Shalmali G.

UI Designer

Pune City, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Transitioned from Dentistry to UI/UX Design
  • Expert in user-centered design and product development
  • Proven track record in branding and visual design
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UI/UX Designer with a strong background in healthcare and branding.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignUser-centered DesignUser Experience Design (ued)Ux ResearchGraphic DesignBranding & IdentityIllustrationDentistry

Other Skills

Customer Journey MappingGraphicsSocial MediaProblem SolvingPrototypingProduct ServiceCommunicationWireframingUser InterviewsInformation ArchitecturePresentationsCreative Problem SolvingDesign ResearchUser Experience (UX)Oral Communication

About

I’m a Dentist turned UI/UX and Visual Designer. Fascinated by how design amalgamates art with discipline, I focus on designing meaningful experiences grounded in thorough research and documentation. My current area of work includes UI/UX, Visual and Product Design.

Experience

6 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Self employed

Freelance Visual designer

Jan 2025Dec 2025 · 11 mos · Pune City

  • Worked with independent clients on branding and packaging, custom illustrations, and responsive website design projects from concept to delivery.
User-centered DesignCustomer Journey MappingGraphicsSocial MediaProblem SolvingProduct Design+1

Tekion corp

2 roles

Associate Product Designer

Aug 2023Dec 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Collaborated with Product managers and developers to design and enhance user interfaces for a B2B Automotive Retail platform, improving usability and streamlining workflows. Also worked with the Marketing team to contribute to the company website by updating existing pages, supporting redesign efforts, enhancing brand and design system and ensuring visual consistency. And coordinated with Project managers and developers to optimise website design for SEO performance and technical implementation.
Product ServiceGraphicsUser-centered DesignProduct DesignCustomer Journey MappingPrototyping+2

Product Design Intern

Jan 2023Jul 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Ideation for the MVP of a hypothetical product vertical, conducting primary and secondary research, creating user flows, studying use cases, conducting user interviews, empathy mapping, formulating user journeys, information architecture, wire-framing and prototyping.
  • Led presentation pitches of the MVP concept and design to senior leadership and executives for feedback and alignment.
Product ServiceUX ResearchCommunicationUser-centered DesignProduct DesignWireframing+10

Self employed

2 roles

Freelance Graphic Designer

Jan 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune District · Remote

  • Social Media creatives for Sustainability Initiatives, a non profit organisation (Pune), Digital Illustrations and Typography explorations for an artist lifestyle brand merchandise, The Mad Riyaazi (Pune), Identity design and Digital illustrations for a travel brand merchandise, The Mahua Store (Pune), Marketing collaterals for a beauty brand, S.K International Academy of Hair & Beauty (Pune) etc to name a few projects and clients.
Oral CommunicationUX ResearchTypographyCommunicationGraphicsBranding & Identity+8

Freelance Illustrator

Jan 2018Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Pune Division

  • Designing, Production, Branding and Marketing for over 120 commissioned pieces of Customised doodles, Illustrations, Books and other merchandise.
Oral CommunicationAdobe PhotoshopCommunicationProcreate AppGraphicsFigma (Software)+10

Advanced dental clinic

Associate Dentist

Jun 2019Mar 2020 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Oral CommunicationDentistryManagementAestheticsCommunicationRestorative Dentistry+1

Sathe multispeciality hospital

Associate Dentist

Jun 2019Jan 2020 · 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Oral CommunicationDentistryManagementAestheticsCommunicationRestorative Dentistry

Dr rahalkars health care private limited

Associate Dentist

Jan 2018Mar 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Oral CommunicationDentistryManagementScaling & Root PlaningCommunicationRetainers+1

Sinhgad dental college & hospital, vadgaon (bk), pune

Dental Intern

Jun 2016Oct 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Oral CommunicationDentistryManagementPeriodonticsProsthodonticsCommunication+6

Education

MIT Institute of Design

Masters in Design — Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Aug 2021Jun 2023

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Dental Surgery - BDS — Dentistry

Oct 2012Oct 2017

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