Contact Info

E-mail: tejalgsampat@gmail.com
Phone: 585-520-8271
Portfolio Website: www.tejalsampat.com

Education

M.F.A Visual Communication Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
Major: Human Computer Interaction and UX, UI design (GPA: 4.0)

Bachelor's in Applied Art, Sophia Polytechnic

Work Experience

Lead Designer - User Experience - FICO, CA (August'2017 - Present)

Design best-in-class responsive web, iOS, and Android apps. Create user flows and wireframes. Produce visual design comps and image assets. Prototype responsive web designs and micro-interactions in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Conduct usability tests and iterate designs. Advocate for the user and lead a user centered-design process and collaborate with a cross-functional agile team.

UX/UI Designer - BitGo. Inc, CA (Nov’2015 - August’2017)

Lead the ideation and vision in a fast-paced environment to bring forth the unique products for digital assets and distributed ledgers. Create information architecture diagrams, user experience workflow diagrams, wireframes, proof-of-concepts, and interactive prototypes. Create holistic design solutions that address business, brand, and user requirements. Design, implement, and test the applications and dialogs required for our users to specify what they want to accomplish and present the results of their analysis in a clear, intuitive way.

User Experience Architect | User Experience & Interface Design Intern - Esri, CA (July’2015 - Oct'2015, May’2014 - Aug’2014)

Responsible for creating information architecture diagrams, user experience workflow diagrams, wireframes, proof-of-concepts, and interactive prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to present cohesive interaction, design, and user experience approaches to a non-design audience.

Skills & Expertise

Responsive Design, Web design and development, Mobile App design and development (iOS and Android), Wireframing, Hi-fidelity prototyping, Workflow diagrams, User testing, User research, Information design, Personas, Moodboards, Journey maps, Conceptual models,  Animation, Brand Identity, Product management and Development.

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Muse, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Animate, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Axure (wireframing), Balsamiq, Framer and InVision.

Achievements

  • Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2015 Semifinalist for Interactive Infographic Design

  • RIT: Maintained 4.0 GPA while attending graduate school.

  • Experiential design: Designed visual identity and User Interface concepts for "E-Nabling the future", organization working on 3D printed prosthetics. Design selected for the November cover of American Orthotics and Prosthetics magazine

  • Awarded the Commercial Artists Guild Bronze Cub Illustrator Award for Sole Bread Winners (2011)

  • Won Access Awards 2011, An opportunity to meet and showcase my work to CEO of Scarecrow Advertising and NCD of Ogilvy and Mather

  • Won the Leo Burnett Most Promising Work, and Best Exhibit for an Annual Group Project