Personal Info
| Full name | Sree Teja Kalakota |
|---|---|
| [email protected] | |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Roles | Product and UX/UI designer |
Sree Teja Kalakota
UX/UI Designer
Nino360
Summary
Highly accomplished and results-driven UX/UI Designer and Front-End Developer with over 4 years of end-to end product design experience, specializing in creating high-fidelity, development-ready design mock-ups that consistently exceed user and business objectives. My hybrid skillset seamlessly bridges deep user research, interaction design, and visual design with technical fluency, ensuring pixel-perfect interfaces and seamless design-to-dev handoffs. I thrive in high-stakes, cross-functional Agile environments, consistently delivering measurable impact across diverse domains including e-commerce, finance, and HR Tech.
Professional Experience
Product
Designer
Nino360 (Next-Gen HR & Staffing Platform), Plano, TX
June 2024 - Present
t Nino360, I led the end-to-end UX/UI design for an AI-powered, modular HR platform, centralizing HR, CRM, and financial operations. My core contributions involved defining complex workflows, designing high-fidelity, persona-driven dashboards for diverse user roles (HR, Finance, Recruiters), and building a scalable Figma Design System. I significantly improved efficiency, reducing onboarding setup time by 35% and boosting recruiter task efficiency by 40% through streamlined architecture and intuitive UI.
UI Designer
VED AI (AI-Enabled Mental Health Platform), Charlotte, NC
December 2023 - May 2024
As a UX Design Intern at Ved AI, I led end-to-end UX for critical modules of an AI-enabled mental health application, focusing on patient onboarding, AI triage, and physician dashboards. I conducted stakeholder interviews, designed empathetic AI conversation flows, and prototyped multi-step interactions in Figma, ensuring HIPAA compliance and accessibility. My efforts improved task success rates by 18% in usability tests by reducing cognitive load in complex interfaces.
User Experience
Specialist
The University of Texas Center for Teaching and Learning, Texas
June 2023 - August 2024
Facilitating website updates by incorporating stakeholder and user feedback, while aligning with client requirements. Executing updates for enhanced user experience and organizational goals, aligning with industry best practices. Assisting in the design and development of digital products and services, enhancing the communication strategy.
UX Designer
Trimark USA (B2B/B2C/B2B2C E-Commerce & Supply Chain) - Remote / Mansfield, MA
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
At Trimark USA, I spearheaded the end-to-end UX strategy for a unified e-commerce and supply chain platform, redesigning Customer, Supplier, and Sales portals. I conducted user research, mapped journey flows, and delivered high-fidelity Figma prototypes that integrated live shipping previews and refined navigation. My contributions led to a 25% increase in average order value, 12% reduction in cart abandonment, and a 33% reduction in supplier onboarding time.
UX/UI Designer
AMF Sports Performance Analytics App - Hyderabad, India
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
For the AMF Sports Performance Analytics App, I defined the product UX strategy and designed the initial end-to-end UI system for a cloud-based athlete tracking platform across four user roles. I created a cross-platform Design System and developed prototypes for live session tracking and 3rd-party integrations, validated by 95% task success rates. My design and collaboration efforts contributed to the MVP launch in 6 months, onboarding 50+ athletes and securing brand sponsorships.
User Experience Design
Intern
Intense Technologies Limited, India
March 2017 - August 2017
- Involved in the planning and design of a low-code, rapid enterprise application production platform.
- Conducted comprehensive usability testing, analysed data, and optimized design approaches.
- Produced high-quality animations and motion graphics for use in marketing campaigns and presentations.
Academic Qualification
Masters in
Information Studies - User Experience
Design
The University of Texas at Austin - Texas
Aug 2022 - May 2024
Projects: Smart Recipe & Inventory Management App & Sustainable Waste Management Platform
Courses: User Experience Design, User Research, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Web Development, Information Visualization, Data Analytics
Bachelors in Computers and
Information Technology
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - India
Aug 2016 - Oct 2020
Developed an Android-based gamification assessment application for academic students in a school system.
Academic Projects
Smart Cookbook with
Advanced Pantry Management
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
- Implemented a competitive analysis on existing applications based on Information Architecture.
- Screened User Interviews and Surveys to understand the user flow and created a Content Inventory.
- Designed Wireframes and High Fidelity UI based on the information hierarchy of the study.
- Responsibility: Competitive Analysis, User Interviews, Content Inventory, Wireframes and High Fidelity UI.
An Android
Application for Gamified Learning
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
- Prospected a research on the metrics to determine a student's understanding in a course work.
- Magnified the application of gamification techniques in the educational sector.
- Incorporated the analysed data to build an Android application that integrates gamification techniques.
- Technology: Java, Android Studio, Embedded JavaScript, Bootstrap, Node JS, Firebase NoSQL DB.
An Intra College
Social Networking Portal
June 2019 - Oct 2019
- Empowered a basic research to understand how my undergraduate friends connected with our on-campus instructors to receive advice for their research papers, experiments, assignments, and academic assistance.
- Tailored the pain points from the research insights, designed a model to tackle the issue and developed a website as part of my academic coursework.
- Technology: JavaScript, PHP, Apache Tomcat, Bootstrap, MySQL DB
Skill Base
Research
Survey
Personas
User interviews
Heuristic
Evaluation
Card Sorting
Information
Architecture
Design
Sitemaps
Storyboarding
Task-flows
User scenarios
Hi-fi & Lo-fi
Mockups
Prototyping
Wireframing
Visual design
Branding
Web Design
HTML5
CSS3
Javascript
ES6
Node
JS
Bootstrap
AJAX
Coding
C
Java
C++
Python
ToolKit
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe
Illustrator
Sketch
Figma
AEM 6.5
Visual Studio
Code
Android Studio
GitHub
Jira
Appreciations
Indo-Tibetan Border Police expressed gratitude for my commitment to the promotion of paralympic sports in India.
Commended by the Indian Border Security Force for offering gratuitous design workshops to the handicapped people.
Appreciated by IEEE Hyderabad Section for working as an UI Designer for 'IEEE CovidMove' website in 2020.
Finished first place in Robokart's Game Design Competition using Unity 3D in 2017.