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Pooja Hiremath

Summary

Experienced with leading design projects, delivering visually compelling solutions that meet client needs and objectives. Utilizes creative direction and project management skills to ensure timely and effective outcomes. Track record of driving team collaboration and maintaining high design standards for companies like Apple

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Designer

Apple
05.2022 - Current
  • Led the overall design strategy for web and mobile platforms, ensuring design solutions aligned with both user needs and organisational goals while driving innovation across projects
  • Built and mentored a high-performing UI/UX design team, providing strategic direction, fostering creative problem-solving, and guiding professional growth through regular feedback and training
  • Established design guidelines to maintain brand consistency across all platforms and touchpoints.
  • Championed design thinking principles across the organization, advocating for the importance of user-centered design at all levels and influencing the broader company culture to embrace a design-driven approach
  • Put together videos for social media, advertising, and informational purposes.
  • Led and streamlined the end-to-end design process from ideation to final delivery, ensuring timely execution and maintaining a focus on usability, consistency, and high-quality design standards
  • Completed final touches for projects before rollout.
  • Ensured high-quality execution of design concepts across multiple mediums, including websites, branding assets, visual designs, and software interfaces
  • Streamlined design processes, resulting in increased efficiency and improved project outcomes.
  • Led design reviews, workshops, and presentations, ensuring key stakeholders were engaged throughout the design process and ensuring designs met business, user, and technical requirements
  • Directed the redesign of the Apple Support App and Support Site, enhancing user experience and usability
  • Led NPT and NPI initiatives, creating training content and internal newsletters for Apple teams
  • Led a team of 6 Video editors for Apple youtube channel.
  • Recognized as Star Performer for consistent excellence in design and delivery, driving high-impact results
  • Awarded Best Lead Award for exceptional leadership in guiding teams to success across complex design challenges

Freelance

Comdex
10.2021 - 06.2022
  • Full-cycle UI/UX design for the Comdex web application
  • End-to-end UI/UX design for the wallet app
  • Development of a comprehensive style guide for the company
  • Brand identity design and development
  • Design of social media posters for company promotion
  • Website design for the Comdex platform
  • Creation of event banners for crypto-related events
  • Iterative design refinement across assets, layouts, and user interfaces
  • Managed social media ad campaigns, achieving higher conversion rates and engaging more effectively with target audiences.
  • Documentation of workflows and design processes
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and organization.
  • Adapted quickly to changing project requirements, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability under pressure.
  • Created engaging and informative content for blogs and articles, establishing clients as thought leaders in their industries.

Senior Production Artist

Apple
12.2019 - 05.2022
  • Worked closely with Product Managers and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of design solutions
  • Served as a client-facing representative of our design team, providing strategic guidance
  • Leveraged extensive knowledge of typography to create visually appealing layouts that effectively communicated messages.
  • Ensured high-quality execution of design concepts across diverse mediums such as websites, branding, visual designs, and software interfaces
  • Improved efficiency by developing templates for recurring design elements, accelerating project turnaround times without compromising quality.
  • Quality checking the designs, gif and internal projects
  • Mentored junior artists, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
  • Setting up new guidelines and process to enhance design output
  • Producing UI interactive images on various Apple products for Knowledge base article image production for Apple support page
  • Creation of GIF animations
  • Produced desired images in various locals across all Apple products
  • Knowledge on navigation screens of all Apple products

Image Editor

Glance
06.2017 - 06.2019
  • Illustrating creatives for desired categories
  • Creation of posters and web banners
  • Streamlined editing processes for increased efficiency by implementing industry-leading software and tools.
  • Creation of GIF animations
  • Managed and tracked multiple versions of images and assets to ensure the correct files were used in production
  • Collaborated with photographers and graphic designers to create visually compelling images that met client specifications.
  • Expertly retouched photographs to remove imperfections, improve lighting, and enhance overall aesthetics.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Applications -

GRV BMA
06-2016

Skills

  • Strategic thinking
  • Design leadership
  • Project management
  • Motion graphics
  • Sketch software
  • Video editing
  • UX design
  • UI design
  • Adobe photoshop, illustrator, and InDesign
  • Effective communication

Timeline

Lead Designer

Apple
05.2022 - Current

Freelance

Comdex
10.2021 - 06.2022

Senior Production Artist

Apple
12.2019 - 05.2022

Image Editor

Glance
06.2017 - 06.2019

Bachelor of Computer Applications -

GRV BMA

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