# Parul Gautam, BFA, PSM

> Senior Product Designer & UX Strategist - at Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/parul

20+ years experience designing layout designs for print and web. Create Info-graphics and Animated slideshows. Conceptual thinker. Effective time/project management skills. Extremely organized, detail oriented, and possess a keen sense of observation.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer & UX Strategist @ ETS
Jan 2021 – Present | Princeton, New Jersey, United States
•Spearheaded the continuous evolution and enhancement of the aesthetics and usability of NAEP products to ensure a user-friendly experience.
•Served as the UX design team lead for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).•Developed outreach strategies to increase participation and promote awareness of NAEP among various audiences.
•Managing the team of UX designers and product managers, together produced successful web pages for the NAEP Technical Documentation for the Web (TDW) and Nations Report Card.
•Worked on a tool called NQT and created clean, 508 compliant web pages.•Managed the release of Online Report Cards in collaboration with NAEP’s Alliance partners.
•Specialized in video production and editing, utilizing Adobe Premiere Pro as my primary tool for creating engaging and high-quality video tutorials for the NAEP websites.
•Also, played key role on release material e.g., PowerPoint slides and Info-graphics for the reports.

### Product Manager @ ETS
Jan 2018 – Present | Princeton, NJ
BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Product Manager NAEP TDW is directly accountable for end-to-end management of the  NAEP Technical Documentation for the Web (TDW) section of nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard as well as providing print and web support for all NAEP reports and related material.
Responsibilities
•	Manage and create web pages for the NAEP Technical Documentation for the Web (TDW) section of nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard using the content management system.
•	Ensure functional and correct navigation across pages.
•	Work with content and design teams to achieve project goals.
•	Create clean, 508 compliant HTML data tables.
•	Carefully check page layout for inconsistencies.
•	Manage the input of content for nationsreportcard.gov reports.
•	Manage the release of online Report Cards in collaboration with NAEP’s Alliance partners, ensuring that all deadlines are met, and reports are released seamlessly to the public.
•	Troubleshoot issues with content created for nces.ed.gove/nationsreportcard.gov.
•	Lay out and carry out design for NAEP reports and other print material per design manager’s direction using Adobe CC software: InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
•	Package and preflight files for release to printers. 
•	Create PDFs for print and client review.
•	Work with authors to create effective and aesthetically engaging PowerPoint presentations.
•	Ensure that all photos comply with procurement and copyright regulations.

### Sr. Designer @ ETS
Jan 2007 – Present | Rosedale Rd, Princeton, NJ
1.	Lead PowerPoint slide show production. 
2.	Provide drafts for review to authors of NAEP-related slideshows and reports.
3.	Create print materials that are compatible with both NCES statistical standards and increase efficiency and reduce errors.
4.	Assist in the coordination of print report development, Layout design and revision in ways that increase efficiency and reduce potential errors.
5.	Create Infographics and page layout for the NAEP website.
6.	Meet established deadlines to facilitate on-time delivery of all the deliverables.
7.	Making sure work is high quality and error free.
8.	Provide graphics and edit images for reports by using CS6 suite.
9.	Meet NAEP financial goals by contributing to achieving award fee deliverables by facilitating the successful accomplishment of reporting award fee deliverables, with special focus on print and release deliverables.
10.	Deliver division review copies of cross-content report on date agreed upon with CCR.
11.	Deliver web and print pages that are error-free and of high quality.

Software skills include Adobe In-design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, and PowerPoint

### Interactive Designer @ Ethicon, Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007
• Redesigned the company website to bring visibility to primary use cases resulting in less frustration for end users.
• Created html prototypes for usability testing and proof of concept. Conducted usability tests to inform the design.
•Worked closely with the management, marketing and customer support in understanding the requirements and created an interactive Flash prototype of the next generation audio/web conferencing solution. 
•Conducted surveys and interviews with customers to inform the vision and find easy fixes that can make the product more usable. Collaborated with engineering and product management in fixing usability bugs.

### Creative Designer @ Tata Interactive Systems
Jan 2000 – Jan 2002
Worked on e-learning and e-commerce projects


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in BFA
Panjab University

### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Design and Applied Arts
http://www.artcollegechandigarh.org/index.html


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/parulgautam23

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Last updated: 2026-02-23