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Kartik Rao

User Experience Designer
kartikrao31@gmail.com
I am a user advocate focused on delivering strategic and meaningful user experiences.
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Work Experience

Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing

Graduate Research Assistant (UX Design)
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Aug 2017 - Current

Designing and testing prototypes of the new technology, called Power to the Patient, the team led by Richard J. Holden.

Google

User Experience Research Intern
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May 2017 - Aug 2017

Conducted independent qualitative research to launch new IA and navigation structure for the clinical study watch used in collecting health data from the users. Created multiple mock-ups to conduct quick cognitive walkthroughs and heuristic evaluations individually and with Verily UX team. Designed and conducted in-person user studies to gauge the usability of the newly designed clinical study watch. Made concrete, data-driven recommendations for change based on findings from research. Communicate with interaction designers, industrial designers, engineers, and product managers throughout the user-centered design process.

Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing

Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2016 - May 2017

As a Graduate Research Assistant for this project, I studied how older adults use technology to keep up with health record and medication management. I lead UX Research and Interaction Design for Dr. Aqueasha Martin-Hammond and her team in Designing a Mobile Multimodal Personal Health Record for Older Adults. Responsibilities: - Conducting user research to find parameters involved in driving different adaptive user-focused needs for the voice-driven interface. - Create wireframes, storyboards, paper mockups, and prototypes for a multimodal mobile application. - Designing User Interface for desktop and mobile (smartphones & tablet) devices.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd

UX Designer
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Dec 2013 - Jun 2016

Collaborated with development teams and delivered design solutions following an Agile methodology, with a special attention to the end-user perception which helped to keep customers and employer happy with my work. • Led the design project for Nets Ecommerce and received client appreciation for design after successfully achieving 15.19% increase in mobile/tablet conversion rate. • Performed Usability study for BB&T bank and re-designed their website mock up single handedly. • Delivered User Interface screens for Citi US Regulatory Report Insights product from offshore as a single resource on front-end side. • Worked in a team environment collaborating with developers, testers, and managers using Agile development methodologies. Responsible for all aspects of UX and Interaction Design process which include User Research, Heuristic Evaluation, Personas, Wireframing, Visual UI Design, Interactive prototypes using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi Mockups, and User Testing.

UI/UX Designer
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Jan 2011 - Jun 2013

Designed and developed overall concepts for new product features, and contribute to leading the way towards a consistent and unified user experience. Researched, implemented, and helped drive innovative UX solutions for various products. My role was to figure out what is going to make a product successful and then work with designers, engineers, stakeholders and others to define a design that will accomplish those goals. Conducted workshops on building web applications where I trained more than 1050 engineering college students and received an A+ satisfaction rating from students.

Education

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Master’s Degree, Human Computer Interaction, 2016 - June 2018 University of Pune Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 2010 - 2013 Mumbai Educational Trust, MET League of Colleges Diploma, Information Technology, 2007 - 2010 Kartik Rao UX Research Intern at Google | M.S in Human Computer Interaction at IUPUI kartikrao31@gmail.com

Master of Science
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2016 - 2018

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Master’s Degree, Human Computer Interaction, 2016 - June 2018 University of Pune Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 2010 - 2013 Mumbai Educational Trust, MET League of Colleges Diploma, Information Technology, 2007 - 2010 Kartik Rao UX Research Intern at Google | M.S in Human Computer Interaction at IUPUI kartikrao31@gmail.com

2007 - 2010