Thaskeen Mohammed
UX Designer at Microsoft Hyderabad (Partner Resource)
Mobile: +91- 9849118276
email: thaskeen@gmail.com
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http://www.ui-d.com
Professional Summary:
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Having 11+ years of total experience in design, out of that 9+ years in UI Designing & UI Life Cycle
development process starting from requirement analysis, design, development, testing, implementation
and maintenance of User interface development for web and mobile application.
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Expert in Interaction design, Visual design for web, mobile, Windows Tablet application, and development
using HTML, CSS.
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Extensive experience in rapid translation of design and requirements documents into User Interface
Prototypes using a variety of tools and software’s
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Translate client’s business objectives into solid visual concepts
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Proficient in all industry-standard design tools
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Able to give and take direction as well as provide creative input and direction to team
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Accustomed to fast-paced environments and managing multiple projects with independent delivery
schedules
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Involved in a wide variety of business and professional creative services
Strengths:
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UCD Process
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Interaction Design
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Visual Design
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Wire framing, Prototyping and Creating Mockups
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Extensive experience in UI development for web and mobile applications
Skills:
Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Expression Blend, Dreamweaver, Eclipse, Corel Draw,
Balsamiq. MS office tools (Power Point, Word and Visio)
Front-end Technologies: XHTML, HTML5, CSS3.
Work Experience:
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Currently working as a UX Designer in Microsoft (Partner Resource), Hyderabad from Aprl 2014 to till date
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UX Consultant in Sonata Software Ltd., Hyderabad from July 2013 to Aprl 2014
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Worked as a UX Designer in Mojostreet Infomedia Services Pvt , Ltd., Hyderabad from September 2011
July 2013.( Same management of Indyarocks Media Services Pvt, Ltd)
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Worked as a UI Design Lead in Indyarocks Media Services Pvt, Ltd., Hyderabad from July 2007 to August
2011.
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Worked as Sr. Web / UI / Visual Designer at AXAYA Cybertech, Pvt, Ltd. Hyderabad. A Sister company of
Srijana Group from June 2004 to June 2007.
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Worked as Visual Designer at Bismark advertising Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad from March 2002 to June 2004.
Education:
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) short term course from IIT Bombay in July 2013.
Masters in Applied Arts (Visual Communication) from JNA&FAU College of Fine Arts - March 2011.
Bachelors in Applied Arts (Visual Communication) from JNTU College of Fine Arts - December 2001.
Projects Handled:
Outlook Traveller
It is an online travel magazine, it showcases the tourism information and info about the places of India.
Currently it is under development. This application is developing in DNN CMS (Dot Net Nuke).
Responsibilities:
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Visual design mockups for desktop and mobile devices
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Creating DNN skins & web parts
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Developed HTML pages
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Responsive design using CSS media queries
BEST Bus Information system – IIT Bombay
During HCI course we as a team taken this project
What we did:
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Contextual Inquiry
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Affinity Diagram
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Persona creating
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Scenarios
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Prototyping
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Heuristic evolution
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Visual design
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Application development (HTML CSS)
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User Testing
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Presentation
Mojostreet Infomedia Services
Mojostreet is a location based mobile application for smartphones, it allows users to checking into interesting
places and sharing locations with friends and family. User can discover amazing places of his/her interest
based on their needs. Mojostreet has a web and mobile version. The mobile app is available for
Android, Windows phone 7, iPhone and Blackberry users.
I involved in complete user centered design process from the perspective of business goals and end-user
needs. I involved in interaction design, navigation structure, design optimization, wireframes creation, UI
design and development, and UI integration support.
Responsibilities:
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Requirement gathering (form stakeholders)
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Competitor analysis and understanding
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Branding creation
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Conceptualization, Interaction Design & visualization
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Hands on creation of Low followed by Hi fidelity prototypes & Task Flows
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Creation of graphic user interface guidelines document (defining design and its standards) and
collaboration with the technical team towards adherence / implementation and development
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Estimation, planning and development of mobile applications
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Taken entire ownership of interface design for iPhone
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Windows phone 7 design & frontend development using Blend
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Android app design & frontend development using Android XML
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Designed the complete visual style guide for the mojo app
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Did user testing along with a professional from IDC, IIT Bombay (Riyaz Sheikh)
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Reviewing overall design and identifying areas of improvement for Information Architecture, Information
Design & Visual Design
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Designed promotional material (posters, standees, stickers and stationery)
Indyarocks (July 2007 – Sep 2011)
Indyarocks is a unique social networking community which provides users with the latest viral and social
networking tools. Additionally, Indyarocks offers interactive multi-media content to enrich the user experience
including Games, Blogs, Videos and Photos as well as user generated content and communities.
I was responsible for end to end design and development of this project. We achieved the user base of 5
million within 1.5 years. Later we sold it.
Responsibilities:
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Requirement gathering (from stakeholders)
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Branding creation
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Competitor analysis and understanding
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Conceptualization, Interaction Design & visualization
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Hands on creation of Low followed by Hi fidelity prototypes
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Creation of graphic user interface guidelines document (defining design and its standards) and
collaboration with the technical team towards adherence / implementation and development
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Estimation, planning and development of web applications from UI end
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Reviewing overall design and identifying areas of improvement for Information Architecture, Information
Design & Visual Design
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Designed promotional material and corporate presentations ( posters, stickers, stationery and PPTs )
Axaya Cybertech
Axaya was a consulting company, used to handle the projects around the globe. Specializing in designing
websites, development, hosting, SEO and online marketing.
Responsibilities:
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Visual design, interaction design and user interface best practices
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Developing XHTML/HTML & CSSS coding with W3 standards
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Designing UI for e-learning courses
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Branding creation
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A thorough review and UI testing for maintaining the design consistency across application before
delivery
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Created corporate web sites, portals and large-scale web applications
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Updated and maintained client websites on an ongoing basis
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Creating high level corporate poster designs for client visit, Agenda design & corporate branding
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Winning over many clients from larger companies, due to the extremely high standards of our creative
design work
Srijana Group
Srijana was a consulting company, used to handle the projects around the globe. Specializing in designing
effective websites, development, hosting and online marketing. I was responsible for redesigning the
Company website and brand identity, and producing corporate presentations.
Responsibilities:
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Creating high level corporate poster designs for client visit, Agenda design & corporate branding
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Creating designs for both print and web; working on a range of different clients producing work from
logos/branding & stationery
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Visual design, interaction design and user interface best practices
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Developing XHTML/HTML & CSS coding with W3 standards.
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Designing UI for e-learning courses.
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Meeting and corresponding with clients to determine client needs for company sites.
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A thorough review and UI testing for maintaining the design consistency across application before
delivery
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Created corporate web sites, portals and large-scale web applications.
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Updated and maintained client websites on an ongoing basis.
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Winning over many clients from larger companies, due to the extremely high standards of our creative
design work
Bismark Advertising Pvt Ltd.
Bismark is an advertising agency. My responsibilities include working with different clients producing work
from logos/branding, stationery, packaging design, menu boards/large format printing, brochures, folders,
direct mail.
Personal Profile
Marital Status
: Married.
Passport No.
: E7359260
Languages known
: English, Hindi, Urdu and Telugu.
Date of Birth
: 12th June, 1972.