Vishal Issac

UX Designer

Laval, France

Professional Summary

  • Designer with extensive work experience in both digital and print graphics domains.

  • Masters in Media Design at L’École de Design Nantes Atlantique.(Le Diplôme de design Bac +5)

  • Cross-functional experience in designs and their methodology by visualising or illustrating by using leading design software like Adobe products like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD also MS Office,  Canva, Figma, Flinto and Miro.

  • Competent in the research-based design process such as stakeholder maps, field analysis, user scenarios, user research, benchmarking, mood board, etc

Work Experience 

UX Designer

École nationale supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (Sept 2023 - Present)

  • Create and analyze of the user journeys, user scenarios and pain points indentification.

  • Creation of mock-ups and XR interactions.

  • Support the development team in the creation of the XR application.

Stagiaire Motion Graphic Designer (Internship)

ZE-Company, Orléans, France (June 2022- Oct 2022)

  • Helped the company’s marketing team by providing design solutions to gain 30% extra clients.

  • Created 40 motion graphic FAQ videos in both English and French.

  • Project was autonomous and was done in a remote workspace for a period of 4 months.

Graphic Designer

SiliconIndia, Bangalore (Nov 2015 - Sept 2020)

  • Managed & executed the designs & layouts of 200 plus magazines even at peak of COVID crisis.  

  • Responsible for quality control of night design team.

  • Interacted with clients to develop customized advertisements and marketing materials.

  • Helped sales team to reach the record target sale in the company for the FY 2018-2019.

  • Designed more than 100+ covers, 50+ illustrations & layouts of more than 100 magazines.

  • Supporting the web development team with required visuals.

  • Communication and execution of sales and marketing deliverables.

  • Designed articles for magazines to help other designers complete their target of 170 magazines.

Graphic Designer & Video Editor

Focus Media, Kochi (May 2015 - Oct 2015)

  • Developed marketing strategies like video ads, billboards for various institutions 

  • Helped in increasing the sales margin by 50%.

Chief Designer

MediaCity Magazine, Kochi (Jan 2014 - May 2015)

  • Designed covers & layouts for 10 magazines, also did video editing and product label design.

EDUCATION

Master of Design (MDes) in Media Design 

L’école de Design Nantes Atlantique, France (Sept 2020-Nov 2022)

  • Collaborated with different companies in France for providing various design solutions

  • Collaborated with OSLO MET University for systemic design 

  • Research-based design learning based on User experience

  • Learned different tools, such as design methodologies, UI/UX design, Stakeholder map, etc.

B.A. in English Literature 

University of Madras, Chennai, India (June 2013- May - 2016)

  • Enhanced my skills in Journalism 

  • Communicative English 

Advanced Diploma in 3D Animation 

Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Chennai, India (Nov 2009 - Feb 2012)

  • Learned the key design software such as Adobe, Autodesk and Final Cut Pro

  • Certified by Cambridge Assessment International Education

  • Learned pre-production and post-production software programs and methodologies

SKILL SET :

  • Illustrations / Graphics, Iconography

  • Magazine layouts, Colour Management

  • Photography/video editing / Motion Graphics

  • UI/UX Designs

  • XR/ VR / AR Prototyping

  • Visualisation of concepts

  • Product design and mock-ups

  • Researching, User Scenario, Map

  • Language competence :

  • Bilingual fluency in English; Obtained 965 in the TOEIC

  • Intermediate level (B1) in French