Soumitra Mishra

Soumitra mishra

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Digital Product Designer and Strategist | User Experience Design | Nagarro

  • Education

    • Ombbs residential college, berhampur

      2009 - 2011
      Intermediate science
    • Gopabandhu high school,polasara

      2008 - 2009
      10th matriculation a

      Activities and Societies: eco-club

    • Biju patnaik university of technology, odisha

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of technology - btech computer science and engineering

      Activities and Societies: PULCE Club, Aakash Tech-Man Fest

  • Experience

    • Apploitte

      Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

      Create a road map of the product. Outline the end-to-end vision of the product, particulars on achieving the product strategy and the big picture context in terms of what the product will become. And to create intuitive, platform-neutral, user-centered experiences.As a UX Consultant, I am responsible for crafting and delivering extraordinary experiences to our customers. I have a well-articulated design philosophy and act as a leader in the creative process. I work with product to implement, revise & improve UX methodologies and personally take & deliver complex & critical projects. I advocate the UX approach in other departments of the company and be able to help train and mentor the team. I have excellent visual/verbal communication skills with a demonstrated strong creative vision for organizing interactive information systems. Show less I specialize in making complex interfaces approachable. As a Creative designer, I drive features and UI from concept to release. I wireframe layout, design user flows, specify interactions and error conditions, and contribute to visual design.Role & Responsibilities:• Gather user requirements through user research, user interviews, brainstorming sessions, design workshops and/or focus groups with client stakeholders and end-users.• Participate in the cross-disciplinary team to do contextual inquiries at customer premises, collaborate with UX researches who conduct field research, ethnographic studies and benchmarking studies, if required.• Define user profiles, document key task flows, and scenarios and create personas to help focus and guide the user interface design process.• Define information architecture and navigation model for the project; using techniques like card sorting and reverse card sorting wherever necessary.• Documenting functional aspects, interactions, and experiences through deliverables like sketches, wireframes and design annotations.• Subject early-stage designs to usability testing or expert review.• Work with graphic designers to translate the low fidelity wireframes into exciting and compelling visual designs.• Act as the user advocate during the development process, offering implementation suggestions from a user-perspective and ensuring adherence to best practices and standards in user interface design.• Communicate, specify and describe their designs and its rationale unambiguously to researchers, developers, testers, project stakeholders, senior leadership and other designers through theories and methods backed up by user research and best practices. Show less

      • UX Strategist and Consultant

        Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
      • Product Designer

        Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
    • Intelenet global services

      Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
      Analyst (it and ux program)

      Client: Google India, Gurgaon (Haryana)Functional knowledge of Online Shopping (Google Shopping)Roles & Responsibilities (in Moka Curation) :• Recognizing data patterns, quantify potential issues and identify solutions. Ability to standardize, harmonize, clean, prepare and use data for developing data sets, reporting and analysis.• Verify classification of products classified by Associates.• Monitor changes in category definitions and description and check for any sort of deficiencies or discrepancies.• Participate in writing data cleansing specs, identify root causes for dirty data, and facilitate negotiations between various constituent groups to develop and implement solutions to remediate any data concerns.• Identify errors in the products classified by the associates.• Classify the errors on the basis of their origin.• Escalate category related bugs to the taxonomy team to build a comprehensive category definition.• Track all the product related metric changes in the ontology.• Suggest processes and ideas to improve product categorization and reduce or eliminate defects based on findings.• Raise flags whenever a discrepancy is found, which will further be diagnosed.• Documentation of team knowledge base and training material, and providing training to new resources to make them understand about present and upcoming tools. Trained new employees under Google Moka training process.Roles & Responsibility (in UX Program) :• Research and create understanding of what makes user experiences intuitive, accessible, and magical.• Synthesize design and development, bringing Google's most innovative product concepts to life through UX design and front-end engineering.• Transform complex tasks into intuitive, accessible, and easy-to-use designs for everyone, from first-time users to experts.• Weave iconography, typography, color, space, and texture together to help our users successfully navigate our products. Show less

    • Acumeet technologies

      Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

      Create the road map of a product. Outline the end-to-end vision of the product, particulars on achieving the product strategy and the big picture context in terms of what the product will become. And to create intuitive, platform-neutral, user-centered experiences. Specialize in making complex interfaces approachable. As a UI/UX designer, I drive features and UI from concept to release. I wireframe layout, design user flows, specify interactions and error conditions, and contribute to visual design that convey narrative and offer clear calls to action.

      • Product Designer and Strategist

        Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
      • Senior UI/UX Designer

        Apr 2017 - Sept 2018
    • Bda technologies private limited

      Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
      Product strategist and designer

      Develop a product roadmap that outlines the comprehensive vision of the product, including the overarching product strategy, and the specific steps needed to achieve it. The roadmap should be designed to create intuitive, user-centered experiences that are platform-neutral.As a key member of the team, I am responsible for delivering exceptional experiences to our customers. I have a clearly defined design philosophy and act as a leader in the creative process. I collaborate closely with the product team to implement, refine, and enhance UX methodologies, and I personally oversee the delivery of complex and critical projects. I also promote the UX approach throughout the company, and provide guidance and training to the team as needed. With outstanding verbal and visual communication skills, I possess a strong creative vision for organizing interactive information systems. Show less

    • Nagarro

      Jul 2019 - now

      The Key Responsibilities for this role include:• User Experience Assessment: Conducting assessments of existing websites/properties and providing design recommendations based on usability and heuristics best practices.• Information Architecture & Workflows: Developing navigation models, primary and secondary navigation structures, and detailed sitemaps.• Wireframe Design & Clickable Prototype: Creating visual representations of the interactions between the user and the functional modules in the solution, and creating prototypes using various tools.• UI Design: Creating visuals for the application and defining the UI guidelines.• Design Synthesis: Discussing and defending the rationale for design decisions.• User Research/Testing: Observing user testing sessions, identifying and documenting meaningful patterns from the findings, and providing recommendations.• User Research Study Design & Planning: Supporting user experience research activities as specified by the research plan and creating logistical materials.• Session Moderation: Conducting simple interviews and usability tests based on prepared discussion guides.• Research Analysis: Capturing high-quality session notes and summarising session findings.• Pre-sales Support: Supporting account teams in design and documentation requirements for proposals and collaborating within the team to identify needed case studies.• Communication, Presentation, and Interpersonal Skills: Effectively communicating with project teams, articulating design decisions, and helping plan and execute client workshops.• Leadership and Personal Development: Being a team player, helping/guiding junior members, participating in training, and continuously upskilling.• Practice and Capability Development: Supporting internal team initiatives and spreading awareness about UX design within the organization. Show less As a UX Consultant at Nagarro, my primary responsibility is to create exceptional user experiences for our customers. In this role, I take the lead in the design process and work closely with the product team to implement, refine, and enhance UX methodologies.To accomplish this goal, I engage in a range of activities, including user research, user interviews, brainstorming sessions, design workshops, and focus groups with client stakeholders and end-users. I collaborate with UX researchers to conduct contextual inquiries at customer premises, field research, ethnographic studies, and benchmarking studies, as needed.To guide the user interface design process, I develop user profiles, document key task flows and scenarios, and create personas. I also define the information architecture and navigation model for the project using techniques like card sorting and reverse card sorting.Throughout the design process, I document functional aspects, interactions, and experiences using deliverables like sketches, wireframes, and design annotations. Early-stage designs are subjected to usability testing or expert review, and I work with graphic designers to translate low-fidelity wireframes into visually appealing designs.As the user advocate during the development process, I offer implementation suggestions from a user perspective and ensure adherence to best practices and standards in user interface design. I also communicate, specify, and describe designs and their rationale clearly and unambiguously to researchers, developers, testers, project stakeholders, senior leadership, and other designers using theories and methods supported by user research and best practices.Additionally, I advocate for the UX approach in other departments of the company and help train and mentor the team. Through my leadership and expertise, I ensure that Nagarro delivers extraordinary experiences to its customers. Show less As a UX Consultant at Nagarro, I am responsible for crafting and delivering extraordinary experiences to our customers. I have a well-articulated design philosophy and act as a leader in the creative process. I work with product to implement, revise & improve UX methodologies and personally take & deliver complex & critical projects. I advocate the UX approach in other departments of the company and help train and mentor the team. Responsibilities:• Gather user requirements through user research, user interviews, brainstorming sessions, design workshops and/or focus groups with client stakeholders and end-users.• Participate in the cross-disciplinary team to do contextual inquiries at customer premises, collaborate with UX researches who conduct field research, ethnographic studies and benchmarking studies, if required.• Define user profiles, document key task flows, and scenarios and create personas to help focus and guide the user interface design process.• Define information architecture and navigation model for the project; using techniques like card sorting and reverse card sorting wherever necessary.• Documenting functional aspects, interactions, and experiences through deliverables like sketches, wireframes and design annotations.• Subject early-stage designs to usability testing or expert review.• Work with graphic designers to translate the low fidelity wireframes into exciting and compelling visual designs.• Act as the user advocate during the development process, offering implementation suggestions from a user perspective and ensuring adherence to best practices and standards in user interface design.• Communicate, specify and describe their designs and its rationale unambiguously to researchers, developers, testers, project stakeholders, senior leadership and other designers through theories and methods backed up by user research and best practices. Show less

      • Staff Consultant - User Experience and Design

        Apr 2023 - now
      • Associate Staff Consultant - User Experience and Design

        Jan 2021 - Mar 2023
      • Senior Analyst - User Experience and Design

        Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Gamification - how to create engaging user experiences

      The interaction design foundation
      Dec 2022
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    • Membership certificate

      The interaction design foundation
      Aug 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Human-computer interaction - hci

      The interaction design foundation
      Apr 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Design thinking: the ultimate guide

      The interaction design foundation
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Become a ux designer from scratch

      The interaction design foundation
      Apr 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Visual design: the ultimate guide

      The interaction design foundation
      Aug 2022
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    • Agile methods for ux design

      The interaction design foundation
      Oct 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Journey mapping

      The interaction design foundation
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • User experience: the beginner’s guide

      The interaction design foundation
      Mar 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Conducting usability testing

      The interaction design foundation
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Soumitra Mishra
      Selfie Award Acumeet Technologies May 2017 This award is for the creative approach in promoting the "Make Me Proud" brand and grabbing the maximum likes on social media post among the rest of the team.
    • Awarded to Soumitra Mishra
      Markup Winner Aakash Techfest Mar 2015
    • Awarded to Soumitra Mishra
      ShotCut Winner Aakash Techfest Mar 2015
    • Awarded to Soumitra Mishra
      ShotCut Winner Aakash Techfest Mar 2013
    • Awarded to Soumitra Mishra
      Photography Award International Students Meet - National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Feb 2013
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Make Me Proud on Apr 2017
      Make Me ProudAssociated with Soumitra Mishra
    • Techfest Coordinator

      Issued by Vignan Institute of Technology and Management (VITAM), Brahmapur on Mar 2013
      Vignan Institute of Technology and Management (VITAM), BrahmapurAssociated with Soumitra Mishra
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Gopabandhu High School, Polasara on Sept 2007
      Gopabandhu High School, PolasaraAssociated with Soumitra Mishra