Vis Vasanth, UXC

NN/g Certified UX Designer ~ Design System Nerd ~ Figma Ninja

My UX Process & Skills

While my UX process may appear linear, in reality, it involves some degree of jumping around and iterations. My process is often influenced by the project type, scope, resources, and timeline. The image to the right depicts the general phases of how I break down my UX process since the needs of each project will determine which steps I dive deeper in to.

You will notice that there isn't a seperate phase for usability testing and that is because it can happen for a new UI at the Design phase or for an existing UI in the Empathize phase. Testing and user research happens throughout my UX process. The tasks that I may complete within each phase of the process are listed below.

Understand

Strategy

UX Analysis
Business Req. Doc
Heuristic Evaluations
Problem Statement
Competitive Analysis

Empathize

Research

Problem Statement
User Interviews
User Surveys
Personas
Journey Map
User Stories
Storyboards
Usability Testing an existing UI

Ideate

Architecture

Task Analysis
User Flows
Card Sort
Sitemaps

Design

Interaction Design

Wireframes
Prototypes
Usability Testing
A/B Testing
Design Docs
Developer Handoff
Accessibility Review

Design System

DS Liason

Component Audit
Component Creation in Figma
Component QA
Component Accessibility
Documentation
Developer Collaboration
DS Liason to Designers

Works

*The Full UX process was done on the works below, but the tags represent areas that had deep dives

LoFi to MidFi UI Kit

Project Lead - Design System - Internal Tool

I led a small team of designers to create an internal tool for designers used to streamline and accelerate our design process, enabling the building of a product from the ground up.

Strategy Design System Design

Education & Residency Template

UX for Responsive Web at University of Texas Health

This engagement started as a simple website redesign. But I saw a need to create a reusable and modifiable template, so I jumped into an iterative product design mindset.

Strategy Research Architecture Design Design System

Legal Now

Rapid UX Process - Product Design

This was a rapid one-week UX engagement with the first iteration of high fidelity prototypes due at the end of the week. The client's name was changed due to non-disclosure agreements.

Strategy Research Architecture Design

Ink Me Tattoos

Full UX Process for Mobile First

This was an immersive UX product design project that quickly became a passion project. The design has been tested and iterated many times since its initial conception.

Strategy Research Architecture Design

Cooking with Linda

VUI Specialization Project

This voice user interface(VUI) Alexa Skill was developed for specialization course in Voice UI. This Alexa Skill walks users through cooking a recipe.

UX for Voice UI

About Vis

NN/g Certified UX Designer Design System Nerd Product/Web Designer Accessibility Enthusiast Figma Ninja

My true passions lie in design system work and providing mentorship and education for junior and new designers

💡 6+ years of experience working in all aspects of UX/UI design including user research, design systems, UI development, website design, tutoring UX, and product design.

💡 As a Design System designer (3+ years of Design System focus), creating and enhancing components, documenting guidelines, collaborating with fellow product designers,PMs, and devs on feature work, and pushing the boundaries of our design system bring me immense satisfaction

💡 I worked in startups, midsize companies, and industry giants like Oracle, where I collaborated with Fortune 100 & 500 companies across diverse industries

🏅 Awarded the 2021 UT Health San Antonio's Extraordinary Impact for significantly improving the COVID-19 vaccination app's user experience and accessibility

🏅 I was a valued member of the team that created the demo of the intelligent bot cloud service (IBCS) for Oracle Open World 2017's Keynote

🏅 My career transition journey was featured on the Non-Clinical PT.

WHEN I'M NOT GEEKING OUT TO UX, FIND ME...

at the newest food spot in town
at Cars & Coffee ATX
analyzing real estate trends
the lake with my dogs

What Others Have to Say About Vis

I worked with Vis for a couple of months, and it could not have been a more pleasurable experience. She is a great team player and has excellent Research and Design skills. I'd recommend her for any company seeking a strong and open-minded UX designer."

Khrystyna Sopova

Product Manager

Vis was a God-send! She went above and beyond for me. She is very organized and stayed true to her timelines...She worked faster than I predicted. She also asked for feedback after every change she made and updated me regularly...Vis is a very knowledgeable and professional about her work. I appreciate that my website looks clean and exactly how we drew out."

Cristi Cuellar

Web Design Client