Anshuman Sharma
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(user-interface designer)

Summary

Has more than 5 years of experience (64 months) in design and development of websites and multimedia applications for various applications.

• Extensive expertise in visualization, design, development, optimization and testing of websites using Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver, FrontPage.
• Expertise in information design, site-content structure design, interaction design, user-interface design and graphic design.
• Experience in coordinating and implementing web based, Internet and Intranet projects, web applications, corporate sites, eCommerce sites and portals.
• Experience in designing content and design strategies for WBTs and CBTs.
• Design Knowledge, Typography, Layouts, Iconography, usability.
• Excellent analytical, logical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ease of implementation of the client's requirements into design.
• Capacity for Work - Meeting Deadlines and leading a small team of designers.
• Diagnostic Ability - Ability to go to the core of the problem and suggest various options available.

1. NIIT Technologies
May 2000 to present (32 months)

Project Role and Responsibilities
Role: Consultant (Web Designer + Multimedia designer)
Designing the look and feel of the websites, information design, interaction design, user-interface design and graphic design and development of websites and web-templates. Interface design, information design and designing content and strategies for WBT and CBT courses. Leading a graphics team to plan and design projects.

Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities in all the projects are the same and are as follows:

• Visualization, design and development of the websites and multimedia WBTs. The front-end design along with the user-interface design, information design and look and feel of the site.
• Designing the information flow of the study courses and websites in terms of the site structure and site content. Subsequently, designing the navigation system of the websites and WBTs.
• Client-interaction and understanding the requirements of the client in terms of look and feel of the site and converting the same into design by giving various design options and getting approval of the design.
• Layout and design of websites and implementation in HTML to make templates that can be readily used by the backend developers.
  
• Interacting with the project manager and developers so that the design ideas and design specifications can be integrated and implemented successfully without delays and errors.
  
• Testing of the design templates - with respect to the design specifications.
  
• Trouble-shooting at various stages.

Environment
Windows 98

Projects:

i. RidersZone.com
Client - Bajaj Auto, India

The Project
The project is a two-wheeler portal catering to the need and requirements of buyers, sellers and service providers. All the areas as the buying, selling, reselling, dealer details, vehicle comparison and research, insurance, financing, and maintenance have been included. It is a platform for online interaction between the buyer, seller, dealers, and service providers for insurance, financing, experts for maintenance and buying, etc.

Features Used for design and development of the website

• Photoshop for designing
  
• Fireworks for image optimization
  
• Dreamweaver for HTML authoring
  
• Testing of the site for any errors.

Environment
Windows 98

ii. NCAER.com
Client - National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India

The Project
The project is a website for NCAER, which is India's premier economic research institution, specializing in policy research, surveys, forecasting and tracking the economy. The website aims at promoting services of this nodal agency and the details about events, surveys and publications, promote the services provided by NCAER and sell standard report and customized reports on various sectors to customer online.

Features Used for design and development of the website

• Photoshop for designing
  
• Fireworks for image optimization
  
• Dreamweaver for HTML authoring
  
• Photoshop for Icons.
  
• Testing with IE and Netscape for compatibility

Site add: http://www.ncaer.org/
Environment
Windows 98

iii. CRPF Intranet
Client - Central Reserve Police Force, Govt. of India

The Project
The project is an intranet application based website that caters to the various branches and the activities of its operations, personnel, finance, inventory. The application's core features include linking of all these CRPF offices spanning across the country through a WAN, handling all the personnel and financial matters and deployment of troops - thus moving towards a paperless environment and ensuring that any information required is just a few clicks away.

Features Used for design and development of the website

• Photoshop for designing
  
• Fireworks for image optimization and animation
  
• Dreamweaver for HTML authoring
  
• Microangelo for icon design.
  
• Testing with IE and Netscape for compatibility

Environment
Windows 98

iv. TSE Intranet
Client - Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), Japan

The Project
The project is an intranet website that caters to Tokyo Stock Exchange database, giving details about registration of member companies, stock details of companies, bond details of companies and statistical reports, etc. The site handles the Automation of the internal Systems of TSE, and this is the central location, in which the System consolidates the data from various stock exchanges of Japan, like the Osaka Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange and so on and prepares various reports.

Features Used
For design and development of the website

• Photoshop for designing
  
• Fireworks for image optimization
  
• Dreamweaver for HTML authoring and CSS
  
• Microangelo for icon design.
  
• Testing the site for various factors.

Environment
Windows 98

Multimedia

• "K-12" CBT, Govt. of Karnataka, India
  Flash based Multimedia CBT course on "Shadows" for class-V children.
  Design, layout, graphics, sound integration.
  
  
• "Shell Leadership Framework" intranet website, Shell, Holland.
  Concept, Design and layout of the website. Navigation and content design for various sections and various levels of information.
  
  
• "Shell Open University" WBT courses
  Shell Open University and Schlumberger WBT Course on Petro-Economics and Petrophysics, Perforation, Cement Evaluation, Reservoir Monitoring and Production Logging.
  Design of graphics, layout, designing the user interaction and understanding by various technical animations in flash.
  All these WBT courses are based on Flash and HTML.
  
  
• Various presentations and demos in powerpoint, flash and html.

Project Role and Responsibilities
Role: Web Designer and Developer (System Analyst)
Designing the look and feel of the websites, user-interface design and graphic design.

Job Responsibilities Job Responsibilities in all the projects are the same and are as follows:

• Conceptualization& Content Design
  
• Visualization& Graphic design
  
• HTML Authoring

All the projects are executed.

Major Projects

1. Ministry of Defence, Government of India
   http://mod.nic.in/
   A site describing the role and functions of the ministry and to educate people on the various opportunities in the armed forces. Emphasis has been given on the identity of the web site and navigational control.
2. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)
   http://www.naco.nic.in/
   The aim of this project is to inform people about the functions and activities of NACO, which is the most successful AIDS control organisation in the world, and to educate people about the causes and precautions of AIDS.
3. Jammu & Kashmir State Government, India
   http://jammukashmir.nic.in/
   This was a very large project on the various aspects of Jammu and Kashmir, including the culture and lifestyle of people and tourist destinations. The site is a colourful one with lots of photographs and information.
4. Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India
   http://www.nic.in/agricoop
   Site identity is evident from the use of colours and photographs that symbolize agriculture related activities. Use of icons for various options also creates interest for the user.
5. Indian Armed Forces
   http://armedforces.nic.in/
   This web site was on the various wings of the armed forces - the army, airforce, and the navy. The design was done so that a holistic view of the armed forces was established.

Environment
Windows 98

Other Websites

Concept, design and development of website for IttechNet.com. The site was developed as a portal for the network people.
Site Add: http://anshuman_sharma.tripod.com/ittechnet/

Areas of Interest

• Logo design
  
• Brochure design
  
• Icon design
  
• Web Usability and Accessibility
  
• Product design

Trainings Conducted

Software known

Bitmap Tools
Adobe Photoshop 6.0

Vector Tools
Fireworks 4.0
Macromedia Flash 5.0
Corel Draw 10

Authoring Tools
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Allaire Homesite 5.2

Image Optimization Tools
Adobe ImageReady 3.0
Macromedia Fireworks 4.0

Animation Tools
Gif Animator
Adobe ImageReady
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Flash
Ulead Gif Animator
Swish 1.5

Icon Design Tool
Microangelo

Programming
HTML
JavaScript (basic)

Education

Master of Design (M.Des. Industrial Design)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
1997

B.Tech. (Town Planning)
GRD School of Planning, GND University, Amritsar
1995

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