Saikat Mandal

http: //www.saikatmandal.com

1447, Spartan Village, Apt- H, East Lansing,

MI- 48823, USA, EDUCATION
Email: arsaikat@gmail.com
Phone: (+1) 517.599.1770 MA, Education Technology (Instructional Media Design) May 2010
College of Education, Michigan State University; GPA 3.83/4.0
More than Four Years of Experience in
User Interaction/Experience Design, Certificate in Serious Game Design, Dec 2009
Web, Graphic Design on both web1.0 Department of Telecommunication, Michigan State University,
and web2.0 platform
Master of Design, Visual Communication May 2006
SKILLS: Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; GPA 8.57/10
Conceptual Design;
Participatory Design; Bachelor of Architecture May 2004
High and Low fidelity Prototyping; Birla Institute of Technology; 82.10%
Storytelling, Storyboarding;
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Windows, MacOS ; Asian Studies Center, MSU Aug 09 - Current
PROGRAM ASSISTANT,
PROGRAMMING: • Responsible for Design and Development. Designed its logo, posters
C++, FORTRAN, Pascal, • Redesigned the website
HTML & CSS, DHTML;
ActionScript, JavaScript, Ajax; College of Education, MSU Aug 08- Aug 09
PHP, SQL, RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
• Responsible for VIDEO EDITING. Made video clips for the College.
SOFTWARE: • Analyzed USABILITY of the Edutech Website.
Adobe Photoshop;
Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw; Microsoft India R&D Mar 08 – Jun 08
Adobe Flash; INTERACTION DESIGNER,
Adobe Dreamweaver; • Designed Software Interface for Microsoft Television
Adobe Indesign, Quark Express; • Conducted User Studies, Conceptualized and Designed the software
Auto Cad, Rhino, 3D Max, Maya;
• Involved in its PROTOTYPING and USER TESTING
Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects;
Visio,
Zensar Technologies Jan 08 – Feb 08
USABILITY ANALYST ,
USER RESEARCH TECHNIQUE:
• Involved in redesigning of the Corporate website
Contextual Interviews,
• Designed and implemented Invoice Management System for Barclays
Focus Groups, Personas, Use Cases, Scenarios,
Bank, UK.
Task analysis.
Rediff.com Aug 06 – Dec 07
USABILITY ANALYSIS:
USER INTERFACE DESIGNER ,
Heuristic Task Analysis, Think Aloud Protocol,
• Involved in Conceptualizing and designing of various web based
Cognitive Walkthroughs;
products.
• Was involved in expert review and USABILITY TESTING.
Knowledge of Drupal and Joomla

AWARDS AND HONORS

Best of Show in Serious Games: Kitchen Disasters 2009
Finalist in Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship,
(Travel Grant of $ 1500) New York University 2008
Michigan State University, College of Education fellowship 2008-09

LEADERSHIP AND EXTRA CURRICULAR

Hostel Coordinator in Performing Arts Festival, IIT Bombay 2005
Hostel Athletic Captain, BIT Mesra, 2000-2001
Overall Sports Champion, Denobili School 1995-1999