Uruj Kohari

About Uruj Kohari

With over 25 years of experience in User Research, Usability, and User-Centered Design (UCD), I help brands create user-centric products that are inclusive and tailored to a wide range of audiences.• I am a highly-rated corporate trainer and mentor, coaching in the areas of UX design, Gen AI optimized workflows and persuasive design.• I help organisations in hiring top-UX talent, mentoring, and developing creative teams for organisations.• As a subject matter expert, I help UX institutions with their course curriculum design including UI/UX bootcamps.Skills:• Strong team collaborator with a passion for user research, interaction design, and usability.• Expert in advocating and communicating the value of empathy and UX strategies across the organization.• Active listener with a strong emphasis on communication skills (both verbal and written).• Facilitator of UX workshops for primary User Research.• Proven success in delivering global projects for well-known brands, such as Hyundai, ELLE, General Motors, Protinex, Asian Paints, Tata Capital, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Wockhardt, Vodafone, Bajaj, etc.• Proficient in a range of UX tools, including collaboration platforms.• Inventive with strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.• Experienced in Design Thinking, Agile methodologies and Google Design Sprints.• Skilled in leveraging UX insights for experiential design and thought leadership.• Adept in assisting clients with their pitches and conceptualization of product strategies and roadmaps• Demonstrated experience in creating apps and interactions for Web, Mobile, and smart TV platforms.Keywords:Customer Journey Mapping. Value Proposition Canvas. Stakeholder Interviews. Focus Groups. Workshop Facilitation. UX Course Curriculum Design. Ideation - Crazy 8s, Brainstorming. How-might-we. MosCoW. SWOT. Design Sprints. Desk Research. Competitive Analysis. Information Architecture. Task Flows & User Flows. Wireframing. Usability Testing. A/B Testing. Tree testing. Card Sorting. Figma. Adobe XD. Gen AI UX Workflows. Prototyping. Miro. UX Writing. WCAG. Accessibility. WAVE. Trainings & Webinars, Public speaking. Blogging.

Experience

1. Ux Trainer & Corporate Coach (Ui Ux)

   upGrad

   Aug 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Conducting UX bootcamps and intensives for students and professionals, mentoring, curriculum design and evaluation, oncoming UX trainer evaluations, and value-based strategic UX consultancy.

Skills

• Mobile Applications
• New Product Development
• Requirements Gathering
• Google Analytics
• Photoshop
• Product Management
• Tv UI Design
• Hands-on Training
• Web Design
• Card Sorting
• Hci
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Wire Framing
• Human Computer Interaction
• User Interaction
• User-Centered Design
• Content Management
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Wireframes
• Concepts
• Html
• Internet Tv
• Usability
• Persona
• Cognitive Ergonomics
• User Interviews
• Product Development
• Design Thinking
• Product Conceptualisation
• Usability Testing
• Team Management
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Web Analytics
• Semantics
• Blogging
• User Research
• User Scenarios
• Mind Mapping