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Memoji of Akshat Sonar
Creative, dynamic, and self-motivated Product Designer with a unique blend of expertise in Graphic Design and Sociology, committed to advancing skill sets, developing innovative digital solutions, and tackling complex user challenges. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving innovation to align with business objectives. Proven ability to deliver exceptional visual designs, think systematically to optimize patterns to enhance user experiences, build upon subject-matter expertise, and identify gaps and opportunities to advance company goals and strategic vision.
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EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS

BIO

Website
www.akshatsonar.com
Email
akshatsonar@gmail.com
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA

EDUCATION

Academy of Art University (San Francisco, USA)
MFA in Interaction Design / Summer 2020 - Fall 2023

Studied User Experience Design, Animation, Front-end, Back-end
Coding, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Testing, User Research and
completed my Thesis Project named socially, an event management app.

EducationEducation

Indian School of Design & Innovation (Mumbai, India)
UGD in Communication Design / Fall 2016 - Spring 2020

Studied User Experience Design, Graphic Design, Branding, Packaging Design, Animation, Visual Design, Typography and completed my Thesis Project named capitalyst, a stock trading app made for youngsters.

Education

University of Mumbai (Mumbai, India)
BA in Sociology / Fall 2016 - Spring 2019

Studied Sociology, World History, and Advertising

EXPERIENCE

Work

WoMen of Connections Ministry (Richmond, VA)
UI/UX Designer Lead Intern (Internship) / February 2024 - Present

- Enhanced website usability and accessibility by implementing WCAG standards,
 resulting in a 12% increase in user engagement

- Provided expert guidance on accessibility best practices for visually impaired  users, ensuring compliance with WCAG standards across design projects, leading  to a significant improvement in user experience metrics

- Led cross-functional collaboration between interns, designers and developers to  streamline project workflows and optimize design processes, resulting in a 10%  increase in project efficiency and faster delivery of design projects

Work

NASA Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA)
Product Designer (Corporate Sponsored) / September 2023 - December 2023

- Designed an innovative VR/AR interface for NASA’s future HumanSpace Travel to  Mars, in collaboration with NASA professionals and industrial designers

- Developed Mixed Reality experiences with Figma and After Effects to enhance  astronaut engagement, projected to reduce communication challenges by 30% in  space missions

- Created user flows in Figma to demonstrate how an astronaut-used VR/AR product  could enhance workflow efficiency, better positioning the product and improving  workflow efficiency by 10%

Work

IdeateLabs (Mumbai, India)
UI/UX Designer Intern / July 2019 - August 2019

- Redesigned key user journeys for an automobile website, streamlining checkout  and registration processes to enhance usability, reduce bounce rates, and boost  user engagement by 15%

- Designed wireframes using Creative Cloud for a cloud-streaming website,  resulting in a seamless user experience that garnered accolades from  stakeholders and accelerated project development, reducing overall project  completion time by 10%

Work

Sakshi Graphics (Mumbai, India)
Designer Intern / April 2019 - May 2019

- Developed branding project in collaboration with team members using Creative  Cloud for agro firm, contributing to a 15% increase in brand recognition among the  target audience

- Documented project progress while creating design specifications, style guides,  and pattern libraries, ensuring accuracy, best practices, and efficiency to advance  project timelines

Work

Indian School of Design & Innovation (Mumbai, India)
UI/
UX Designer Intern / May 2017 - June 2017

- Designed the candidate dashboard for an e-learning platform using Figma,  resulting in a 25% increase in user journey completion rates

- Contributed to the creation and edition of engaging explainer videos to effectively  teach educational concepts to students, resulting in a successful launch the  following semester and attracting 200+ students to use the platform

SKILLS