Hey there! I'm Gaurav Singh

UI Application Developer & Consultant

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Hey there!
I'm Gaurav Singh

UI Application Developer & Consultant

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

PROFILE

I'm a UI Developer and Consultant with sound knowledge of UI and UX principles and design having over 8+ years of relevant experience and currently working with "IBM India”. I am in my 30s and currently live in Bangalore.
Logic meets design, creative development professional experienced in crafting spectacular experiences for user interfaces seeks a position that pushes the envelope on creative design. A seasoned team player in collaboration with scalable back-end functionality, providing added value for the client.
I'm specialized in building Web Sites and anything which is weaved around W3C Standard Markup, while working I explore the depths of possibilities. I'm passionate about creating Web based solutions that is both Usable and Accessible without compromising aesthetics. I have followed and gained expertise in the MVC architecture, producing responsive, flat UI design, reusable & testable modules and components.
I have also expanded my horizons in UX designs and branding. Strong technical & managerial skills in complex/quick website development including web-based applications using serverless architecture. Built over 40 microsites, demo sites, webapps, live sites and involved in geographically distributed projects across India, UAE, UK, USA & more. Experienced in designing wireframes, svg/css/videoframe animations, prototypes, information architecture, navigation, visual elements and interface based on usability principles.

The Design Process

UI design and development has now became a part of my identity where I pro-actively engage each of my intuitive, analytical, critical and creative thoughts.

Design Process Design Process

Skillsets

Languages & Frameworks
HTML/HTML5
85%
CSS/CSS3
85%
SASS
75%
Bootstrap
95%
ANT/Material Design System
85%
Motion UI and SVG Animations
70%
JavaScript
60%
JQuery and Libraries
75%
React
70%
Firebase
60%
D3
60%
Visual Design and Wireframing
80%
Tools
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ATOM
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D3
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Firebase
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BALSAMIQ
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BOWER
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BRACKETS
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Material Design
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GIT
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ANGULAR CLI
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Postman
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React
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Bootstrap
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Wordpress
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NPM
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PHOTOSHOP
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VISUAL STUDIO
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XD
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Figma
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JIRA
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GULP
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ECLIPSE
Paradigms

Agile Software Development, Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD), Waterfall Development.

Employment

  • Software Developer, IBM - Bangalore, India

    March 2021 - Current

    Working at IBM as senior frontend developer and team lead for enterprise global applications, my responsibilities includes but are not limited to application management, development of modules/ components, code reviews, managing the JIRA board, guiding team and stakeholders to follow agile mindset, mentoring team. I have also been working on few application migration/revamp, it includes discussion with clients, stakeholders, users and developers to understand the pain-points and providing the solution.
    Apart from this I am also the site editor and manager for departmental microsite. Coming to the engagement activities I am the learn & fun head organizer for the India region.

  • FrontEnd Developer, Boston Consulting Group - Bangalore, India

    July 2019 - March 2021

    Worked at BCG Design Studio as a developer and web consultant, my responsibilities include to provide the UI solutions to client, understand their audience and propose the relevant design system, setup the tech stack for the team, data visualization, authentication and manage their site and analytics. I have also been part of the design thinking, worked on web emailers, design systems, created mobile friendly PWA’s, responsive designs cross platform, worked on serverless architecture, worked with admins to setup the studio server. I am also the site manager of the design studio portal and several client’s sites deployed on firebase.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Collaborate with the designers, content writers and video teams to craft high quality user experiences through the design of the customer facing web application user interface, and mobile applications.
    • Working on diversity of projects i.e. banking, healthcare, automobile, government, hotels, futuristic theme park, dashboards designs and many more.
    • Built game for BCG seminars/workshops which engages participants as multiplayer with real time data and also it features admin panel with CRUD operations on event management and dashboard in form of graphs for all sessions.
    • Worked on branding exercise for new bank, idea was to launch 5 different kind of advertisement website representing 5 persona’s and collect analytics based on heatmap and survey.
    • Was part of the amalgamation of Indian public sector bank and built the microsites and documentation for their employees.
    • A key member for development, analytics and survey website tool for setting up new bank in European region, tracked the user clicks and feeds while adhering to the GDPR policy.
  • IT Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services - Bangalore, India

    May 2016 - June 2019

    Worked as a UI designer and developer for Digital Interactive team of the TCS.
    DI is one of the horizontal ISU in TCS. It mainly works on Digital platforms like Mobility, Cloud, Big Data, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence and many more. From DI I have been deployed on the assignments of the Healthcare and Banking projects.
    At present I am working with the Fifth Third Bank (5/3 Bank) of United States. Prior to this I have worked with Vitality Health Care of United Kingdom.
    My responsibilities include but not limited to discuss the requirement from client and understand the flow, create a draft design, wire-frame, high quality visual designs and banners and post that develop the rich responsive web pages.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Handled a team of 3, guided and made a proper learning curve to the members by sharing the knowledge and following the design standards.
    • Designed wire-frame and functional visual designs along with the Chief UX Designer.
    • Developed custom directives, UI modular components, followed accessibility design guidelines, SEO guidelines etc.
    • Performed the UI testing, Performance testing, Audits with chrome developer tool.
  • Senior Software Engineer, Capgemini India Pvt Ltd. - Bangalore, India

    Dec 2013 - May 2016

    Promoted as a Junior Usability Expert for Information Systems Team.
    Worked closely with Market Researchers, Usability Team, Business Development, and Systems Analysts to translate customer needs and business requirements into customer-centric online experience, including the overall site look ‘n’ feel and its structure, layout and page-levelling. Also I was responsible for marketing and advertisements flyers.
    Worked on multiple innovative projects like Cafeteria Management, Inbuilt Campus Navigation System, Application to manage projects and defects, few of the applications were recognized by GARTNER.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to craft high quality user experiences through the design of the customer facing web application user interface, kiosks and mobile applications.
    • Participate in the software development life-cycle including: functional definition, user flows, interaction models, UI design, page layouts, color palettes, wireframes & polished visual design.
    • Created Common UI framework to make applications UI consistent and played key role in migration of web applications to common UI framework.
    • Highly appreciated by the senior management for info-graphics design and presentations designed for IGATE Capgemini merger.
    • Developed the web application screens based on the Visual Designs using HTML5 & HTML4, CSS2, CSS3 JavaScript and JQuery.
    • Developed and managed processes for content creation, translation, and delivery within CMS. Timely delivery without any single escalation.
  • Associate Software Engineer, DilysMadoc Softech Pvt Ltd - Bangalore, India

    Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

    Worked on the client location at IGATE (now Capgemini) as a contractor, It was the place from where my journey to UI and UX begins, I started to learn the things, the visibility to see things in a creative and user friendly way. Developed my skills towards coding standards, to design the screens responsive for the media devices.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • After a year of work at IGATE (now Capgemini), with the outstanding performance report, I got hired by IGATE (now Capgemini) as a permanent employee.

Education

72%
Bachelor of Technology
Electronics and Communication Engineering
2008 - 2012
UPTU, Uttar Pradesh
64%
Intermediate (HSC)
Math, Physics & Chemistry
2006 - 2008
CBSE, New Delhi
75%
Matriculation (SSC)
Math, Physics & Chemistry
2004 - 2006
CBSE, New Delhi

What am I doing when I'm not helping to create and develop awesome sites?

I am a huge people person, I love meeting new people, interacting and also I take time out for trips with my friends and family. Other than this sometimes I love cooking delicious meals and decorating the interiors of my home, binge watching series/movies

Also during a zombie apocalypse, please do call me. I know ways to trick them, we should stick together and kill to survive.

PORTFOLIO

Currently I am making more creative and innovative things, but here’s some of my recent work, which I would like to present.
It’s all of my story, some of them might feel like immature, because those were the place where journey started, And I am still learning.

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Meetings - An app to manage meetings.
6 Attachments
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Research&Gain - An advisory company
2 Attachments
Jet Airways Home Screen
Jet Airways - Demo Home Screen
1 Attachments
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Kodetalk - An idea for professional social connect
7 Attachments
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Portfolio - UX design of the personal portfolio
5 Attachments
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Orgolife - An organic e-commerce.
1 Attachments

ARTICLES

Here are the bookmarks for the article/blog/guidelines/solutions on UI, UX and on technologies which interests me, I keep on adding here, so that I can find all of them at one place.

Balsamiq Mockups - A simple wireframe tool with unique sketch style
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Balsamiq is an amazing quick prototyping tool that can be used to create wireframes and mockups of various applications.
CSS basic box model
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When laying out a document, the browser's rendering engine represents each element as a rectangular box according to the standard CSS basic box model
Emmet — the essential toolkit for web-developers
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Emmet is a web-developer’s toolkit that can greatly improve your HTML & CSS workflow, Basically, most text editors out there allow you to store and re-use commonly used code chunks, called “snippets”.

I'd Love To Hear From You

Let's get in touch and begin something amazing

If we want users to like our product, we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.

Copyright © 2022 by Gaurav Kumar Singh | All Rights Reserved

I'd Love To Hear From You

Let's get in touch and begin something amazing

If we want users to like our product, we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
Copyright © 2020 by Gaurav Kumar Singh
All Rights Reserved