Hemanth P
- (773) 951-6851
- Hemanthpeddapalli@gmail.com
- linkedin.com/in/hemanth-peddapalli-650593175
Professional Summary
A Lead UI/UX Designer, Web Developer and Product Designer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in IT industry. Exposure to web design, front-end development, UX Design and client server applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Node JS, Bootstrap, WordPress, Adobe CS6, Eclipse, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop CC, InDesign and InVision. Developed sound UX concepts like creation of personas, storyboards, scenarios and user flows. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with passion for AR/VR technology.
- Solid understanding of aesthetic design.
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Familiar with Bootstrap, angular js and node js.
- Solid experience with Responsive Web Design (RWD) and building cross browser compatibility applications using HTML5 and CSS3.
- Good experience working on CSS Background, CSS Positioning, CSS Text, CSS Border, CSS, Margin, CSS Padding, CSS Table, Pseudo Classes, and Pseudo Elements.
- Proficient with design tools like Adobe Creative Suite(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Expert in building Wireframes, Sitemaps, Mockups, Prototypes, Storyboards using tools like (XD, Sketch InVision , Figma, Axure, Balsamiq)
- Worked on different browsers like Safari, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
- Understanding of ES5 and ES6 standards.
- Expertise in using source code control systems using GITHub.
- Solid understanding of Agile methodology.
- Familiar with Unit testing using Jasmine.
SKILL SET
- Adobe Technology:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Muse, Lightroom, Bridge, Adobe Audition, Adobe XD
- Code/ Languages:
Bootstrap JS, Angular JS, Node JS, jQuery, Polymer, Backbone, Socket
- Web Framework:
Bootstrap JS, Angular JS, Node JS, jQuery, Polymer, Backbone, Socket
- Design
Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, InDesign, After Effects
- Wireframe:
Justin mind, Sketch, Axure, Balsamiq Mockups, MockPlus
- Prototype:
InVision, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe XD, Keynote
- Other skills:
Autodesk Maya, Unity3D, Flash, Animate CC, MS-Office, GIT
- Communication:
Problem Solver, Creative, Visionary, Passionate, Intuitive, Leader,Team Player
- Interests:
UI/UX/ Product Design, UX of AR/VR
WORK EXPERIENCE
Product Designer | UX/UI Designer
L.A. Care – Los Angeles, CA
July 2023- Present
Responsibilities:
- Learn to partner with engineering, product management, research and other teams to develop and execute new products and features
- Refine your work through playful and rigorous iteration
- Jump in and help other designers, even when it might not be your project
- Lead product design on projects from inception to delivery on both web and mobile
- Build prototypes using tools such as Marvel, Framer, Pixate, etc
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to validate design solutions
- Interact with our awesome customers to gather needs/feedback and validate hypotheses
- Managed the design team and mentored junior designers to improve design quality and efficiency.
- Created wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups for a variety of web and mobile projects.
- Worked closely with clients to understand their needs and goals and translate them into effective design solutions.
- Expert in building wireframes, Site Maps, Mockups, Prototypes, Storyboards, taking care of whole product design throughout the release
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
Product Designer | UX/UI Designer
Vitosha. Inc – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2022 – June 2023
Responsibilities:
- Built a completely new web presence for a sports club. Performed under very tight deadlines to give standard look using modern techniques.
- Built a site from scratch using Bootstrap framework, HTML5,CSS3, jQuery and javaScript.
- Used animate.css to give animated look n feel for the site.
- Designed color palette and logo to reflect customer branding identity using illustrator.
- Using Semantics like <form>, <table>, and <article>.
- Designed the wire frame and Prototype(Low-Mid Fidelity) to provide user experience using Adobe XD, Balsamiq.
- Met the client to determine marketing and design vision, scopes of work, and budgets and deliverable timeframes.
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
Product Designer | UX/UI Designer
Kohl’s – Chicago, IL
Apr 2022 – Oct 2022
Responsibilities:
- Changed the static site and made it responsive using WordPress.
- Used WordPress themes and Plugins to make it more interactive.
- Taught students basic HTML, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office.
- Managed the audio-video library of school(E-library) using PHP and FileZilla Server.
- Fixed all the PCs, devices in the lab , updated them with antivirus, did networking and also technical support for the staffs.
Technical Environment:Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
Product Designer | UX/UI Designer
HSN– Banglore, India
Sep 2020 – Dec 2021
Responsibilities:
- Translate and help define product requirements into UX deliverables
- Collect appropriate research insights and product metrics
- Collaborate, work with constructive critiques and iterate on designs
- Maintain and develop our UX design system across TV, desktop and mobile
- Work closely with senior executives, software developers, product teams and other designers to prototype and launch new features and design improvements
- Create and maintain UX deliverables
- Ensure the user experience across all our products is consistent
- Establish, promote and defend design principles, UX paradigms and best practices
- Lead tax research and analysis efforts in the area of tax returns and electronic filing to support continuous improvement of Avalara Returns Excise
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
UI/UX Lead
Think Digital – Hyd, India
May 2019 – Aug 2020
Responsibilities:
- Understand and internalize the organization’s brand strategy and conceptualize ideas through creative visualizations that bond the end users and customers
- Internal web-based tools to mobilize our workforce
- Project management, scheduling, and resource allocation tools
- Work with Product, Marketing, Business and IS teams to obtain and understand business, functional and technical requirements
- Experience in tools such as Sketch, Balsamiq, OmniGraffle, Axure, Principle & Invision for creating wireframes, site maps, flow diagrams & interactive prototypes
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript & other web technologies, as well as their inherent strengths & weaknesses as they relate to user experience
- Needs to anticipate needs of multiple personas of platform users and proactively review existing platform elements, how they deliver against user needs, and make recommendations on how to improve them
- Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship for a team of UX Designers and developers; lead creative and holistic thinking across diverse product releases, platforms, and devices
- Execute the UX vision, along with a plan for evolutionary, iterative updates that actualize the larger vision over time
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
UI/UX Designer
Culture Machine – Mumbai, India
Apr 2018 – May 2019
Responsibilities:
- Gaining a deep understanding of Hootsuite’s business objectives, customers, product design, and competition
- A strong portfolio comprised of projects which demonstrate strategic, creative, and user centered design solutions to complex software problems
- Experience with responsive, cross-browser, and mobile app design on both Android and iOS
- Solid understanding of both Apple’s HIG and Material Design
- Able to test design ideas using CSS and Javascript, or prototyping software, as a way of building interactive proofs of concept
- Familiarity with agile, iterative design processes
- Experience with software design best practices
- Experience operating in a startup environment (ie. working autonomously, needing little direction, comfortable with ambiguity, etc.)
- Lead the development of the UX/UI strategy for Groupe Dynamite’s web and mobile initiatives
- Learnt to use the tools like photoshop and illustrator for graphic design.
- Learnt to make navigation bar, menu, header,footer and canvas drawing using HTML/ CSS.
- Designed wireframe and mockups using tools like Balsamiq.
- Used jQuery plugins for Drag-and-Drop, Widgets, Menus, User Interface and Forms.
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
UI/UX Designer
Freelancer– Hyderabad, India
Mar 2017 – Mar 2018
Responsibilities:
- Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just identifying root causes but evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues
- BFA or BS in User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Interaction Design or related degrees
- Experience including 5yrs of experience leading development teams and projects and a portfolio that demonstrates your work on commercialized products
- Define the design principles and strategies for the entire Data Analytics application capability
- Lead efforts to adapt and extend the company’s global English Language (EN) Enterprise website and related EN websites
- An imagination and creative talent that leads to not just exceptional designs and user experiences, but potentially leverages Symantec’s vast knowledge and technology infrastructure to create new and mind blowing apps
- Deep passion for design, product, and the customer experience
- Understanding of user centered design principles and practices, web standards, typography and color, and web usability standards
- Proficiency using different design tools such as, but not limited to, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Principle, Axure or similar prototyping tools
Technical Environment: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS, Backbone JS, jQuery, JavaScript, Illustrator, Photoshop, Balsamiq, JustinMind, Adobe XD, Figma
EDUCATION
Master’s in Information Sciences from Trine University, Indiana, 2023
Bachelor’s in Computer Science & Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh 2018
Reliance Education Design – UX/UI DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DEVELOPMENT