Anil G

Design Manager

Kochi, Kerala, India20 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over two decades of design expertise.
  • Award-winning UX designer and wildlife photographer.
  • Exceptional mentor and team leader.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned UX and Design Management professional in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ManagementUser Experience DesignUser Interface Design

Other Skills

Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem FramingFacilitationUser ExperienceWeb DesignUser InterfaceMobile ApplicationsGraphicsWeb ApplicationsInteraction DesignOnline Advertising

About

With over two decades of expertise in design, Anil brings a unique blend of empathy and innovative thinking to create products and experiences that are a delight to use. His unwavering persistence, boundless curiosity, and meticulous attention to detail have been honed through years of work as a creative entrepreneur. Anil is a passionate advocate of design thinking, seamlessly incorporating the best user experience practices into his offerings. Whether in graphic design, branding, photography, 3D character animation or even ad filmmaking, Anil is a true master of his craft. Additionally, Anil is an exceptional manager and mentor, constantly pushing his team to achieve success. He can inspire and guide his team members to reach their full potential. Mentor at ADPList : https://adplist.org/mentors/anil-g About me: https://neelan.design/#About Current Job: =========== Design Manager and Studio Director for Data & AI Products at IBM. Building and managing a new team of talented designers responsible for various products in the Data and artificial intelligence portfolio. Product Management, People Management, and strategising are some of my everyday things. Experience =========== . Design Director to one of the Largest UX studios in India. . Key member in building the first design studio in TCS and Managing multi-location teams. . Award-winning UX designer and wildlife Photographer . Examples of remarkable job experience include management and solution of core business problems, as well as management and delivery of state-of-the-art, award-winning user experiences for digital interactions with big clients. . User experience team formation, thought leadership, people management, UX project management, and mentorship. . Creation of a UX COE for leading clients on-site to help them improve their user experience. . Design delivery, creation, and execution of design recruitment and training inside TCS. Specialties: =================== Design Management Strategizing Design User Experience Design Interaction Design User Interface Designs Usability Testing Branding Photography

Experience

20 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
4 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Ibm

Design Manager

Apr 2022Present · 4 yrs 1 mo · Kochi, Kerala, India

Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem Framing+3

Tata consultancy services

5 roles

Design Director (Head of Studios, Kerala)

Aug 2021Apr 2022 · 8 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India

  • Leading a team of more than 100 designers with expertise in user experience, design thinking, and motion graphics for Kerala which included Kochi and Trivandrum. Some of the everyday touch points include grooming, mentoring, and empowering the next generation of leaders, enabling fresh talent to reach their full potential, establishing UX teams for accounts and clients, and evangelising about design.
Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem Framing+3

Design Director (Hi-Tech Vertical - TCS Interactive)

Promoted

Sep 2020Mar 2021 · 6 mos

  • Designated as the Design Director of Hi-Tech Vertical within TCS Interactive, I have to handle a team of 50 members working across India. People management, RFP's, Escalation management, recruitment's, client interaction were some of the daily work done.
Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem Framing+3

Lead UX Strategist

Feb 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem Framing+2

Senior UX Strategist

Sep 2017Feb 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Written CommunicationCoaching & MentoringHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem Framing+2

Lead - UX Design

Jul 2014Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • At TCS, we work as a team which is Positive, Friendly and informal. Here, I hand the Delivery of major UX projects, Take care of the process that the entire team follows. Mentor and monitor new design enthusiasts and lead the UX research wing which focuses on user research and usability study.
Written CommunicationHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationProduct StrategyProblem FramingFacilitation+1

Qburst technologies

Lead. UI Designer

Aug 2011Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Ernakulam, Kerala

  • Handling the UI/UX for Web and Mobile applications. Which include, requirement gathering, client interaction, visualisation and implementation.
Written CommunicationHuman Computer InteractionCommunicationFacilitationUser Interface Design

Dreeme team pvt. ltd.

Team Lead Web Design

Aug 2010Jul 2011 · 11 mos · Kochi

  • Had a very good opportunity to work with some of the leading brands in India, such as V-Guard, Muthoot Group, JTPack, Eastern condiments etc.
  • Had to lead a team of designers to deliver quality designs.
Written Communication

Dhishna technologies

Creative Lead

Jan 2007Aug 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Worked as a Creative lead. had to take care of the webdesign team and also was responsible for directing short animated movies and getting the story bard done.

Padmam technologies

Sr. Web designer

Jan 2006Jan 2007 · 1 yr

Matrix

Web designer

Jan 2005Sep 2006 · 1 yr 8 mos

Education

IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation

Mobile User Experience Design — User Experience Design

Jan 2015Jan 2015

IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation

Conducting UsabilityTesting — User Experiance

Jan 2015Jan 2015

St. Alberts College

Bachelor of Science (BS) — Botany

Jan 2002Jan 2004

Mahatma Gandhi University

Bsc — Botany

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