Manjunath Siddappa

About Manjunath Siddappa

Senior UX Consultant with experience in user-centred design methodologies, UX Strategy, R&D, Interaction design, User research, Usability testing and UI development.* I am passionate about creating simple, effective and delightful user experiences.* My expertise in rethinking customer journeys, reducing friction, leveraging data, and personalizing user experiences helps companies enhance their products and services.* I have been a key contributor to design teams in multiple domains and in a variety of aspects spanning strategy, research and design.UX Design* Designing collaboratively with customers, stakeholders and cross-functional team members.* End-to-end understanding of design problems, from identifying user needs and pain points to developing concepts, making prototypes, and testing them.* Designing responsive web and mobile apps for iOS and Android and proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.Research* Business and user needs requirement gathering.* Conducting competitor studies, UX audits, heuristic reviews and analysing market trends.* Presenting designs and validating concepts to wider teams, senior stakeholders and user testing.* Analysing and synthesising insights to recommend actionable recommendations.Strategy* Experience working with product owners and business leads to shape and develop product strategies.* Working with agile multi-disciplinary teams to deliver strategic, flexible, optimisable end-to-end design solutions.* Team leadership across multiple brands, and projects.I specialize in: User-Experience Methods: Design flows, Heuristic Analysis, Usability and remote Usability testing, First impression testing, Navigation testing, First-click, Comparative Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Stakeholder interviews, Card sorting, Mobile/Responsive Usability testing and AB testing.Interaction design: User Stories, Personas, User Journeys, Information Architecture, Content Strategy, Prototypes and Micro-interactionsSkillsDesign: UI design, Visual design and Graphic designProgramming/prototype: I can code too to some extent.ToolsDevelopment: HTML, CSS, Sass, LESS and plain JavascriptWireframe: Balsmiq, Invision, Mockflow, Pencil and AxureDesign: Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp and related

Experience

1. Senior Ux Consultant

   Foolproof

   May 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Bachelor of Arts, Economics

  2011

• ST. Aloysius Pre-University College Mangalore

  Pre-University Education, Arts

• Image- Institute of Multimedia Arts

  Certified Advanced Diploma in Visual Media & Animation, Visual Design animation

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Mobile Applications
• Javascript
• Web Design
• Html
• Photoshop
• Card Sorting
• Css
• Persona
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Web Development
• Axure Rp
• Android
• Visual Design
• Usability
• Dreamweaver
• Illustrator
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Information Architecture
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• User Research
• Graphics
• User Experience
• Flash Animation
• User Experience Design
• Wireframes
• Html5
• User Interface Design
• User-Centered Design
• Interaction Design
• Graphic Design
• Flash
• Front-End
• Usability Testing
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Sass