About me
                        
                    
                    
                        Hello! My name is Charen. I am a UX designer, and a research enthusiast from the region of Waterloo-Kitchener, ON, Canada. 
                            
                        
                     
                 
                
                
                
                    
                        
Experience
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
UX Designer @ Capstone Project | Cineplex Inc., Canada. 
                        
                        
                            
                                - Carried out research to understand entire customer lifecycle to improve content discovery and consumption for the Cineplex Store.
- Strategized and designed multi-screen experience for the Cineplex Store using Sketch and Invision Studio.
 
                        
                     
                    
                    
                        
                            
Lead UX Designer @ UXBox Design Studio 
                        
                        
                            
                                - Successfully streamlined and built design guidelines using sketch to support designers and in-house developers.
- Actively led design projects throughout stakeholder discussions, ideation, prototyping, and development.
 
                        
                     
                   
                    
                        
                            
UX Designer & Product Analyst @ 3Ding | Redd Robotics
                        
                        
                            
                                - Led experience research to design FabX 3D Printer-India’s most affordable 3D Printer and its web presence to take it to international market.
- Designed and actively contributed to the development of Slicer web application- a tool to integrate 3D printers with a
computer via Wi-Fi. The web application was built on top of OctoPi open source framework.
- Initiated user testing with the help of customer support team to identify addressable pain points.
- Actively collaborated with founders and stakeholders to ideate and validate SPOTS concept(online marketplace to support design community and 3D printing industries).
                                
- Collaborated with marketing, support and product development teams to recommend and implement design thinking to analysis, find and execute viable solutions.
 
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
Education
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
Master of Digital Experience Innovation 
                                
                                @University of Waterloo, Canada.
                        
                        
                            Specialization: Design Thinking | User Experience Design | Research | Project Management
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
Bachelor of Engineering
                                
                                @Anna University, RMK College of Engineering
                        
                        
                            Specialization: Electronics and Communication