Resume Mrinal Sharma 2011

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Education Nov 2008 Human Factors International Inc. (HFI) Course: Putting Research into Practice 2005-07 National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad (India) Postgraduation in Information and Digital Design, CGPA 8.20 2000-04 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi (India) Bachelors of Information Systems (BIS) with CPI 76.02% Career Highlights 2010 Associate Faculty at NID for “Design Concepts and Concerns” Course (with Prof. M.P. Ranjan) 2009 Visiting Associate Faculty for “Social Gaming” Course Awarded the “Going the Extra Mile” Award and the “Star Performing Team - AOL Japan” Award at AOL Inc. Jan-Apr 2007 SlideShare Inc. - Design Developer (Intern) Research, Conceptualization and Strategy for the design of social media framework for SlideShare.com - the world's largest community for sharing presentations. Subsequent design and development of social aspects such as Identity, Relationships, Groups, Conversations, Reputation and Sharing to transition SlideShare to a social platform. Feb 2008 AOL Inc. - User Interface Designer - Dec 2009 As UI Designer for AOL.com Experience Design Group, I was involved in the design of Web interfaces and interactions, Facebook applications, iPhone applications for AOL Money & Finance, AOL Music, AOL TV, Moviefone, Walletpop, StyleList, Pixcetera, Spinner and others. As UI Designer for AOL New Market Operations Group (AOL Japan, AOL India, AOL South-East Asia, AOL Australia and AOL China), I was required to drive the design process by creating design strategies and schedules, information architectures, user interfaces, interaction designs and evaluating visual designs. Jan 2010 Information Architect / User Experience Designer - Present Created Information Architecture (high-level blueprint) for National Institute of Design (NID) and Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) . Strategy, Structure and UX Design for for Guzool (Cloud-based Web solution), AudioKraft.com (community-centered music loops store) and Zoucal (Pharmaceutical and Medical Research organization) Experience Apr 2011 Attomic Labs - Innovation and Design Strategy Lead (Consultant) - Present As a lead for Guzool I have set-up a cross-organizational UX group called UX@Guzool responsible for Design, Content, Communications and Media work. I have also drafted and executed the design strategy for Guzool’s Guzool Touch-based Promotional App for Staples. Software Skills Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Flash Catalyst Microsoft Visio Axure RP Pro HTML / XHMTL CSS Design Roles Experience Architect Design Strategist Collaborator Conceptualizer Cross-pollinator Anthropologist Methodologies User-Centered Design Goal-Directed Design Scrum/Agile devlopment Extreme Programming Design Skills User Research Information Architecture Design Strategy Web Strategy Social Media Strategy Project Management User Interface Design Interaction Design Information Design Visual Design Communication Design Heuristic Evaluation Usability Evaluation Visualizations Social Software Design Cross-cultural Design User Testing iPhone/Android Apps Cognitive Ergonomics Branding/Identity Design Twitter mrinalsharma Facebook mrinal.sharma LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/mrinalsharma E-mail [email protected] Mobile +91 9911 2497 30 Portfolio behance.net/mrinal/frame Mrinal Sharma Information Architect + UX Designer Résumé “ Gain experience in architecting innovative designs for social, rich-media and enterprise applications in a user-centric design environment.”

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Education Nov 2008 Human Factors International Inc. (HFI) Course: Putting Research into Practice

2005-07 National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad (India) Postgraduation in Information and Digital Design, CGPA 8.20

2000-04 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi (India) Bachelors of Information Systems (BIS) with CPI 76.02%

Career Highlights 2010 Associate Faculty at NID for “Design Concepts and Concerns” Course (with Prof. M.P. Ranjan)

2009 Visiting Associate Faculty for “Social Gaming” Course

Awarded the “Going the Extra Mile” Award and the “Star Performing Team - AOL Japan” Award at AOL Inc.

Jan-Apr 2007 SlideShare Inc. - Design Developer (Intern) Research, Conceptualization and Strategy for the design of social media framework for SlideShare.com - the world's largest community for sharing presentations. Subsequent design and development of social aspects such as Identity, Relationships, Groups, Conversations, Reputation and Sharing to transition SlideShare to a social platform.

Feb 2008 AOL Inc. - User Interface Designer - Dec 2009 As UI Designer for AOL.com Experience Design Group, I was involved in the design of Web interfaces and interactions, Facebook applications, iPhone applications for AOL Money & Finance, AOL Music, AOL TV, Moviefone, Walletpop, StyleList, Pixcetera, Spinner and others.

As UI Designer for AOL New Market Operations Group (AOL Japan, AOL India, AOL South-East Asia, AOL Australia and AOL China), I was required to drive the design process by creating design strategies and schedules, information architectures, user interfaces, interaction designs and evaluating visual designs.

Jan 2010 Information Architect / User Experience Designer - Present Created Information Architecture (high-level blueprint) for National Institute of Design (NID) and Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD). Strategy, Structure and UX Design for for Guzool (Cloud-based Web solution), AudioKraft.com (community-centered music loops store) and Zoucal (Pharmaceutical and Medical Research organization)

Experience

Apr 2011 Attomic Labs - Innovation and Design Strategy Lead (Consultant) - Present As a lead for Guzool I have set-up a cross-organizational UX group called UX@Guzool responsible for Design, Content, Communications and Media work. I have also drafted and executed the design strategy for Guzool’s Guzool Touch-based Promotional App for Staples.

Software SkillsAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe Flash CatalystMicrosoft VisioAxure RP ProHTML / XHMTLCSS

Design RolesExperience ArchitectDesign StrategistCollaboratorConceptualizer

Cross-pollinatorAnthropologist

MethodologiesUser-Centered DesignGoal-Directed DesignScrum/Agile devlopmentExtreme Programming

Design SkillsUser ResearchInformation ArchitectureDesign StrategyWeb StrategySocial Media StrategyProject ManagementUser Interface DesignInteraction DesignInformation DesignVisual DesignCommunication DesignHeuristic EvaluationUsability EvaluationVisualizationsSocial Software DesignCross-cultural DesignUser TestingiPhone/Android AppsCognitive ErgonomicsBranding/Identity Design

Twitter mrinalsharma Facebook mrinal.sharma LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/mrinalsharma E-mail [email protected] Mobile +91 9911 2497 30 Portfolio behance.net/mrinal/frame

Mrinal Sharma Information Architect + UX DesignerRésumé

“ Gain experience in architecting innovative designs for social, rich-media and enterprise applications in a user-centric design environment.”