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Hi, my name is Shiva Jaini. I am currently working as a part of the YouTube Design Team at Google. Before Google, I was a Sr. User Experience Designer at Yahoo! where I was a part of the Front Doors and Network Services team. I worked on all the design and product ideation efforts for Browsing Software group and contributed to the search experience enhancements for Y! Frontpage. Before this group, I worked for the Y! Convergence Development Team in Atlanta and helped build various convergence products including IPTV, Web and Mobile experiences for AT&T U-Verse customers.

Prior to joining Yahoo!, I finished my graduate studies in Human Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. I also have a bachelors degree in Design with specialisation in Communication Design from the Department of Design (DoD), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati.

Strengths:

As a designer, I have always tried to explore and engage with a breadth of different subjects or disciplines. This has offered me a broader perspective when looking at everyday problems and also let me come up with creative solutions. On many projects so far in my career, I have worked across all stages of the product life cycle with many stakeholders involved, and honed a skill set that ranges from:

• Ideation and planning (user research, requirements gathering, product strategy, conceptualization)
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• Implementation and testing (wire-framing, prototyping, usability tests & UI reviews)

Sometimes, Design is horizontally segmented into too many specialties (IA, Interaction Design, Visual Design etc.). I consider myself more as a whole product experience designer and I think having a broad enough understanding and expertise in these specialties is essential for not only designers to be successful but it also helps in creating better user experiences.

Interests:

Design is a typical form of creative problem solving in today’s complex working environment but it’s definitely more than that. Design is also about innovation and creation.

I wish to work for groups that take a holistic approach to experiential design. I strongly believe that integrated and user-centric design experiences provide a great opportunity to create differentiating products, which ultimately helps in creating successful businesses in a competitive market. I mostly enjoy working on complex problems faced by people in real day-to-day situations that require good analytical thinking to come up with simple solutions & processes.

We are living in an exciting, dynamic and competitive world with an ever-changing technological landscape. I think designers have a unique position to not only engage with the contemporary world but also participate in shaping the future and ensure a smooth transition for everyone to the next stage in evolution.