Email Id:  kaur.amanjotsandhu@gmail.com

Linkedin:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/amanjot-kaur-sandhu/16/7a8/173

 

Objective

Actively looking for a new job opportunity in the field of User Experience Design, Research and Consulting.

 

Education

M.F.A Design,   2013 – May 2015,   CGPA  3.7/ 4
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Relevant Course work: Human Computer Interaction, Usability, Information Architecture, Core Courses in Design, Critique Studio, Core Design Lab, Design Methods, Social Neuroscience, Strategic Marketing

M.Des in New Media Design,   2008 – 2010,   CGPA 8.7/10
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Relevant Course work: Embedded Systems and Interaction Design, New Media Studies, Design Concepts and Concerns, User Study Research Methods, Basic and Advanced Forms, Ergonomics, Visual Language Fundamentals, Information Architecture, Photography, Typography, Animation, Film and Video

B.Tech in Information Technology,   2004 – 2008,   CGPA 8.1/10
Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Relevant Course work: Software engineering, Web technologies, Image processing, Mobile computing, E-commerce, Advanced Data Structures, Operating Systems, Database Management systems, Object Oriented Programming, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics

 

Areas of Expertise

UX Strategy, User Experience Design,Visual Design, Design Research, Design Consulting, Usability Testing, Human Computer Interaction, Accessibility, Customer Experience, Physical Computing, Ethnography, Art and Photography

 

Proficiencies

User Research and Usability: Ethnography, Contextual Inquiry, Customer Journeys, Personas, Scenarios, Task Flow Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Card Sorting, Information Architecture, Wireframing and Prototyping (low and high fidelity)

Softwares: Microsoft Visio, Omnigraffle, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Axure, iRise, imovie, Qualtrics, UserZoom,

Programming Languages: C, C++, VC#.net, ASP, Javascipt, HTML, XHTML, CSS, SQL, ActionScript, Chuck

 

Experience

Product/Platform Design Leader
Fidelity Investment, USA, 2018 – Present

Lead User Experience Consultant
AT&T Inc., USA, 2015 – 2018

Graduate Teaching Assistant & User Experience Designer
Design Division, University of Texas at Austin, 2014 – 2015
McCombs School of Business, UT Austin, 2014 – 2015
Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin, 2013 – 2014
MicroEdge, USA, 2014

Accessibility Graduate Sr. Advisor 
Dell Inc., USA, 2014

User Experience Designer
Cognizant Technologies Solutions, Pune, India, 2011- 2013

UX Design, Research & Development
Hewlett Packard Labs, Bangalore, India, 2010
CalArts, California and NID, 2010
Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany and NID, 2009
World economic forum , Davos and NID, 2009
Attakalari Centre of Movement Arts, India, 2009

Software Developer, 2005 – 2010

 

Publications & Invited Presentations

• Designing a methodology for Accessible User Experience, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, Insight, Design Research Symposium, 2018
• Global Interaction Design, Panelist, World Interaction Design day, IXDA Dallas, 2018
• Creating a design pedagogy to teach Accessible UX Design, Peer reviewed poster & presentation, International Conference on Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design, 2017
• AcessibileUX, Presentation at Ladies@UX, Dallas, 2017
• Accessibility-First Design Strategy, Presentation, Big Design Conference, Dallas, 2017
• Designer’s Guide to Accessibility, Presentation, Big Design Conference, Dallas, 2016
• Accessible UXD – Challenge Your Myths About Accessibility, Presentation, Digital Summit, Dallas, 2016
• Accessible User Experiences, Presentation, Interaction Design Class, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016
• Our Networked Design Societies: future & possibilities, Annual Tech Camp, Ericsson NA Headquarters, 2016
• Foregrounding Accessibility for User Experience Design, Research Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
• Wikipedia Search Engine, Interactive Information Retrieval interface design, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, 3rd International Conference on User Science and Engineering and IEEE Xplore Digital Library,  2014
• Remote Patient Health Alert System, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction  (APCHI) and ACM Digital Library, 2013
• Interfaces for Kids, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI) and ACM Digital Library, 2013
• Methods of Design Evaluation, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, Designing Design Education for India Conference, 2013
• Paper Minder – A method for enabling creation of ‘do by’ reminders for paper documents(Invention Disclosure), Research Disclosure, 2012
• Connected Paper, Research Thesis, National Institute of Design, 2010
• Biometrics- Future of Identification, Peer reviewed paper & presentation, Indian Society for Technical Education conference, 2006
• Digital trends in Personal Banking, World Usability Day, Presentation, Cognizant Interactive, 2012
• Tech Platforms – Web and Mobile, Presentation, Cognizant Interactive, 2011

Awards & Recognition

• Business Plan Judge, Conrad Challenge, 2021
• Peer Reviewer, Information Architecture conference, New Orleans, LA, 2020
• Peer Reviewer, Interaction 19, Seattle, UXA, 2019
• Peer Reviewer, CHI 18, Montreal, Canada, 2018
• Peer Reviewer, IA Summit, Chicago, IL, 2018
• Peer Reviewer, IA Summit, Vancouver, Canada, 2017
• Coach, Open Air Accessibility Challenge, Knowbility, 2016
• Coach & Judge, AT&T Mobile App Hackathon, 2016
• Best Consultant of the Quarter, AT&T, 2016
• Professional Development Award, UT Austin, 2014
• Marshall F. Wells Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment, UT Austin, 2013-15
• Photograph- “The best wines improve with age” won 2nd prize in ISSS Photo Contest, UT Austin, 2013
• Photographs got published in “Pune and Beyond” travel guide, 2012
• Best App prize for Microsoft Slate Asus Automobile app, Cognizant Innovation Awards, 2011
• Employee of the Quarter, Cognizant Interactive, India, 2011 & 2013
• Won gold and silver medals in various events like poster making, on the spot painting, cartooning, rangoli making at both zonal and inter zonal levels, Punjab, 2004 -2008

 

Exhibitions