Sharad Chauhan, Product Designer | UX/UI Consultant, Industrial Designer in Noida, India

About

Driving product innovation and design thinking at GAIA Digital Design, Delhi , NCR. My skills help key stakeholders realize their ideas into tangible products which would stand strong in the Indian context. I have here a strong support team with key expertise ranging from Product Development to Rapid Prototyping.

Overall Design Skillset:

Leadership, Creative Direction, User Experience Design , UX UI Specialist, Ideation, Team Building, Mentoring, Information Architecture, User Research, Heuristic evaluation, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Layout, Graphics, Cognitive walkthroughs, contextual inquiries, field studies, participatory design sessions, task analysis, user scenarios, storyboarding, card sorting, user interviews, surveys, prototyping, Industrial design, Rapid Sketching.

Education

Dehradun

Welham Boy's School
High School
Graduate Diploma in Product Design Product Design

Symbiosis Institute of Design

2004 - 2008
Graduate Diploma Product Design, Product Design

Symbiosis Institute of Design

2008

Experience

Co-Founder & Principal Designer

Gaia Digital Design

In sync with a brilliant team who believes in building ideas that stand true in the Indian landscape. Activity working in the hyperlocal space, e-commerce, dynamic dashboards, education and healthcare.
Lead Designer

Design Strategy and UX.

Smart TV at Samsung Design Delhi Working in the new domain of Smart TVs has been an exciting journey. My aim here is to enhance the user experience associated with the platform and apply my strong project planning skills, Understanding the need of the project i specifically decide the skill set and time for every phase. Working with external vendors and setting constant benchmarks for the team helps the team grow at an incredible pace and develop their own working methodologies Having a strong skill set helps me keep the project in a constant state of progress and keep the stakeholders well informed of the on going progress. Key Skills: Design Strategy, User
Lead Designer

Industrial Design and Strategy

at Samsung Design Delhi Driving Advance Design projects for Samsung India, Propelling Innovative ideas that can go intocurrent product line up as well fuel further design analyisis .Having developed core skills in Product Aesthetics and New product Innovation i was able to provide directions that were strong on brand language and philosophy as well as embracing user needs. Key Skills : Strategy, Project Planning, Product Design, Page 1 Product Conceptualization, Styling, Aesthetic Detailing User Research, Design Strategy, Consumer Electronics
Deputy Manager, Industrial Design

Whirlpool

Global Consumer Design Working at one of India's most we defined Industrial Design studio has been a very rewarding experience. Here i was mentored by some of the best in our industry, under their leadership i was able to develop my foundation in understanding the core of design, which was not just based on user but understanding the companies resources and what best we can do with them. My work at whirlpool was very well appreciated by the senior team and i was always encouraged to put my best foot forward. Here i also witnessed the design attitude the brings home awards such as Red Dot, IF and Good Design. Core Skills: Indusrial Design, Product Styling Product detailing, trend mapping
Interaction Design

3D

Design User Experience Rapid Prototyping Concept Design User Experience Design Concept Development User-centered Design Information Architecture User Research Graphic Design Creative Direction Product Development Wireframes Photoshop User Interface Design User Interface Illustrator Visual Design Heuristic Evaluation Layout
specialist, Visual Design

Design

Project Management Planning Vendor Management Concept Presentation Innovation specialist, Visual Design, Strong brand language understanding.

Awards

IF AWARD, RED DOT

Skills

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Sharad Chauhan

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)