Shivangi Jain Mehra
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About
Shivangi Jain Mehra is a UX Designer with 3+years of experience in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Visual design. She has always focused on how users perceive, navigate and appreciate their environment - first physical, then natural, visual and now exploring a realm where these merge, as a User Experience Designer.
Her past work includes designing buildings, landscapes, books, brochures, web graphics, educational products, brand identity, marketing collaterals and more.
She is proficient in various prototyping, imaging and drawing software such as Axure, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Balsamiq, Visio, InVision, Flinto, OmniGraffle, Keynote, AutoCAD and SketchUp.
Shivangi is a system-thinker, creative, organized, detail-oriented and is able to work efficiently and professionally solo as well as in a team.
Her interests are travelling, observing different cultures, trying new cuisines and collecting unique playing card decks and wall clocks. -
Education
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UXDI User Experience DesignGeneral Assembly, San Francisco, CA2013 - 20138 week immersive UX design program for understanding and exploring User Research, Prototyping, Interaction & Interface Design, Design Communication & Documentation, Team Collaboration and Professional Design Skills.
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IN[LAND] Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of California, Berkeley2012 - 20126 week Summer program for exposure and orientation to processes and methods of graduate school and working towards architecture and landscape in the United States.
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B.Arch. ArchitectureSushant School of Art & Architecture2005 - 2010
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CBSE: High School Certificate, Secondary School Certificate Science with Economics (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, Economics)Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi1999 - 2005
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Experience
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Independent DesignerbluSquare DesignsOct 2011 - Present (13 years 1 month)www.blusquaredesigns.com
Freelance design assignments with various organizations under my brand imprint, bluSquare Designs, including Experience design, Web design, Print and Product design.
Alchemy Publishers
October 2011 – Present (2 years 2 months)
Conceptualizing, designing and preparing production quality book covers, jackets and layouts.
Managing and supervising work done by other designers for the publishing house.
Coordinating with authors to work from manuscript submission stage to agreements, production process, organizing the launch/events as well as promotions and marketing.
Managing online promotions and marketing.
Jennard Galleries
May 2013 – Present (7 months)
Content Writing for Brochures, Whitepapers, Website
Graphics for Website, Brochures Presentations
Designing advertisements
Consulting for research, selection and defining of artwork relevant to clients
Consulting on art proposals to clients.
Bizgrass
March 2013 – September 2013 (7 months)
Brand Design, Website Graphics and Icons
Design Consulting
Kukucrate
May 2013 – August 2013 (4 months)
Designing posters, instruction leaflets, packaging for theme based, hands-on learning DIY projects for kids
Olacabs.com
March 2013 – May 2013 (3 months)
In-car branding for Ola Cabs: Designing space inside the cab to promote the brand and enhance the traveller’s experience. -
Architect (Landscape projects)JRA DesignNov 2012 - Jun 2013 (7 months)Working on design streamlining and construction drawings for a housing project by Unitech in Ambala, Punjab, India
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ArchitectBalan & Nambisan ArchitectsJan 2012 - Jun 2012 (5 months)Design proposals, Presentation drawings, 3d Modelling for presentation and design, Construction drawings, Coordinating with consultants and clients - for projects ranging from Residences, Group housing, Office space to Holiday homes.
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Architect (Landscape projects)JRA DesignSep 2010 - Jun 2011 (9 months)Landscape architecture, Architecture and Planning
Worked on presentations - including drawings, renders, 3d models, details etc.; municipal drawings, working drawings and construction details. Participated in client interactions and design processes in the design firm actively, alongwith the principal architects.
Some of the major projects undertaken: Mysore Palace Court Housing ; AIIMS, Jodhpur; Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum, Punjab for Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Archaeology & Museums; Jindals Office, Manesar etc. -
ArchitectBenjamin Benjamin & VatsJul 2007 - Nov 2010 (3 years 4 months)Established in 1983 by Retired Chief Architect of Central Public Works Department (CPWD, India), Benjamin Benjamin & Vats is an architectural firm based in New Delhi. The architectural projects handled by the firm include Constitutional, Judicial, Institutional, Residential and Religious Buildings. My internship and work with them included:
• Preparation of presentation drawings, municipal drawings
& working drawings;
• Designing from a conceptual stage;
• Conducting meetings with clients.
A few projects undertaken during my tenure with the company include: National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra; Chhatrasal Stadium, Delhi (For Commonwealth Games 2010), Rail Coach Factory Township, Indian Railways Limited, Lucknow etc. -
InternTrinity Design StudioJul 2008 - Jul 2008Presentation for a residential project in New Delhi
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Awards
2013 – Architectural thesis published by Scholars’ Press in Germany. Available on Amazon at goo.gl/P4LJQU
2012 – Certificate in Book Publishing Course organized by the National Book Trust, India
2012 – Awarded Distinction at University of California, Berkeley, for the IN[LAND] program
2011 – Earth Architecture Training, organized by Centre for Earth Architecture and Sustainable Integrated Development (C.E.A.S.I.D.), Bangalore.
2011 – ‘Bharat Mansinh Rana Gold Medal’ for outstanding performance in Architectural Thesis in the 5th Year of B.Arch.
2011 – ‘Shriya Anand Gold Medal’-Best Student in Architecture for all round academic and extra-curricular performance in the Session 2005-10
2011 – Recognized in ‘Charles Correa Gold Medal’, Juried Competition instituted by Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai (UDRI)
2010 – Recognized in ‘Awards for Excellence in Architectural Thesis’ organized by National Institute for Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA, Pune, Maharashtra, India) – Institute initiated by the Council of Architecture (COA, India). Thesis project published as a collection of 45 best projects from India.
2005-06,–2006-07, 2009-10 General Proficiency First Prize, in recognition of excellent academic performance, discipline and good conduct, in the 1st, 2nd and 5th Year of B.Arch. program
2007-08 – ‘J.R. Bhalla Gold Medal’ in recognition of all round academic performance and leadership in extra-curricular activities in 3rd Year of B.Arch. -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@shivangijainmehra, member since 2013
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