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Currently, a first-year master's student in Human-Computer Interaction at Indiana University Bloomington
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Product & User Experience Designer
Based in Bloomington, IN, a purpose-driven storyteller passionate about user-centered design and creating meaningful, user-friendly experiences that align with both user needs and business goals.
I'm Shantanu
Featured Project / UX Case Study
Buck - Consumer Neobanking
Elevating neobanking for millennials and Gen Zs, delivering an unparalleled banking experience.
User Research
UX Design Lifecycle
UI Design
Case Study
Capstone Project
Space - Fintech
Duration - 6 Months
Troly - System Design
Optimizing the shopping experience with a seamless checkout, saving time, simplifying choices & instant payments.
User Research
UX Design Lifecycle
UI Design
UX Case Study - System Design
Space - Retail Shopping
Duration - 1 Month
Researching Learning Opportunities
The project focuses on exploring educational prospects for the youth in the rural villages of India. Aimed to identify the gaps and provide hypothesis.
Work Showcase
Redesigning Car Infotainment System
This Human-Machine Interface UX and UI exercise identifies problems in the current interface and issues users face while interacting, redifnes the interface.
Secu-share - Home Security System
Feature specific UX activity focusing on secure sharing of the keys with friends and family using the Secu-share mobile application.
Product and UX Projects
Resume
Led and contributed to projects spanning Insurance, Pharma, Healthcare, and Cloud-based systems from inception to delivery. Restructured UX for a reinsurance app, improved healthcare app usability, led proposals, mentored 5+ junior designers, and won hackathons.
User Experience Designer
Cognizant, Pune, India | 2021 - 2023
Designed a business neobanking platform for Salt, enabling 350+ business onboarding and $35M+ transactions. Additionally, designed the website, mobile app, and simplified KYC+KYB onboarding for various entities and contributed to a Level 1 Generation Management System web app.
User Experience Designer Intern
Salt, Bangalore, India | 2021 - 2021
Designed a smart baby monitoring device to track a baby's development and facilitate data sharing among caregivers and healthcare providers. Also worked on Vlogger equipment, conducting ecosystem research, creating mockups, and conducting usability testing.
Product Design Intern
Teqzo Consulting, Bangalore, India
About me
Started my journey as a design learner back in 2017, where I did my Bachelors of Design in Industrial Design. Since then, I have interned with various product design studios, a neobanking startup and an IT multinational.
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Design Capabilities
• User Flows
• Sketching and Conceptualization
• Storyboarding
• Journey Mapping
• Information Architecture
• Card Sorting
• Wireframes and mockups
• Prototyping
• Visual Design (UI)
Research
• User Research
• User Stories
• Use Cases
• Competitive Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Persona & Evaluation
• Usability Testing
• A/B Testing
Tools
• Figma
• Sketch
• Invision
• Adobe XD
• Invison
• Framer
• Miro
• Balsamiq
• Keyshot
Collaboration
• Team and Cross-Functional Collab
• Flexible
• Storytelling
• User Centered Design
• Communicative
• Team Leadership.