Praveen Nair

User Experience Design Lead with close to 10 years experience in managing user experience design of interactive systems, with a good combination of creative ability and hands-on skills in Interaction Design, Visual Design and User Research.

Skills

--Experience and ability to manage, inspire and motivate team to reach design/business/product and user goals

--Experience working with many device displays - Desktop, Mobile, Tablet, Television

--Experience with rapid interactive product design and development

--Experience working in an agile development environment

--Good communication skills, including the ability to pitch and defend design decisions that meet agreed upon business goals, while being receptive to feedback and demonstrating flexibility

--Good understanding of interaction design principles and methodologies

--Strong concept development and graphic design ability

--Good understanding of composition, color, imagery, typography

--Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and inDesign

--Experience creating and working with site maps, user flows, wireframes, and other information design documents for web sites and online advertising

--Sound experience creating web graphics, animations, user interfaces, icons, color schemes, templates and layouts, ensuring standards and consistency

Certification: Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) from Human Factors International Ltd, India

Specialties: Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Direction, Creative Direction, Branding, User Centered Design, Information Visualization, Flash 2D Character Design and Animation, User Research