Resume
Last updated Feb 2024
Gyan Lakhwani
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Education
- M.Des. Interaction Design
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, June 2020 - B.Tech. Information Technology
MAIT, IP University Delhi, June 2018
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.