Hello,
I'm Ayush Saran.
UI/UX Designer and Developer. Currently, I'm based in Bir, Himachal, proptotyping interfaces and designing responsive experiences for Dtravel.
Skills
Graphic Design & Creative Direction
• Building Responsive UI/UX Design for Web and Mobile. Creating Brand Strategy and Design
Systems
• Wireframing User Flows and delivering High-fidelity Prototypes for Developer Hand-off
Front-End Development
• Proficient in HTML, CSS & JavaScript with over 10yrs experience delivering responsive
designs for the web.
• 2 yrs experience in React, Next.js, Node.js & Express.
• Building prototype AI systems on GCP and OpenAI infrastructure.
Back-End Development
• Familiar with Git and working with shared repositories.
• Experience with MongoDB Atlas, Firebase and Supabase.
• Building RESTful APIs and manipulating data with Python and Node.js.
Tools
• Familiar with Figma & the Adobe Creative Suite
• Comfortable with VS Code and other IDE tools.
• Project Management through Trello , Asana , Slack ,
Jira & Confluence.
Experience
Dtravel
UI/UX Designer
2023 - Present
At Dtravel, I work on a variety of projects, from front-end development to UI/UX design. I'm currently tasked with building and delivering our upcoming AI powered travel platform.
Kingdom Of Calm
Co-Founder and Lead Designer
2012 - 2023
I co-founded and ran an indie design brand for over 10 years. I was responsible for all aspects of the business from design and manufacturing to marketing and sales. We released over 200+ SKUs across clothing, home decor and accessories.
Directi
Sr. Interaction Designer
2010 - 2012
At Directi I worked as part of the in-house design dept that handled all the design needs for the various product verticals of the company across B2B web infrastructure and consumer products. Responsibilities included managing a team of jr designers, creating design systems and working with the product and engineering teams to deliver high quality design solutions.
RealTSP, UK
UI Designer & Front-End Developer
2009 - 2010
Worked on multiple concurrent client website redesigns and maintenance projects for european brands using our in-house eCommerce platform.
Digital Telepathy, San Diego
UI Designer & Front-End Developer
2007 - 2008
Worked as junior designer and developer on all current client projects, assisted senior developer with UI and stylesheets.
Education
Kingston University, London
MSc. User Interaction Design
2008 - 2010
• Studied Interaction Design and Usability testing.
• Gained experience in a variety of authoring tools including Axure, Sketch, etc..
• Participated in conducting and analyzing user research and usability testing.
Platt College, San Diego
BSc. Media Arts
2004 - 2007
• Studied Graphic Design, Typography, 3D Animation, Digital Video post-production and
Web
Development.
• Gained experience in a variety of authoring tools including Photoshop, Illustrator,
In-Design, After Effects, Final Cut, Premiere, Maya, 3DStudioMax.
Recent Experiments
Most of my recent work is under NDA, but here are a few experiments I've been working on in my free time.
News Quiz WebApp
I built a webapp using Next.js that fetches articles from the Feedrika News API and converts
them to multiple-choice questions using OpenAI's GPT 3.5-turbo.
news-quiz-app.vercel.app
SimpleNote to Obsidian Tool
A simple web-based converter that takes your Simplenote export and converts it for import into
Obsidian.
simplenote-to-obsidian.fly.dev
Ayush Recommends
Whether you're in search of a new binge-worthy series or a casual one-time watch movie, let me
share some hidden gems from the worlds of TV and cinema. You might just discover your new
favorite show or movie!.
recommendations.ayushsaran.info
Get in Touch
If you have a project that you'd like to discuss, please get in touch with me at mail@ayushsaran.info.