Kriss Patel

UI Designer • Product Designer • UX Designer • Toronto, ON, CA

UX Strategy

Logo Design

Storytelling

Accessibility

Leadership

Figma

Wireframing

User Interface Design

Information Architecture

Product Design

User-Centered Design

A/B Testing

UX research

Market Research

Design Thinking

Strategic Planning

Visual Design

Usability Testing

Web3

Web Design

Mobile Design

Creative Strategy

Prototyping

User Flows

UI/UX Design

User Research

Design Systems

Available for hire fromNegotiable

Full-Time Roles

Contracts

Lead UX Designer | UX Strategist | Design Mentor

I'm Kriss Patel, a lead UX designer with over 4 years of experience in the design industry. I take pride in designing visually stunning websites and mobile apps that improve user satisfaction and conversion rates through data-driven insights and analytics. I'm currently the lead UX designer at Connect2Crypto, where my biggest accomplishments have been creating a collaborative roadmap, introducing design sprints, reducing design errors by 40% resulting in a 20% reduction in project time, and collaborating with the engineering team to create a design handoff document and standard process resulting in 20% faster outputs.

Projects

Homepage Redesign

Improving the homepage for better user engagement with the crypto communication app

Website and Landing Page Designs

This is a collection of website and landing page designs on which I have worked throughout my career that are worth highlighting.

Design System

Building a Design System for Growing Startup

Trending Page Design

Helping Crypto investors find their next investment

Work History

Lead UX Designer

CONNECT2CRYPTOMar 2022 - Present • 2 yrs 7 mos• Created the roadmap for the design team using a collaborative process that included the project manager, product owner, and key developers, resulting in a milestone-driven plan that was embraced by the team and clients. • Wrote biweekly design team reports to measure key performance metrics and team progress, identify gaps, and communicate with stakeholders; templates were created and tracked in Notion. • Introduced a design sprint for the design team to collaborate and increase the efficiency of the design team's output. • Created a design checklist document for a team of three that reduced 40% of design errors, resulting in a 20% reduction in overall project time. • As a lead UX designer, I used metrics to evaluate how to meet design goals. As a result, I collaborated with the engineering team to create a design handoff document and standard process to follow, which resulted in 20% faster outputs.

UX Designer

CONNECT2CRYPTOAug 2021 - Mar 2022 • 7 mos• Improved the design process timeline by 20% by creating a set of templates for project managers, including stakeholder meeting agendas, user-personas, and user-journeys. • Developed, designed, and implemented a full and coherent vision encompassing the entire app. • Built wireframes, storyboards, and screen flows from verbal and written specifications. • Confidently articulate how a design solution answers user needs, business goals, technical constraints, and other project requirements. • Gained user feedback through interviews, surveys, and user testing.

UX Designer

AAE EngineeringDec 2020 - Feb 2021 • 3 mos• Conducted UX research for this rising start-up in order to help them establish their digital presence and expand their customer base in the online sector. • Worked directly with the client to establish the project scope, interaction guidelines, and project timelines. • Performed user interviews and used the need-finding approach to better identify user behaviors and discover the brand's personality • Created a working prototype in Figma and am currently working on developing the site in Webflow. • Ensured all web site designs follow W3C web standards.

Graphic/Web Designer

Umiya Prints & MarketingJan 2017 - Jul 2019 • 2 yrs 7 mos• Assisted, developed and revisited the company's marketing material i.e. posters, brochures, forms, handouts etc. • Created graphic elements (photos, logos, and icons) for internal marketing campaign use. • Researched and presented new ideas for the creative marketing campaign. • Initiated branding and all graphic design strategies for print and web use. • Designed new on-brand visual elements to effectively convey concepts and messaging

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