Gyan Lakhwani

www.gyanl.com · hello@gyanl.com

Skills

  • UI Design: Sketch & Figma for mockups, Zeplin for handoffs, Principle for prototyping interactions, Invision for rapid prototyping.
  • UX Research: Quantitative and qualitative user research, Usability evaluation, User testing.
  • Web Design: HTML, CSS, Javascript.
  • Graphic Design: Illustrator for illustrations and graphics, InDesign for print and layouts.

Work Experience

Designer II at Microsoft
September 2022 - Present

Designer I at Microsoft
July 2020 - August 2022

UX Design Intern at Microsoft
June - August 2019

  • Conducted user interviews, created an AI powered prototype for Microsoft next-step prediction and suggestions for Microsoft To-do.

Designer at Foodcache
March 2017 - February 2018

  • Worked on branding and UI, created clickable prototypes, designed a landing page.

Designer at Indian Prime Minister’s Office App
June 2015 - August 2017

  • Part of a team designing an app with support for 10 languages, maintained the app with 400,000+ users.

Product Design Intern at Zomato
December 2016 - January 2017:

  • Conducted user research, streamlined data collection processes, redesigned an internal app.

Designer (Freelance) at Fitso
October - December 2017

  • Updated visual design, created mockups and a design system in Figma.

Designer (Freelance) at Billions in Change India
June 2016 - January 2017

  • Designed an online platform and social media presence.

Personal Projects

  • Plutonium Sans, April 2018: A playful sans serif typeface inspired by Futura.
  • Paisa.tech, August 2017: Designed a proposal for an improved Internet Banking system.
  • Faux, March 2017: Designed a chatbot + game to help fight fake news.

Community

  • Internship Coordinator, IDC, August 2018: Contacted companies and organized campus internship placements.
  • Organiser, Delhi Dribbble Meetup, March 2016: Organised a meetup for designers.
  • Moderator, HH Design, July 2015: Moderated a 17,000+ member design community on Facebook.