Rupa Shikotra
Experience Designer
Toolkit
UX/UI
Figma, Figjam, Miro, Sketch, XD
Other
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects
Education & training
Udemy courses (completed 2020-21)
Figma, Sketch, Premiere, XD
Adobe certified training (completed 2010)
Essentials and Advanced InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
BA (hons) Film (completed 2002)
Grade: Upper second. Dissertation 1st class and used as a point of reference by subsequent students.
GNVQ Media Production and Communications (completed 1999)
Grade: Distinction
A Level English Language (completed 1999)
Grade: A
City & Guilds Film Production (completed 1999)
Grade: Distinction
Employment
08/2022 - Present
UX Consultant, AND Digital
- Rapid prototyping / iterative design
- Workshop and ideation facilitation
- Persona building
- Accessibility WCAG 2.1
- Competitor Analysis
- Usability heuristics
- Card sorting
- Usability testing
- Site mapping
- Information Architecture
- Micro animations
- User stories
- Component library
- Design patterns
Skills flexed: Figma, Jira, Miro
04/2022 - 08/2022
UX/UI Designer (freelance)
- High fidelity wireframing and prototyping
- Low fidelity wireframing
Skills flexed: Figma
10/2021 - 04/2022
UX Designer, Touch Medical Media
- Product / UX design lead
- User behaviour research via Microsoft Clarity, Google Analytics
- User journey scenarios
- High fidelity wireframing and prototyping
- Low fidelity wireframing
- Design system
Skills flexed: Figma, Sketch
03/2021 - 10/2021
Senior Digital Designer, Touch Medical Media
- Social media assets design
- Email design
- Advertisements
Skills flexed: Sketch, XD, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, BeePro (email builder)
09/2019 - 03/2021
UX/UI Designer / Designer (freelance)
- Mobile first designs for a number of NHS websites
- User behaviour research via Hotjar
- Brand development
Skills flexed: XD, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CSS, HTML, Campaign Monitor (email builder)
03/2013 -09/2019
Graphic Designer, Ashe Group
- Digital lead for internal business processes
- Brand development
- Website redesigns (high fidelity wireframes)
- PDF form build for entire business (in excess of 200)
Skills flexed: XD, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CSS, HTML, Acrobat DC, MailChimp (email builder)
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