Hi!
I'm Akshay Walia
UX Product Designer with 6 years of experience in User Research, Testing, Visual Design and Coding using HTML, CSS and Java Script
ABOUT
I have over 6 years of experience in User Experience Design where I developed assets and managed design systems of large corporates like OpenText (https://www.opentext.com), Digital Main Street (https://digitalmainstreet.ca) and CommuniTech (https://communitech.ca) across 3 countries. This extensive experience has given me the ability to identify any problem using design thinking and develop a fully functional detailed website.
Resume
Experience
Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
UX/UI Designer, Communitech
- Case study local businesses in Ontario, their Problems, target customers and designing a digital transformation journey plan for them.
- Collaborating with my team leader and discussing business owner pain points, goals and finding solution to those problems.
- Designing user experience using Figma and Adobe XD as per solution
2019 - 2020
Live Project (OTIP)
(Ontario teachers insurance plan)
- Conduct User research, Fixed personas and capturing insights. Outcome; their assumptions were invalid regarding OTIP’s user base.
- Gave solution to increase user base by re-vamping OTIP’s website and mobile app to measure KPI’s.
- Re-Designed Customer journey map, and Conducting User interviews
2017 - 2018
Sr. Business Development Analyst
- Training executives on business development and new lead generation,
- Managed HTML, CSS, JavaScript projects (primarily Web and mobile apps).
- Designed user interface using Adobe Photoshop and illustrator.
- Prototyping on Figma, Sketch and Canva. Designing Wire-frames, Use-case Diagrams and Information architecture
Education
2020, Post Graduate, Conestoga College
User Experience Design
2019, Post Graduate, Conestoga Collage
Computer Applications Development
2011-2015, B.Tech, Punjab Technical University
Computer Science Engineering
Skills
Photoshop
89%
WordPress
61%
Illustrator
71%
InDesign
69%
Html & CSS
85%
Figma
80%
Interaction Design
89%
Web & Mobile Design
76%
Contact
- akshaywalia0408@gmail.com
- (647)-544-0537
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-walia0408/
- Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2A 2H4
What I do:
| Core Expertise | Additional Skills |
|---|---|
| User Research | WordPress |
| User Experience Design | Shopify |
| Prototyping | Social Media Marketing |
| Wireframing | Graphics Designing |
| Customer Journey Mapping | Google Keyword Research |
| Persona Development | Creating Story Boards |
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Skills
Sketching - Wire-Framing
- Prototyping
- Customer journey mapping
- Persona Development
- Usability testing
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Tools
Adobe Photoshop - Adobe XD
- Figma
- WordPress
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Technologies
HTML5 - CSS3
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- Bootstrap