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RAMSHI HAMZA
Kummath House, Opp. Pillakkad Juma Masjid, Kottapadi (Post)
Thrisur (District), Kerala, India, Pin Code: 680505
ramshi.hamza@gmail.com
ramshi_h@nid.edu
+91 9739360882

EDUCATION Post Graduate Diploma in New Media Design | June 2008-2010

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Bachelor of FineArts, Applied Arts | 2002-2007
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
CBSE 10+2
AnsarEnglish School, Thrisur, Kerala

EXPERIENCE User Experience Design, Intern | Feb-Aug 2010 (NID Dip Project)
InMobi, Bangalore
Designed a Smart phone interface for Neo (InMobi’s mobile advertis-
ing portal) called ‘SmartNEO’ after relevant user research. This will
help the Advertisers and Publishers to perform the relevant tasks on
the go. A High fidelity prototype of the iPhone App was made and
tested.
Jr. Interaction Designer | August 2007-June 2008
Symphony Services, Bangalore
Worked with the Design Team of Oracle | Hyperion. The team
designed solutions for software interactions on Oracle | Hyperion
Products across disciplines of Business Intelligence and Enterprise
Performance Management. Also, prototyped and orchestrated design
efforts on future technology concepts for BI applications
Internship at O&M,
Worked for the ‘Kathalaya’ Campaign

SKILLS Design Tools

Adobe Creative Suit CS4 | Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
Flash,Flash Catalyst Dreamweaver, Aftereffects, Premier, 3ds Max,
Final Cut Pro
Operating Systems | Snow Leopard 10.6, Windows 7
Programming Tools | C++, Basic Action Script

INTERESTS Interaction Design, Design Research, Branding &Identity, Film Making ,

FineArts, Photography

AWARDS Finalists (Top 6) at USID 2009 Conference (3rd international HCI Con-
ference) in the category of Academic Showcase (Project: E-wall)
Won many awards in State CBSE schools Fest

NID PROJECTS E-wall

A web-enabled interactive wall placed in historical sites where visitors
can leave their messages forever and also retrieve them later through
face recognition. E-wall reduces the scribbles done by the public on
the monuments and brings energy to these dead spaces
Design Solutions for Vision Plus 2010 International Conference
Found design opportunities to make the experience of the Pre-
conference, On-conference and Post-conference better through the
new technologies and New Mediums.

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NID PROJECTS Anti Smoking Campaign through New Media Installation
This installation was an interactive Cigerette lighter which is placed in the
smoking zone to make an awareness
‘Sketchy Picture’- a short Movie
Nostalgic moments of an artist’s life, which are depicted through his
own paintings. This project helped me to learn Film Making in detail.

WORKSHOPS Participatory Design | Conducted by Deutsche Telekom Laborato-

ATTENTED ries, Berlin, Germany
Introduction to participatory design tools and methods
Bodies in Space | Attakalari Centre of Movement Arts, Bangalore
Explored the relationship of the human body and its multiple faculties
with the possibilities of design
Electronic Music | Conducted by Cal Arts, USA
Explored the open source audio programming language Chuck.

PERSONAL Dateof Birth | 01 July 1984

DETAILS Gender | Male
Languages | English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Hobbies | Caricaturing , Paintings, Cricket

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