Akshay Chauhan

Experience

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  NIIT Limited

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2011

  Internship Trainee

  • Created a solution in Retail Management as my Graduation Project.• Project planning and scoping, brainstorming, conceptualization, user architecture, wireframing, and development in .Net were all part of my process.

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  Ebagsfull.com

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Associate Designer

  • Designed website, landing pages and micro-sites. • Designed graphics for advertisements, social media creatives, marketing deck and emailers. • Designed branding merchandise.

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  Art & Life

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Founder

  Created a platform to bring together visual artists and art lovers.• Worked on the growth of the overall organisation. • Developed an online platform where artist can publish their art projects, connect for art events • Art lovers can join webinars, news, buy artifacts etc.• Conducted offline events like seminars, workshops, exhibitions and art fair with around 500 visual artists PAN India

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  Hashvash

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2019

  Co-Founder & Design Chief

  Onboarded, managed and delivered designs as my first eager beaver gig in a digital agency for brands like Reckitt Benckiser, Google, Eldermark, Hathway, Safran Morpho, and startups like MyMoboforce, Feministaa, etc. My role here included, but not limited to, UI/UX design front, campaign strategy and digital marketing. I managed projects from initial consultation through successful launch with ability to handle various projects at the same time and complete them by a given deadline. Headed design with team building and mentorship. Show less

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  Xebia

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

  Sr. Design Consultant

  • Executed UX practices and design for projects across different verticals for notable clients like MAF Carrefour, EY, Saxo Bank, MCB, etc. 1. MAF Carrefour: Worked & Managed Omni Channel products including the main site and app, several B2E and other B2C apps. 2. EY: Lead end-to-end design delivery. Solved highly complex and interlinked user problems in this domain. Performed extensive User research and strategised UX to identify existing pain points and design solutions for them. 3. Saxo Bank: Researched and Implemented the UX Methodology for enterprise product– Stakeholder and User Research, Design Ideation, UX Strategy, UX Review, User Interface Structure, Detailed and Visual Design, Usability Testing and Validation.4. Xebia: Design UI/UX for multiple internal apps.• Contributed to several RFPs and winning pitches. Helped create the design strategy for a few of these proposals. Created estimates and project roadmaps.• Managed the design team in multiple projects, collaborated, coached, mentored, and upskilled team members through classes and workshops. Show less

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  Adani Group

  Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

  Manager - UX

  • One of the founding members of the design team responsible for leading design function of Electricity and Realty verticals for Adani One (Adani’s Superapp) and delivered results that lent high business value• Grew and led UX team from 3→18 members with team dynamics, conflicts, escalations, mentoring, performance reviews, compensation, etc.• Responsible for handling project design estimates, and successfully delivered quality projects done by any team member

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  Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd.

  May 2022 - now

  Manager - UX

  • Leading OmniChannel experience design by putting in place design strategy, research plan, roadmap and project scope for Dominos Post Order projects: NextGen Order Tracking , Help Center, Smart Chat, Concern Management, Rider App and DMS etc. • Handling customer apps and Design systems for Popeyes Kiosk, Hong’s Kitchen and Dunkin’. • Closely collaborating with business, engineering, product, analytics, marketing, branding and HR teams to imbibe and evangelize the value of Design led culture • Managing and mentoring team, defining and implementing processes and taking care of professional growth of my team members Show less