An alumnus of the premier design school of India, National Institute of Design (NID).
Design professional with over 12+ years of experience in enterprise, e-learning ,and e-commerce platforms. I am currently leading a design team at Carelon (An Anthem Company) in Bangalore - Formerly at SAP Labs & Cisco Systems
I am a people-oriented UX design leader specialising in interaction design & design research. I like to lead design practices that are backed by research data.
Finding ways to nurture empathy, create trust, and encourage collaboration to have a high-functioning team.
I believe in giving equal space to work, relationships, friendship, and hobbies, intending to have a balanced life.
Experience
2021, SEPT - Present
Carelon (An Anthem INC Company), Bangalore
Design Manager // Digital Tower
Leading a 28-member design team managing resources and skills set design best practices- design review, alignment with business and technology, performance evaluation.
2019, SEPT - 2021, SEPT
SAP LABS, Bangalore
Senior UX Specialist | S4HANA // Cloud Foundation
I joined SAP Labs to learn the complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) eco-system and use my design skills to enhance the customer experience.
2016, NOV - 2019 SEPT
CISCO SYSTEMS, Bangalore
Senior UX Designer | Reporting & Admin Application Owner
With the intention to learn and work in an enterprise application development environment with wider space to sit and think about the product ideas and practice design processes to refine products with key stakeholders before it goes for implementation, I joined Cisco Systems in 2016. It has been a phenomenal journey so far.
Key highlights- Usability testing with customers from Sydney and Adelaide
Design Talk on "Economy and Experience" in Napa Valley, California
Key Customers from USA, Australia, Europe and APJ
2015, OCT - 2016, OCT
QUIKR PVT. LTD, Bangalore
Senior UX Designer | Cars and Mobile-site Owner
With the belief that designers should have multi-disciplinary experience and approach to explore solutions for any given problems, I joined e-commerce B2C company to understand the eco-system and use my design skills to enhance the product experience.
2014, JAN - 2015, OCT
EDUTOR TECHNOLOGIES, Hyderabad
UX Designer | Design Owner for Mobile & Desktop Application
As a young designer from NID with a curious mind, I was in search of work that can shape my coming years. I decided to work with a budding talented team of Edutor Technologies. Designing for users who are mostly school going students was fun and a great learning experience.
Key Customers from Australia, Dubai, South Africa and India
2011 - 2013
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN | PG in Strategic Design Management
After working for 3 years in a leather goods company, I realized its time to widen my design knowledge and skills. NID was a remarkable eye-opening learning experience for me. Understanding Designers' responsibilities and the Importance of being empathic to users and see design as a process, not just as an artifact were the key takeaways.
2008 - 2011
EDCONS EXPORTS PVT. LTD, Kolkata | Manager
The 1st job always remains special for ones' career. My responsibilities were to use design aesthetics to scale-up leather goods. While managing 200 plus employees of the operation department, I got the opportunity to learn the soft-skills to manage and enhance my leadership skills.
2004-2008
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata
Getting into NIFT was like a dream come true for an aspiring young guy like me who wanted to convert my passion and interest for art into design.
Learned intricacies of design and product development
CONTACT
If you are looking to collaborate with
me or just want to say hi, you can
reach out to me.
write: mehra.chandrashekhar@gmail.com
call: +91-9000689408
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