analyzing, and evaluating products/project needs.• Develop User Experience (UX) roadmaps for client-facing products and projects. • Provide creative leadership by working closely with product teams to develop product strategy, use cases, and high-level requirements.• Mentoring and creating career development for UX / UI design team.• Serve as product/project team leader and focal point for all design deliverables and tasks: user scenarios, user task analysis, user goals, wireframes, visual designs, quick prototyping, UI specifications, and usability testing.• Responsible for on-time delivery and quality of all User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Impart day-to-day strategic design leadership that fosters a shared understanding of the intersection between user needs, technology requirements, and business goals.• Guide UX designers in presenting work to peers, development teams, and executive leadership for review and feedback.• Oversee the end-to-end design process and deliverable set to effectively conceptualize and communicate high-level design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors.• Introduce, develop, and ensure best design practices, and processes and communicate quality expectations organizationally.• Collaborate effectively with an agile, cross-disciplinary team to evaluate the feasibility of proposed designs and champion great UX in the face of technical constraints.• Providing post-implementation, maintenance, and enhancement support to product/project.

Bangalore

· Participate in user research activities inclusive of participatory design sessions. · Interpret business needs into effective UI parameters. · Define, develop, and review all user interfaces as well as usability requirements. · Ensure conceptualize and develop use-case and scenarios. · Solve complex design problems plus develop simple and elegant user interfaces for the next generation of applications for Clients.· Conduct usability studies of current client applications and report results to product teams. · Functional knowledge of user research including formal usability testing, user models, and application designs from initial conception to product release · Collect end-user requirements through collaborative discussions with clients and internal functional groups. · Develop innovative and easy-to-utilize design solutions addressing complex marketing, business, and user needs. · Collaborate with different senior stakeholders. · Help concepts as well as translate feature requirements in interaction and visual designs throughout various platforms. · Develop rapid behavioral prototypes, user flows, final design assets, hi-fidelity mock-ups, and lightweight design specifications. · Work closely with the development team and assist UI implementation efforts. · Ensure to evolve company Design Language as well as establish main design standards. · Mentor and manage junior UXD team members. · Involve and contribute to new product features.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Work with the Leadership team to understand UX scope.• Manage UX deliverables & follow up with all stakeholders to achieve planned milestones.• Co-ordinate with PMG & other cross-functional teams on periodic status updates.• Work on all ZeOmega products.• Will ensure implementation of UX / UI design process.• Conduct periodical UX reviews with SMEs.• Plan and estimate the UX scope, level of effort, and scheduling.• Work with the customer to identify the user journeys, and participate in the storyboarding exercising. Function with clients/customers to evaluate UI designs• Knowledge of user research including formal usability testing, user models, and application designs from initial conception to product release.• Conceptualize and propose a new strategic design to address clients/customers requirements.• Deliver high-quality interfaces by applying proven design principles obtained from experience, industry convention, and scientific research.• Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of assigned User Experience design deliverables. • Provide training and mentorship to other fellow designers in UX Team.

Chennai

• Interacting with Product owners / SME’s from UK to gather the UI design requirements for products.• Institute user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices across all projects to ensure consistency and success. • Define and estimate the UE scope, level of effort, and scheduling.• Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of assigned User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Manage and create all UE initiatives and deliverables: - User research, Scenario and Story board- Conceptualization and Product innovation- Interaction design and Information Architecture- Wireframe, POC and Hi-fidelity Prototype development- Usability testing, heuristic evaluation and UCD Process- Application visualization using RIA Tech and Innovations- Functional Document Validation and Change Request Management• Handling UX design issue management by producing intuitive design solutions.

Chennai

• Managing multiple projects, team management, planning and interacting with Client from US and Australia to gather the UI design requirements for projects.• Instituted user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices across all projects to ensure project consistency and success. Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of all User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Provide design innovation and leadership on projects for web and Product based applications, responsible for the user experience, information architecture, user interfaces and interactions working closely with stake holders, Analysts, and Developers. • Serve as project team leader and focal point for all design deliverables and tasks: Site maps, wireframes, visual designs, quick prototyping, user scenarios, user task analysis, user goals, UI specifications, and usability testing.• Conduct Usability Analysis, tracked usability issues, navigation analysis for several website and applications. • Work with the key stakeholders to evaluate current strategy and propose new strategic web initiatives.

• Interacting with Product owners / SME’s from UK, Germany and Australia to gather the UI design requirements for products.• Institute user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices across all projects to ensure consistency and success. • Define and estimate the UE scope, level of effort, and scheduling.• Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of assigned User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Manage and create all UE initiatives and deliverable: - User research, Scenario and Story board - Conceptualization and Product innovation - Interaction design and Information Architecture - Wireframe, POC and Hi-fidelity Prototype development - Usability testing, heuristic evaluation and UCD Process - Application visualization using RIA Tech and Innovations - Functional Document Validation and Change Request Management

• Drive and facilitate all design sessions and workshops with key stakeholders and customers from identifying business strategy and gathering requirements. • Set the vision and direction of the project/product team and propose new interface design initiatives based on the user needs.• Instituted user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices across all projects/products to ensure consistency and success. Responsible for the timely delivery and quality of all User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Provide design innovation on projects/products/web-based applications, responsible for the user experience, information architecture, user interfaces and interactions working closely with stake holders, Analysts, and Developers. • Serve as project team member and plays a focal point for all design deliverables and tasks: Site maps, wireframes, visual designs, quick prototyping, user scenarios, user task analysis, user goals, UI specifications, and usability testing. • Conduct Usability Analysis, tracked usability issues, navigation analysis for several website and applications. • Work with the key stakeholders to evaluate current strategy and propose new strategic new initiatives.

• Institute user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices across all projects to ensure consistency and success. • Define and estimate the UE scope, level of effort, and schedule resource needs for all projects. • Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of all User Experience deliverables from strategy to deployment. • Create and evolve UI Methodology and incorporate into the overall project approaches and methodology. Define the core user experience competencies and expertise requirements for all levels of UE staff for performance evaluations. • Mentor and lead user interface team members and perform staff performance evaluations.• Manage and create all UE initiatives and deliverables: Use case scenarios, process flows, information architecture, information design, interaction design, wire frames, page flows, branding, visual design schemes (screen mock-ups), proof-of-concepts, prototypes, usability testing and UI development and documentation. • Drive and facilitate all design sessions and workshops with key stakeholders and customers from identifying business strategy and gathering requirements to presenting visual designs. • Function in multiple roles as needed: UE Lead, Information Architect and Designer, Interaction Designer, Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, Visual Interface Design Lead, UI Developer.

• Handled company’s corporate branding and design guidelines.• Successfully executed of ATM's user interface design screens for various Domestic and International Banks..• Created effective and rich visual design for various banking projects / products with user centric design approach.• Involve in project effort and time estimation.• Work closely with research and development teams.• Creating product demos and collaterals for events and marketing team.• Preparing Corporate and Products presentations for Marketing and Top management.• Designed corporate web sites.

• Interact with clients for scripts and updation.• Planning project process and allocating staff resources.• Story board writing, creating mock-up screens and illustrations.• Following company’s corporate branding and design guidelines.• Create Website and flash animations as per client’s requirements.• Preparing corporate presentations.• Coordinating among team members for quality and timely delivery.• Reporting to Manager on status and deliverable.• Handling 5 mid level graphic designers.

• Interact with project manager for design strategy and requirement.• Creating web page designs.• Create flash / gif animations.• Preparing corporate presentations.• Reporting to project manager on status and deliverable.

• Collecting information from reporting manager for design.• Weekly newspaper design articles for kids. (The Hindu – Young World)• Designing cover page and comic stories with cartoon characters for kids (Karadi tales).• Create flash / gif animations.• Design product packaging.• Printing pre-press co-ordination.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Psychology

Certified Trained Usability Analyst

1. User-Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design. 2. The Science and Art of Effective Web and Application Design. 3. Practical Usability.

B.A, Economics