Austin Joseph

Austin Joseph

Designer & Creative Developer in London, He/Him

About

Designer & Developer based in London, United Kingdom, currently working as a Creative Developer at Shoreditch Design.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Creative Developer at Shoreditch Design
London, United Kingdom

Joined the studio as a designer and creative developer, focused on designing and building websites on Webflow, Wordpress and Framer - with motion design, micro-interactions, CMS architecture, and marketing integrations, and libraries such as GSAP, Swiper, Barba and Lenis.

2022 — 2022
Delhi, India

Conducted product research for the web application for a social network start-up, working closely with collaborators to explore visual design and new product features, and developers on high fidelity prototypes.

Education

2022 — 2023
Master's Degree at City, University of London
London, United Kingdom

Master of Science; in Human-Computer Interaction

2018 — 2022
Bachelor's Degree at Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, India

Bachelor of Engineering; in Electronics and Computer Science

Projects

2023
Researching Point-of-Sale Systems in Fine-Dining Floors

Conducted user interviews and ethnographic studies on a Michelin restaurant floor to understand and analyse the use of point of sale system on fine dining floors. Gathered insights, derived patterns, and proposed design recommendations to be considered while designing future systems, supported by research data and existing academic literature; published as a research paper under my Master's Thesis.

2022

Collaborated with a specialist autism training centre in Chennai, India, to design and develop an app to help teachers train children with Autism, as my final year engineering project. The project involved discovery, research, and design, where we came up with a novel approach for language therapy, after conducting field research, user interviews and academic reviews. The app was then designed following Material Design Guidelines, and developed for Android in Java and Android Studio IDE, and launched on Google Play Store.

Volunteering

2019 — 2021
Project Lead at Enactus
Chennai, India

Founded and led Project Pattra, an initiative by the student chapter towards sustainable change, by recycling used paper for a stationery product line. Conducted Market Research and Analysis, Logistics, and Product Ideation. Trained and employed 10+ unskilled labourers in the Tirusulam slum. The project went on to win Enactus Nationals, 2022 as an Early-Stage Project under the leadership of the junior batch.

2020 — 2021
Core Team + Event Coordinator at TEDx
Chennai, India

Led the team of Marketing, Design and Social Media, responsible for the publicity and marketing of all events at TEDxVITChennai. Worked on online events and follower engagement, amassing a combined following of over 3000+. Licensed and hosted the ‘TEDCircles’ event, a discussion forum curating talks from TED globally, with a total of 4 monthly sessions and 100+ participants; as part of external marketing.

2019 — 2021
Treasurer + President at International Society for Optics and Photonics
Chennai, India

Supervised marketing and registrations of events hosted at the SPIE Fest, the chapter's flagship event, registering footfall of 250+ participants in various technical and non-technical workshops and events. Organised club meetings and managed members as part of the Core Committee.

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