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hard skills

Design research & Strategy to create a value for users & meet business objectives through design

  • Research Planning
  • Analyzing qualitative & quantitative data
  • Planning and conducting usability testing (moderated/unmoderated)
  • Conducting Workshops
  • User flows, task flows, journey mapping
  • Accessibility & inclusive design best practices
  • Synthesizing insights
  • Design systems creation + maintenance + Governance
  • Visual hierarchy, layout, & typography, UI pattern
libraries
  • Atomic design principles

SOFT skills

  • Aligning design decisions with business objectives
  • Making trade-offs between user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility
  • Presenting confidently to leadership, PMs, and clients
  • Working seamlessly with PMs, engineers, researchers, and marketers
  • Giving thoughtful, actionable feedback to junior/mid designers
  • Making decisions with data + intuition

Key Skills

  • Figma & FigJam
  • Miro
  • Sketch
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Jira

Certificates & Educational Programs

  • Masters of Design (2021 - 2023)
  • EPAM Continuum Design Thinking course
  • Human Computer InteractionCertification from IIT Bombay
  • Applied Arts (2000-2005)​
Got questions or something to share? Just shoot me an email at viraj.avachat@gmail.com.

Contact Me

Got questions or something to share? Just shoot me an email at viraj.avachat@gmail.com.

hard skills

Design research & Strategy to create a value for users & meet business objectives through design

  • Research Planning
  • Analyzing qualitative & quantitative data
  • Planning and conducting usability testing (moderated/unmoderated)
  • Conducting Workshops
  • User flows, task flows, journey mapping
  • Accessibility & inclusive design best practices
  • Synthesizing insights
  • Design systems creation + maintenance + Governance
  • Visual hierarchy, layout, & typography, UI pattern
libraries
  • Atomic design principles

SOFT skills

  • Aligning design decisions with business objectives
  • Making trade-offs between user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility
  • Presenting confidently to leadership, PMs, and clients
  • Working seamlessly with PMs, engineers, researchers, and marketers
  • Giving thoughtful, actionable feedback to junior/mid designers
  • Making decisions with data + intuition

Certificates & Educational Programs

  • Masters of Design (2021 - 2023)
  • EPAM Continuum Design Thinking course (2022)
  • Human Computer InteractionCertification from IIT Bombay
  • Applied Arts (2000-2005)