Larika Gadkari
With a Bachelor’s degree in Design and professional expertise in Product Design, UX/UI and Augmented Reality, I am passionate about creating impactful products and immersive experiences. I have developed AR experiences with the implementation of cutting-edge User Interfaces for the automotive / manufacturing industry as well as User Experience / Product design projects other sectors. Having proficiency in UI/UX design, user research, Augmented Reality, XR, Product / Interaction Design and Front-end Development, I aim to create and deliver user-centric solutions through strategic design implementation, technology integration and effective leadership in order to achieve successful business results.
- Role
Senior Developer - AR | UI/UX Designer
- Years of Experience
3 years
Skillsets
- Affinity mapping
- Augmented reality (ar/vr)
- Futuristic/immersive design
- XR
- 3D CAD
- brainstorming
- Card sorting
- Personas
- high-fidelity
- Wireframing
- Journey Mapping
- Mock-ups
- Industrial Design
- Graphic/visual design
- User Interviews
- Ergonomics
- UX/UI - 3 Years
- Market Research - 3 Years
- Information Architecture
- Graphic Design - 3 Years
- InVision - 3 Years
- UI/UX Designer - 3 Years
- A/B testing
- Accessibility
- Animation
- Design Principles
- Front-end Development
- Figma - 3 Years
- Interaction Design
- Product Design - 3 Years
- Prototyping
- Storyboarding
- UI/UX Design
- Usability Testing
- User Flows
Professional Summary
3Years
- Apr, 2023 - Present2 yr 6 months
Senior Developer - AR UI/UX Designer
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023 11 months
AR Developer | UI/UX Designer
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Dec, 2021 - Mar, 2022 3 months
AR Development - Intern
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Feb, 2021 - Mar, 2021 1 month
Industrial Design Intern
Meta Arch Pvt. Ltd. - Aug, 2021 - Nov, 2021 3 months
Product and Graphic Designer - Freelancing
Fedco Paints and Contracts | Lara Group
Applications & Tools Known
Figma
InVision
Sketch
Axure RP
Unity
Creo Parametric
Creo Illustrate
Blender
HTML
CSS
C#
Adobe Creative Suite
Rhinoceros
DaVinci Resolve
FigJam
Miro
Work History
3Years
Senior Developer - AR UI/UX Designer
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd.Apr, 2023 - Present2 yr 6 months
Conducted and led an AR (Augmented Reality) Seminar and Workshop on Immersive Technologies for over 300 students, demonstrated Digital Twins, technical expertise and provided practical training by utilizing industry tools/software. Researched and developed a power-unit/engine-based AR Experience regarding Operation, Training, Safety, and Service via CAD, mechanism, animation, cutting-edge UX/UI, front-end development, shaders and IIoT integration via ThingWorx. Trained employees and monitored project assignment timelines in accordance with industry standards. Crafted and conducted comprehensive company presentations for client engagement and acquisition.
AR Developer | UI/UX Designer
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd.Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023 11 months
Conducted and led a Workshop and Presentation for a FIRST Tech Challenge team of India comprising of over 70 members, thereby trained and guided them to create digital prototypes of robots. Demonstrated Augmented Reality education experiences to over 80 faculty members of a prestigious school. Researched and developed a pump maintenance, training and inventory management AR experience. Created UX prototypes, micro-interactions, animations, front-end development, CAD and conducted design sprints. Collaborated with the team for the execution of AR (Augmented Reality) experiences for Digital Transformation.
AR Development - Intern
InfinityX Tech Systems Pvt. Ltd.Dec, 2021 - Mar, 2022 3 months
Gained detailed information about heat exchangers and motors to compile 2D and 3D assets for creating AR experiences based on the foundation of research, storyboards and wireframes. Created social media and marketing design deliverables for enhancing brand value and promoting talent acquisition.
Product and Graphic Designer - Freelancing
Fedco Paints and Contracts | Lara GroupAug, 2021 - Nov, 2021 3 months
Created dashboards for the business management system, thereby enabling the company to streamline various procedures such as tracking service/purchase orders, site/workforce location updates, inventory, finance and clientele. Implemented the UX process to design the website, created compelling merchandising deliverables, brochures and logos.
Industrial Design Intern
Meta Arch Pvt. Ltd.Feb, 2021 - Mar, 2021 1 month
Conducted brainstorming and market research, created ideation sketches and crafted 3D digital prototype iterations of office/workspace furniture, using industry software, thereby contributing to the requirements of design execution.
Major Projects
2Projects
Slurry Pump and Plate Heat Exchanger (Manufacturing Industry)
V6 Turbo Hybrid Power Unit (Automotive Industry)
Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2024 11 months
Education
Bachelor of Design: Industrial Design - Product Design
Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune (2021)Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) - Commerce
St. Miras College, Pune (2016)Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
The Bishops Co-Ed School, Kalyaninagar, Pune (2014)
Certifications
Google ux design - google - coursera
Agile project management - google - coursera
Google ai essentials - google - coursera
How to design for augmented and virtual reality - the interaction design foundation
Intro to ar/vr/mr/xr: technologies, applications & issues - university of michigan - coursera
User experience design & interaction design for ar/vr/mr/xr - university of michigan - coursera
Graphic design mastery: the full branding and design process - udemy