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ashwin anandani designer . instructor . maker [email protected] http://ashportfolio.github.io Hong Kong b. a. economics Northwestern University aug 2007 - apr ‘11 cert. product design Siegel Institute of Design jan 2010 - apr ‘11 EDUCATION uto messenger bags An affordable-luxury men’s leather accessories brand created by using user research to design better bags. Leather accessories brand UtoBags.com kaleido clutches Minimalist leather clutches with self-sourced traditional Japanese fabrics along the insides (handmade by me). Kickstarter Campaign YouTube: “kaleido clutches” personal projects cataract international Cataract and glaucoma clinic in Accra, Ghana started by a small group of students during university. Autonomous Cataract Clinic and NGO LinkedIn: “CatarACT International” HEAD OF DESIGN & LEAD INSTRUCTOR Created curriculum for Front-End Development, Adobe Design Suite, Design Thinking, and WordPress for global code & design academy. Taught design, development, and digital marketing courses for brands, working professionals, career switchers, and kids (over HK$450K/year). Developed new course structures, assisted in digital marketing, and helped run the business day-to-day (including hiring, expansion, and strategy). BSD Code & Design Academy Hong Kong & BANGKOK apr 2015 - jul ‘16 lead UX DESIGNER Designed and led development of multiple employee on-boarding systems for Fortune 500s to improve organisational efficiency and employee performance Coded clickable prototypes in jQuery, including gamified gyroscope-based virtual tour for Barclay’s as part of large-scale targeted advertising campaign Hong Kong & SHANGHAI Maximum EMG mar 2013 - dec ‘14 experience managing partner & DESIGN lead Managed team of 3 in building web & hybrid apps for Seed and Series A startups in the app, web, cleantech, and wearable industries. Monthly turnover HK$400K+ Designed & developed web app to tackle domestic helper abuse in HK (’FairMaid’) Hong kong jan 2014 - jan ‘15 On-Off Design & Technology ux lead / creative director Designed process flows, feature maps, user interfaces, and completed basic front-end development for in-store iOS-based loyalty programme iPad apps. Created “1-tap” UX process for paying in-store with credit card through our app. RewardMe iPad App apr 2011 - jan ‘13 san francisco, ca guest lecturer for art4217: advanced digital applications Created and taught lesson plans for 13-week course on Print media, packaging design, and hybrid web app development for group of 15 3rd-year B. Ed students Education University of Hong Kong jan 2017 - JUN 2017 hong kong multidisciplinary designer Freelance multidisciplinary designer with monthly turnover over HK$40,000 with clients in packaging, print, user interface, user experience, and startup consulting Notable creations include chatbots (with AI), one-tap payment systems, tech-based weight loss programmes, efficiency algorithms, and large-scale event works Developed haptic UI and UX documentation for wearable devices and O2O apps Frequent mentor & design consultant for startups in fashion, fitness, and cleantech Ministry of Hearts, Limited (Self-Employed) aug 2016 - present hong kong designer/founder HydroCircuit Water Recycling Shower feb 2010 - sep ‘11 chicago, il & San francisco, ca Designed and proposed conceptual water-recycling shower system for university design competition. Failed after US$35,000 in seed funding and six prototypes. references Nickey Khemchandani CTO, BSD Academy [email protected] Isaac Leung Coordinator, Edu U HK [email protected] skills Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Axure HTML5 CSS3 Wordpress JS/jQuery Public Speaking Instruction Operations / Mgmt E-Commerce User Research
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a s h w i n a n a n d a n id e s i g n e r . i n s t r u c t o r . m a k e r
[email protected] http://ashportfolio.github.io Hong Kong
b. a. economicsNorthwestern University
aug 2007 - apr ‘11
cert. product designSiegel Institute of Design
jan 2010 - apr ‘11
EDUCATION
uto messenger bags
An affordable-luxury men’s leather accessories brandcreated by using user research to design better bags.
Leather accessories brand
UtoBags.com
kaleido clutches
Minimalist leather clutches with self-sourced traditionalJapanese fabrics along the insides (handmade by me).
Kickstarter Campaign
YouTube: “kaleido clutches”
personal projects
cataract international
Cataract and glaucoma clinic in Accra, Ghana startedby a small group of students during university.
Autonomous Cataract Clinic and NGO
LinkedIn: “CatarACT International”HEAD OF DESIGN & LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Created curriculum for Front-End Development, Adobe Design Suite, DesignThinking, and WordPress for global code & design academy.
Taught design, development, and digital marketing courses for brands, workingprofessionals, career switchers, and kids (over HK$450K/year).
Developed new course structures, assisted in digital marketing, and helped runthe business day-to-day (including hiring, expansion, and strategy).
BSD Code & Design Academy
Hong Kong & BANGKOKapr 2015 - jul ‘16
lead UX DESIGNER
Designed and led development of multiple employee on-boarding systems forFortune 500s to improve organisational efficiency and employee performance
Coded clickable prototypes in jQuery, including gamified gyroscope-based virtualtour for Barclay’s as part of large-scale targeted advertising campaign
Hong Kong & SHANGHAI
Maximum EMG
mar 2013 - dec ‘14
experience
managing partner & DESIGN lead
Managed team of 3 in building web & hybrid apps for Seed and Series A startupsin the app, web, cleantech, and wearable industries. Monthly turnover HK$400K+
Designed & developed web app to tackle domestic helper abuse in HK (’FairMaid’)
Hong kongjan 2014 - jan ‘15
On-Off Design & Technology
ux lead / creative director
Designed process flows, feature maps, user interfaces, and completed basicfront-end development for in-store iOS-based loyalty programme iPad apps.Created “1-tap” UX process for paying in-store with credit card through our app.
RewardMe iPad App
apr 2011 - jan ‘13 san francisco, ca
guest lecturer for art4217: advanced digital applications
Created and taught lesson plans for 13-week course on Print media, packagingdesign, and hybrid web app development for group of 15 3rd-year B. Ed students
Education University of Hong Kong
jan 2017 - JUN 2017 hong kong
multidisciplinary designer
Freelance multidisciplinary designer with monthly turnover over HK$40,000 withclients in packaging, print, user interface, user experience, and startup consultingNotable creations include chatbots (with AI), one-tap payment systems, tech-basedweight loss programmes, efficiency algorithms, and large-scale event worksDeveloped haptic UI and UX documentation for wearable devices and O2O appsFrequent mentor & design consultant for startups in fashion, fitness, and cleantech
Ministry of Hearts, Limited (Self-Employed)
aug 2016 - present hong kong
designer/founderHydroCircuit Water Recycling Shower
feb 2010 - sep ‘11 chicago, il & San francisco, ca
Designed and proposed conceptual water-recycling shower system for universitydesign competition. Failed after US$35,000 in seed funding and six prototypes.
references
Nickey KhemchandaniCTO, BSD [email protected]
Isaac LeungCoordinator, Edu U [email protected]
skills
IllustratorPhotoshop
InDesignAxure
HTML5CSS3
WordpressJS/jQuery
Public SpeakingInstruction
Operations / MgmtE-Commerce
User Research
