Ranjith kumar R

UX Enthusiast

Profile

Passionate about the life of an application, I love being vital player of a UX team, throughout the life cycle of the product / application, right from requirement gathering, through wire-framing / prototyping, to, being a preacher of web-standards and best-practices during implementation and deployment.

An ardent reader, a budding writer, a novice speaker and a passionate Internet-buff, I believe in the infinite possibilities of the wired world!

Skills

IA/Prototyping

Strategically frame the architecture of an app/website, by following standard guidelines and user research

Multimedia Design

A pixel-perfect multimedia designer, following the philosophy - 'Devil lies in details'

UI Development

Passionate handcrafter of compelling front end experiences, adhering to web-standards and implementing latest techniques

Technical

  • IA Fundamentals
  • Visio
  • Balsamiq
  • Axure
  • Accessibility Fundamentals
  • Usability Fundamentals
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Corel Draw
  • Adobe Flash
  • Macromedia Director
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Aftereffects
  • Adobe Encore
  • Adobe Audition
  • Web Standards
  • Cross Browser Compatibility
  • XHTML
  • HTML 5.0
  • Object oriented CSS
  • Javascript
  • jQuery
  • Mootools
  • Wordpress
  • CSS Frameworks

Experience (6 Years)

Infosys Technologies Ltd.

UI Lead

Jan 2009 - till date

Provide optimal UX solutions ranging from Wireframing/Prototyping/Visual Designing/Front-end Engineering, to a wide range of clients, the key being, the ability to adhere to standards in challenging timelines, and the implementation of best-practices and methodologies, giving importance to sustainability and scalability of the solution provided !

Sapient Corporation

Interactive Developer

August 2006 - Jan 2009

Front-end Engineer expert for project teams, with responsibility to regulate and guide the development team to adhere to web-standards, and provide optimal solutions regarding UI techniques, Frameworks and approaches to be followed.

Intersolutions Pvt Ltd

Member Support - Creative Design

August 2005 - August 2006

Work closely with the IA and dev team, to come up with intuitive and effective UI for applications, for both web and mobile media.

Ephron Technologies LLC

Web / Graphics Designer

Nov 2004 - July 2005

Designing visual design mockups for application UIs and creating standard-based working prototypes, by working closely with the Dev team and Business Analysts

Image Multimedia

Multimedia Designer

Feb 2004 - Nov 2004

Responsible for designing UIs for various medias like Web, TV, Kiosks and Print. Strong exposure in designing and developing interactive UIs using Adobe Flash, Director and hands-on experience in various video editing and post-productin tools like Adobe Premiere and Adobe Aftereffects.

Portfolio

Caperberry Restaurant

Corporate Website for Leading Hospitality business in Bangalore

Online (Jan 2010)

Conceptualisation, Visual Design, UI Development.
Technologies / Tools / Concepts used : Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, XML, PHP, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Flash AS2.0, Adobe Dreamweaver

Wisenic Data Services

Corporate Website, Logo for a web hosting company in US

Online (April 2009)

Logo Design, Conceptualisation, Visual Design, Content Strategy and Content Writing, UI Development.
Technologies / Tools / Concepts used : Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, XML, PHP, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver

Infocom UAE

Corporate Website, for an IT Services company in UAE

Online (September 2009)

Conceptualisation, Visual Design, Content Strategy and Content Writing, UI Development.
Technologies / Tools / Concepts used : Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver

Wise Travels

Corporate Website, for a transport company in India

Online (February 2009)

Conceptualisation, Visual Design, Content Strategy and Content Writing, UI Development.
Technologies / Tools / Concepts used : Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver

Education

VLB Janakiammal College of Arts & Science

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science

2000 - 2003

SDV English Medium Higher Secondary School

AISSCE (CBSE)

1998 - 2000

SDV English Medium Higher Secondary School

AISSE (CBSE)

1998

SDV English Medium Higher Secondary School

Primary & Secondary School (CBSE)

1986 - 1998

Ranjith kumar R — mysticpixels@gmail.com — (+91) - 9986660233