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    Eduardo Garza

    Co-Propietario at Hold Marketing

    • Branding & Identity
    • Graphic Design
    • Marketing Design
    • Typography

    As a senior graphic designer, I’m responsible for conceptualizing and implementing designs in order to meet marketing strategies. We put together our specialized knowledge of methods and techniques of graphic design and layout to create successful campaigns. I’m also in charge of the continuous communication with the client to understand their needs and to take the right decisions.

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    Deepali Nayar

    Creative Director at Publicis Sapient

    • Art Direction
    • Creative Direction
    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    A creative designer with 15 years of experience, bringing designs to life through experience-based solutions. With a proven knowledge of creative direction, communication design, and user experience, I help provide a visual identity to creative strategy for any brand and translate those experiences into tangible user interface solutions. Collaborate with account executives to collate client requirements and motivate the team of art directors, illustrators, copywriters, etc. to help them use their talents effectively. I am responsible to inspire, lead, develop and growing creative business/projects/teams. Have gained immense exposure and learning from my global experience of working with clients and teams from Boston, Washington DC, New York, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong. Working with global giants and the world’s greatest brands and consumers across multiple touch points from print and digital has been part of my eventful and impactful journey. To name a few: Citibank, Citizens Bank, Lane Crawford, SingTel, Unilever, Lifebuoy, Huawei, Mahindra etc.

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    Edoardo Benedetto

    Head of Product Design at Oval

    • Design Thinking
    • Human Computer Interaction
    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience

    My focus is on putting the users at the center of the design by defining digital strategies to enhance the users’ experience. I have an obsession for beautiful design and pixel perfection. User Experience and Product Designer for one side and Product Manager for another side. My professional focus is on defining the digital strategy and designing with the users the experience of digital products and services. My skills are: • Product design. • Defining user experience of product. • Defining innovative digital solutions. • Studying and designing interaction solutions for different kinds of digital applications endeavoring to balance users’ needs with business goals and technological capabilities. I'm always looking for improving my professional profile, growing my skills and enhancing my job experience. I summarize my tasks with a bullet list: Design Strategy Methods: • Blueprint; • User Stories; • Personae; • Value Proposition; • Stakeholders Interviews; • Key Performance Indicators. Concepting Methods: • Brainstorming; • Moodboards; • Storyboards; • User Flow; • Task Analysis; • Taxonomies. Product Planning: • Heuristic Analysis; • Features Roadmap; • Use Cases and Scenarios; • Metrics Analysis. User Research & Validation Methods: • Quantitative Survey; • Usability Test; • Card Sorting; • A/B Test; • Accessibility Analysis. UI Design Methods: • Sketches; • Wireframes; • Prototypes; • Pattern Library. Product Design, experience design, ui design , Information architecture, web usability evaluation, web accessibility evaluation, UI/UX Designer, web design. Skills:: Axure, Omnigraffle, Balsamiq, UI/UX Design, Information Architect, Illustrator, fireworks, photoshop, Sketch, Affinity Designer, After Effect, Pixate, Invision, MarvelApp, Framer, Principle. Dev Skills: Web development, Html 5, Css2,Css3, javascript, jquery, coffeescript, sass, React.

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    Lydia Bradshaw

    UX/UI Designer at Sydney Trains

    • Graphic Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • Visual Design

    I'm Lydia, a Lead Product Designer with 10 years of industry experience. My qualifications include a Bachelor of Design Computing (Dean's List for Academic Excellence). My contribution spans all phases of the human-centered design process, from gathering and understanding user requirements, conducting user research, generating and testing user-centric design solutions, and working with high-performing teams to deliver world-class solutions. I have a thorough understanding of UX and UI design tools including Askable, UserZoom, Qualtrics, Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, and Protopic. I have gained the following experience in my professional career: - Management, Leadership, and Mentoring - UX strategy (user journeys, customer journey mapping, user scenarios, user research, user testing, research synthesis, and reporting, wireframing) - Workshop facilitation - User Interface Design (Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD) - Visual Design - Interaction Design - Android application design - iOS application design - Conversational Design (chatbot, voice assistant) - Windows and Mac OS X application design - Apple and Android TV application design - Prototyping for web, tablet, and mobile (ProtoPie, Principle, After Effects) - Prototyping for augmented reality - Animation and motion design (Adobe After Effects) - Agile scrum methodology - Kanban - HTML, CSS, jQuery - CMS such as Orchard and WordPress - Copywriting - Graphic design (graphics, logos, icons) - Print design (flyers, brochures, magazine adverts, posters) I have gained the following experience after having studied Design Computing at The University of Sydney: - Front end development inc. HTML/CSS/Jquery/Javascript - User Experience Design, Interaction Design, and User Interface Design - Adobe CC - FinalCut Pro - SQL/Postgresql - 3ds Max - Gephi and Processing for data visualization

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    Mike Caskey

    User Experience Manager at Caterpillar Inc

    • Design Leadership
    • Interaction Design
    • User Centered Design
    • User Experience

    Based in Denver Colorado with my wife and two teenage boys. At Pearson I ran design-based product exploration for new products and markets R&D teams, where I focused on accelerating learning loops via Design Sprints, product prototypes and experiments. Now UX volunteer at Design for Homelessness

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    Nicole Steinmetz

    Graphic Designer at Yin & Yang Social

    • Creative Direction
    • Graphic Design
    • Industrial Design
    • Portfolio Review

    Australian Graphic Designer turned Authorised Squarespace Website Designer & Trainer and Certified Webflow Web Developer. Working on Adobe CC Suite on macOS/iOS. “Taking your essence and expressing it online.”

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    Mohd Belal

    Lead Software Developer at Origin

    • Development

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate AWS Certified CSAA , Full Stack Web Development Mentoring and Architecture NodeJs, Angular / React, PHP, MongoDB, Mysql, IoT, Python I'm super passionate about clean code, mentorship as well as helping new engineers reach their full potential.

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    Alexander Vinokurov

    Senior User Experience Designer at Multimedia Nordic AS

    • Marketing Design
    • Mobile Development
    • User Interface
    • Web Design

    I am passionate about what I do. I follow my client’s vision and meet their exact needs in order to deliver that dream-come-true result. I enjoy bringing clients ideas to life. And I am a multidisciplinary designer that create designs that are functional, meaningful and beautiful.

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    Prakash Damodaran

    Principal UX Architect at Commscope Networks

    • Product Design
    • User Experience

    I‘m a Product designer/design mentor, leading a design team in India with over 18+ years of experience in conceptualizing and crafting digital products, helping businesses expand their capacity for impact 🚀 I specialize in web app interactions and native mobile app experiences. As a mentor, I help aspiring UX design students build a career they love by giving feedback and sharing my knowledge and passion for design, technology, and the field of education 🎓

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    Samuel Payne

    Head of Content at Google

    • Content Design
    • Design Leadership
    • User Experience

    I work on complex, cross product initiatives at Google. I work directly on product launches, but also run programs to support better design.

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    Mackenzie Wyatt

    Creative Director at Capgemini

    • AI (Artificial Intelligence)
    • Design Systems
    • Design Thinking
    • Graphic Design

    Hello! I am a Creative Director based out of Brooklyn, NY. My career in design has spanned across consulting & in-house product design at companies such as IBM, BCG, HBO Max and SiriusXM. I've worked across many industries, teams, and project types. She creates visually compelling & user-friendly experiences that strategically address customer pain points which contribute to tangible business outcomes. I thrive in the world of high-fidelity; and ensure my work work is always informed through research, best-practices, and data. Beyond digital product design, I enjoy helping others understand the value and importance of design through: teaching design thinking, mentoring, and using design to creatively problem solve. Happy to chat about: design systems, portfolio critiques, product design in house vs. consulting/agencies, or anything else design related that's on your mind! :)

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    Shashikant Zagade

    Creative Director at Mac18Digital

    • Branding & Identity
    • Creative Direction
    • Design Critique
    • Painting + Art

    With more than two decades of professional experience in advertising, branding, visual communication, and design education, I bring together creative strategy, cultural insight, and industry practice. My career spans leading agencies including JWT, Leo Burnett, MS&L Publicis Groupe, Everest, DaCunha Associates, Dyworks, Diadeis, and MAC Advertising (Dubai), where I developed brand identities and communication strategies for national and international brands. Throughout my career, I have contributed to award-winning campaigns, including the Guinness World Records 2006 project for the world's largest ice structure at MAC Advertising, Dubai. My work has also been recognized with the Silver Owl Award for Taj Mahal Tea, The Ad Club Madras Award for Rin Supreme (Best Media Innovation), and the runner-up award for the Sunsilk Cinderella Ban Jao campaign.

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    Rowland Brown

    Principal Product Designer at Meta

    • Career Advice
    • Design Process
    • Design Strategy
    • Design Systems

    Principle/Lead Product Designer with an eye for innovation and pixel perfection. I have spent my career as a creative designer working on a broad range of projects, including web, gaming, messaging, mobile, wearables, enterprise, and operating systems across a variety of technology platforms. Happy to help others navigate the design industries career path.

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    Adrian Carpintero

    UX Designer at Amazon

    • Portfolio Review
    • User Experience
    • User Interface
    • User Testing

    Originally from Argentina, I have lived in Spain for 4 years, and currently living in the US for the past 12 years. I live in the beautiful city of Austin TX, I feel that being exposed to different cultures has allowed me to have an open mind when it comes to design and allowed me to see different perspectives along the years from different designers. I'm always in the look of creating seamless experiences that benefit our users. With 10+ years as a designer I'm always open to continue learning and to listen to different points of view from fellow designers.

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    Natan Santolo

    Academic Advisory Board at CuriousCore

    • Career Advice
    • eCommerce
    • Product Design
    • Service Design

    I advocate for responsible, data-driven, and human-centered design. I am an expert in user experience design, and service design with a specific focus on elevating and managing high-performance, multidisciplinary, and distributed teams. I guide professionals and companies on design practice, specifically on service design, user research, design strategy, and innovation.

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    Kelli Johannessen

    UX Design Manager at Indeed.com

    • Graphic Design
    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    Former individual contributor turned manager. Day to day I oversee design on 6 projects and collaborate with three awesome designers. I'm on Indeed's Incubator team. My projects operate lean - brainstorming, designing, testing & launching MVPs in the course of a quarter to validate new ideas.

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    Nelli Grivko

    Sr. Product Designer at Intuitive

    • Illustration
    • Sketch
    • Typography
    • User Experience

    I am a product designer based in San Francisco, specializing in end-to-end product design, including user research, interaction design, and visual design. I create innovative products with a combination of design and business. During the past 6 years, I've been working as a senior interaction designer at Activision Blizzard, and Google and a Principal Product Designer in startups based in San Francisco. Prior to that, I led design teams specialized in web design, branding, and advertising in Europe. I am familiar with the work processes in corporations as well as startups.

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    Aseem Saini

    Design Research & Strategy Advisor at Early Stage Startups

    • Design Management
    • DesignOps
    • Ethnography
    • User Research

    I’m currently working as a Product & UX Researcher at BetterPlace where I drive all research activities in B2C across 3 pods (Jobs Marketplace, Social Community, Consumer Skilling) alongside building and systemizing design+research operations. I enjoy working at the intersection of Design, Data, Business & Technology and have deep interest in solving complex socio-technical problems. I believe good knowledge should be democratized and I feel immense joy when I'm able to help someone realise their full potential; this re-energises me and makes my life more meaningful and makes me more optimistic towards life-in-general. Like Mr. Jung used to say, "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed"

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    Tyron Yamaguchi

    Head of Product Design at BrightHire

    • Career Advice
    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Interaction Design

    I've been doing design for over 20 years, working across many industries. I enjoy giving back to the field that has defined my career.

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    Rudy Maroy

    Founder at KAOFI

    • Augmented Reality
    • Human Computer Interaction
    • User Experience
    • User Interface

    Hey there! I’m a Product UI/UX Designer who combines art and tech to create smooth, user-friendly experiences. I design the parts of tech you don’t always see, but definitely feel. My journey began with programming in C and C++, then moved into web design with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Learning about Human-Computer Interaction helped me understand how people naturally use digital products, guided by expert's Books like Steve Krug and Don Norman and more. Now, I’m exploring AI and VR/AR to keep improving the user experience. I’m here to offer mentorship, so feel free to connect if you'd like to learn more!

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    Anrick Bregman

    Founder at Studio ANRK

    • Animation
    • Art Direction
    • Creative Direction
    • Motion Design

    I have 15+ years of experience making award-winning creative digital and interactive experiences, both commissioned and self-initiated, working for many organizations and brands all over the world. I run an R&D lab making immersive games and films in Virtual and Augmented Reality. I am an award-winning director and creator, running an R&D studio to explore the future of spatial immersive entertainment by creating experiences built with virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, and machine learning. My mission is to explore new and emerging technologies and incorporate them into the interactive experience workflow. I have been working with virtual production processes for the greater part of two decades. Since 2014, I have focused exclusively on Virtual and Augmented Reality, often running world-class team teams, and creating the vision and ideal circumstances for that team to make a challenging, groundbreaking work happen.

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    Omidreza Askarian

    Senior Product Designer at SnappBox!

    • Design Systems
    • Design Thinking
    • Interaction Design
    • Product Design

    An ambitious, passionate, data-driven UX/Product Designer with extensive experience in interaction design, design systems, and user experience with an engineering perspective.

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    Poppy Reid

    Director of Product Design at Gravitee

    • Design Leadership
    • Design Management
    • Product Design
    • User Research

    I'm a Product & UX Designer currently based in Edinburgh. My top priority is making the most of the tools and team that I have and helping them all reach their true potential.

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    Mark Swaine

    Founder at UX Institute

    • Creative Direction
    • Information Architecture
    • Interaction Design
    • User Experience

    Mark Swaine, founder of ‘UX Guy’ and the ‘UX Institute’ is an international renowned UX, Design and Product Design Thought Leader, delivering exceptional product design and education for blue chip companies, growth stage companies, tech start-ups and VC’s. nternational Product and Design Leader with a proven track record (15+ years) working for and partnering with both B2B & B2C corporates, growth companies and startups. Customer focused and a strategic mindset with experience, developing and delivering product management strategies and processes. Confident stakeholder management and articulate communicator with the ability to present company vision internally and externally to the market (via thought leadership, podcasts, keynotes, articles & interviews). Sector Expertise: SaaS, Fintech, Travel, eCommerce, Logistics, Banking / Payments, Real Estate, Professional Services, Venture Capital, Insurance, MedTech and Energy. Key Skills: SaaS Product Leadership Product Strategy Product Roadmap Management UX / CX Leadership Design Thinking & Sprint Facilitation Customer Development / Research Usability Testing Customer Experience Mapping Design System Creation MVP / Prototype Creation (Static / Coded - Web App / Android / iOS) Automation Frameworks - (Algorithm Frameworks & Conversational Design) UX Agile Process Implementation Analytics / Data Modeling & Monetization Product On-Boarding & Retention Strategy Workshop Stakeholder Facilitation Competitor Benchmarking

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    Ishaanee Pandey

    Design Strategist at NA

    • Design Management
    • Design Strategy
    • Design Thinking
    • Entrepreneurship

    I am Ishaanee, an MS Strategic Design and Management student at Parsons School of Design, graduating in May, 2023. My legal and operational background emphasized storytelling, and motivated me to move to design research and strategy. As I study Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design today, I focus on qualitative research, to understand humans, organizations and the systems we live in, weaving varied stories each day. My professional background has included working with startups, non-profit, multinational innovation organizations, and educational institutions. Listen. Observe. Let’s bring Chaos to Structure.