Kanishka Gajjar

Hey. I am Kanishka Gajjar

UX/UI & Product Designer

kanishk@uxconnect.co   |   +91 9880116880   |   DOB: 9 Sep 1985

kanishk@uxconnect.co

+91 9880116880

DOB: 9 Sep 1985

About

I am a UX, UI and Product designer working predominantly in the area of software, web, mobile and digital design. I am a graduate of National Institute of Design (India) in the discipline of Industrial Design and has over 12 years of experience working in the industry with a variety of clients like LG Electronics, Vodafone, L&T, Cisco, Motorola, Hitachi & Intel.


I have been in the area of mobile and media space since the past 10 years with various successes with products on Apple’s macOS and iOS App Store. Some of the software products I have designed in the past have won prestigious awards like Apple’s AppStore Best of 2012 and MacWorld Best of Show (the largest Apple event) multiple times. 

Some of these apps have been featured repeatedly by Apple and have been top grossing and ranking on the store.


Some of the past products which I have designed in the areas of lifestyle and electronics have won Japanese design awards and have received noteworthy recognition in the industrial design domain. With a strong background in product design and interaction design, I have an experience of working on a variety of projects in the areas of home electronics, telecommunication, lifestyle products, mobile and desktop apps, IOT, home automations, fintech, enterprise services and systems, consumer products and apps in media, entertainment and utilities.

12+ Years

Apple “Best of 2012”

9+ Years

Of Experience

App on iOS AppStore

Experience in Media Apps

2X MacWorld Awards Winner

Only designer in Asia to have won the MacWorld award twice for two different Apple platforms

What I Do

Mobile Apps & Websites

UX / UI Design

Graphic Design

Mac Desktop Apps

Complete Product Design

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Dashboards

Enterprise Systems

Prototyping

Wireframing

Video Editing

Motion Graphics

Logo Design

Print Design

User Research

Adobe XD

Figma

Photoshop & Illustrator

Premier & After Effects

3D Design

Education

2003 - 2007

National Institute of Design, India

Graduate in Industrial Design   |   Product Design

2001 - 2002

Udgam School, Ahmedabad

HSC Science

1991-2001

Asia English School, Ahmedabad

Primary, Secondary

Experience

2015 - 2019

GrowthBeats Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Co-founder / Owner

Created products on the Mac AppStore, OTT Media Space, and for Photography market. As part of our tech services, we have helped businesses solve their problems and grow their business through technology via cloud, mobile and web

2016 - 2017

Intel, Motorola, Cisco

UX/UI Design Consultant

Designed enterprise and consumer facing systems for these multinationals in collaboration with L&T

2016 - 2019

L&T Technology Services Ltd.

UX/UI Design Consultant

Handled design for some of their major international clients like Intel, Cisco, Motorola etc

2010 - 2014

Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

UX/UI Design Consultant

Designed and created award winning macOS & iOS apps with India’s leading iOS & macOS apps developer.

2009 - 2010

Vodafone

User Experience Design Consultant & Research Assistance

Designed new services and apps for Vodafone in the initial phases when they were establishing their business in Indian after they took over the Hutch cellular network in India

2007 - 2008

LG Electronics India Ltd.

Industrial Designer - GSM Mobile Phones

Research, Conceptualization and detailed design of new cellphone models in the entry level and mid-segment range of LG cellphones for the Indian market.

2006 - 2006

VIP Luggage, India

Industrial Designer

Designed new model of their hard luggage and helped in the facelift of a few brands of their hard luggage in their popular range for the Indian market.

Some Recurring Clients

Awards & Achievements

“Best of 2012” App on iOS AppStore

Apple Inc  |  2012

"Game your Video" (now called “Vizmato”)(iPhone & iPod Touch) featured by Apple as one of the best apps of 2012 in photos & videos on the iOS App Store.

MacWorld Best of Show Award 2011

MacWorld Expo, San Francisco  |  2011

MacWorld Best of Show award (2011) for a macOS application "Boom"

MacWorld Best of Show Award 2012

MacWorld Expo, San Francisco  |  2012

MacWorld Best of Show award (2012) for an iPhone application "Game your Video" (now called “Vizmato”)

Opus Eyewear Design Award

Japan  |  2009

Winning work in the international annual Opus Eyewear Awards

40+ Million Downloads

Nasscom APPFame Awards 2010

Of Mobile Apps Worldwide

Patent

System & Method of Creating Short Video Clips

6138/CHE/2013

Some Design Work

Home Automation

Design of mobile apps controlling home automation systems

A series of visual metaphors, animations and interactions similar to those in the real world are used in the UX and UI of the app for a more natural feel while dealing with these new age IOT technologies.

Intel - Video Wall

Video wall for the Intel building reception

Visual design of an 18ft x 9ft video wall display for the new Intel building in Bangalore in India. The display is a dynamic infographic showing the statistics and advantages of the green initiatives of Intel, in a fun way.

Intel - Building Management System

Intel 

The approach to design here was to simplify the understanding of complex and large amounts of information. The overall approach for the user interface was to beautify the dull world of numbers and controls, with playful interactions and visuals.

Intel - 3D Touch Screen Room Booking Systems

Innovative 3D conference rooms & cubicle booking systems

This is a cubicle and conference room booking system for Intel campus buildings. These are in the form of large touch screens in the form of kiosks on all the floors of the buildings.

Intel Israel - Employee Apps

For Intel R&D Campus Israel

Visual Language and UX reviews for building management system and internal apps used by employees, for a new R&D campus of Intel in Israel

Hitachi Data Centre Analytics - Portal

Hitachi’s Product for Data Centres

Completely new design of Hitachi Data Centre Analytics (HDCA) - a product of Hitachi for data centres to monitor and analyse data centre statistics.

Tata Sky OTT Mobile & Desktop Apps - with Cisco

OTT & VOD Content Apps

Redesign of TataSky mobile app on Android & iOS.  Also  proposed a new desktop app for Tata Sky, which opens up their libraries of content for VOD consumption, and also streams all the TV channels on desktop and mobile.

Motorola - Project Monitoring Portal

Motorola Worldwide

Visual design of all the dashboard screens for internal project monitoring at different executive levels for all the Motorola main offices worldwide.

Global Content Management System

The largest CMS used in Japan

This is a complete redesign of the most used CMS in Japan. The overall aim of the new design was to redefine the complete user experience, simplify things, introduce contemporary interactions and make it modern. This CMS is powerful enough to be in lines with global platforms like Wordpress & Sitecore

A Cross-platform Playful Voice Alarm App

Innovative Plumbing Solutions App

A lifestyle app for iOS & Android for a New Zealand based client

Branding & app for a New Zealand based plumbing products company 

This a fun and playful app to record your voice and use it as alarms, or share it with your friends for them to use as alarms. The overall app design was focused around simplicity, playfulness and youth.

The overall design philosophy followed here for the brand was to highlight the beauty of their products and have a premium modern feel for the viewers and create a seamless e-commerce experience from the app.

Career Management Portal

An internal portal for Loreal

The design here was made highly interactive and visual, combined with fun animations. The portal is for the employees to plan their career growth across vertical over a few years period.

A Loyalty App for a UK Coffee Chain 

An Interactive Promotional Game for a Cruise Company

An app for “Muffin Break” chain in UK

A quick fun ship builder for Carnival Cruise company of US

This is a loyalty management app for a chain of coffee shops in UK and Australia. The theme of the app is inspired from the natural tones of earth and coffee and incorporates the brand values of the company in a visual way

This is a promotional quick and interactive game created for the cruise company where the viewer can build the decks of a cruise ship of their dreams and share socially, to win a trip on board. The gameplay was kept extremely simple with a larger focus on adding the promotional elements as part of the core gameplay.

Smart Parking System

Portals to manage smart parking spaces

The overall design philosophy was to have a very visual and interactive system with a focus on data and infographics. The system being heavy on data and status of elements, the visual approach consisted of a use of various metaphors, colors, real life icons and elements, and 3D models to communicate data.

Gatwick Airport London - IOT Dashboards

Dashboards Controlling IOT Systems

This is the design of the UX and interface for a portal to monitor and control certain IOT systems at Gatwick Airport in London.

JETS - Headless CMS for Content Businesses

StudioConnect - Tool for Photographers

A Product of GrowthBeats Technologies

JETS is a CMS tool for developers to help them build their customers’ content businesses using cloud, mobile, web and other platforms in record time with lowest cost

A Product of GrowthBeats Technologies

Studioconnect.co is a specialized tool for photographers to solve problems while sharing photos with customers, selection of photos by customers, and interactions with customers.

Simpplr - Social Intranet for Enterprise

Social intranet with features like LinkedIn for enterprise use.

Design of the mobile app of a customisable social product for a company in the enterprise social intranet business.

Oodle - Order Food at Table Without a Waiter

A system to order food in a restaurant without a waiter.

Complete design of mobile apps on iOS and Android, and a content management system for a system to order food at a restaurant table without the need of a waiter.

Real Estate Platform

Digital assets for a real estate company

Design of mobile apps on Android & iOS, and a responsive website for a real estate company who is in the content business. The apps and web are dynamic in nature with functionalities related to buying, renting, selling and advertising real estate properties.

Fluke Biomedical - Medical Equipments Calibration

Online Medical Equipments Calibration System

UX UI design for use of equipments used for calibration of medical instruments/devices.

HillRom - Medical Device Controlling App

For HillRom Services, Singapore

New designs and interface refinements for a medical device controlling app, for a consumer market.

Financial Marketplace Websites

Design of web assets for financial technology marketplaces

Design played an important role here in communicating the new concepts and ideas related to stock market, trading and portfolio management, by means of hand-holding the user across the site, and improving the discovery of financial products for users.

Pre-owned Products Marketplace

A mobile app to buy & sell pre-owned products

The app primarily focused on pre-owned products for the female users. A lot of the choices of visuals and interactions were modelled around women, and on glorifying the pre-owned products to improve their perception and impression.

Charmboard - Android App Framework Design

Connecting entertainment with 

e-commerce

The overall design approach here was to have an optimised experience of each part in landscape mode, navigating easily through different screens of the video, products, product details, actors, cast info etc, along with maintaining a familiar and stable context for the user across these navigations.

LG Electronics - Mobile Phones for India

Design of Mobile Phones for Indian Market

Research, Conceptualization and detailed design of new cellphone models in the entry level and mid-segment range of LG cellphones for the Indian market.

macOS Apps

Standalone apps which are not part of any system

Boom

Boom is a macOS app which boosts the volume of your Mac

(Best of show Award winner at Macworld Expo 2011)

QuickShift

QuickShift is the fastest way to move files and quickest way to organise your Mac

https://www.growthbeats.com/quickshift

FileBeats

Fastest Realtime Duplicates Finder & File Rename

https://www.growthbeats.com/filebeats

iOS & Android Apps

Standalone apps which are not part of any system

Game Your Video (now”Vizmato”)

A video creation and editing app for iPhone

(Best of show Award winner at Macworld Expo 2012) 

(Featured as "iTunes AppStore Best of 2012" by Apple)

Camera Plus Pro & Camera Plus

Photography apps for iOS with pro features.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camera-plus-pro-the-ultimate/id345752934?mt=8

Daily Timer

Beautifully designed, personalized mobile timer for Android

https://www.growthbeats.com/dailytimer

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Say Hi!

kanishk@uxconnect.co

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+91 9880116880

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