CHAITANYA GADDAMWAR
EXPERIENCE
Azodha
October 2023 - May 2024
UX/UI Design Consultant
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Assisted senior UX designers in creating and refining design systems.
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Collaborated closely with developers to align design with technical feasibility.
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Attended client meetings to gather requirements and enhance design decisions.
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Used Jira to create and manage tickets for tracking design-development discrepancies.
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Ensured development implementation matched the intended design vision.
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Created interactive prototypes to improve understanding of product features.
Social Bee Media
July 2022 - Aug 2023
Visual Design Consultant
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Developed and implemented design systems, ensuring brand consistency across digital platforms.
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Created motion graphics and micro-interactions to enhance user experience.
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Led creative direction for digital campaigns, focusing on user engagement and retention.
FCB Kinnect
August 2021 - June 2022
Creative Design Consultant
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Assisted Sr. Art Directors in conceptualizing and executing large-scale brand campaigns.
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Designed digital and social media campaigns for brands like MX Player, Lenovo India, IFFCO-Tokio, Reliance Digital, Amazon Fresh, and HDFC Bank.
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Played a key role in multiple award-winning social media campaigns.
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Recognized for significant contributions to high-impact marketing initiatives.
Xebec Communications
August 2019 - November 2020
Senior Visualizer
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Worked on motion graphics and video editing for multiple brand campaigns.
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Learned and applied motion design techniques to enhance brand storytelling.
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Collaborated with junior and senior designers on large-scale marketing campaigns.
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Took initiative in pitching campaigns and presenting creative ideas to clients.
Valens Advertising
January 2018 - August 2019
Graphic Designer
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Designed promotional materials, infographics, and social media assets.
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Developed website and app mockups, enhancing user engagement
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Assisted senior designers in creating assets for motion graphics and video editing.
EDUCATION
MSc. in Human Computer Interaction
University College Dublin, Ireland | 2025
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Designed a Generative-AI based storytelling app for parents and kids, as a part of my HCI summer design semester.
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Designed an eco-habit building app for raising awareness amongst GenZ regarding carbon footprint.
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Designed a spooky and fun website (GhostPost) to raise awarness regarding the excessive use of social media. Link
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Gained knowledge on UX methodologies and methods, fairness in use of AI, biases in LLM’s in the context of HCI.
Bachelor of Commerce
University of Pune, India | 2015
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Cleared CA IPCC Group-I along with B.com, gaining strong financial and business knowledge.
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Developed a business-oriented mindset, which allowed me to apply monetary and strategic thinking in UX design.
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The knowledge gained here allowed me to integrate business acumen with design thinking that leads to creation of user-centric yet commercially viable solutions.