# Sharan G.

> Staying Hungry & Foolish

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sharang

Passionate about education reform and building society 2.0 with a background in self-taught UX Design.

Currently back in college to formally study Psychology to pivot into Education from Tech.

Misfit, dreamer, doer.

## Work Experience
### Student @ Berkeley City College
Jan 2023 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States
Doing a major life pivot from UX to Education by getting myself a BA in Psychology.

### Level 2 Life Coaching Student @ International Coaching Federation
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States
Partially completed Level 2 certification in Life Coaching from the ICF.

### Sales Specialist @ Apple
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, California, United States
Advised 50+ customers per day on device choices, accessibility features, and setup; troubleshot issues and supported store sales and satisfaction goals.

### Freelance Product Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, California, United States
- Enhancing my skills through UXCEL Certifications, learning Webflow, and completing Morning Brew’s MBA Course

- Optimizing Portfolio & Resume for 2023

- Working on a mix of personal & client projects

### UX Design Contractor @ Stones2Milestones
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Collaborated with Freadom's core team to build a better funnel for organic bookings

- Developed an interactive quiz to increase average user engagement on the platform by 30%

### UX Design Contractor @ LIDO
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Designed and developed a modular Coding Homework Interface using PM & UX skills for Lido’s 500+ programming customers

- Achieved improved learning outcomes and higher engagement rates

### Founding UX Designer @ LIDO
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Established foundational designs for 80% of the company's total digital footprint as it scaled from 14 to 1200 employees as the company’s first full-time designer

- Helped achieve a record-breaking revenue of $1m in a single month

- Led the creation of multiple versions of the main website, both consumer-facing platforms, and several proprietary internal ops tools

- Co-led a design workshop with core team members to establish an end-to-end branding strategy, including logos, color palettes, core UI principles, and public voice

### Product Owner / UX Designer @ TaskMeet
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Gujarat, India
- Collaborated with 5 developers and CEO to design a complex task management software, based on JIRA, resulting in increased organizational efficiency

- Received positive feedback from 30 customers on the effectiveness of the developed software

### UX/UI Designer @ brightwheel
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Provided UX/UI design work for several Bay Area startups including the Shark Tank winning app Brightwheel

### Fellow @ UnCollege
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Successfully started UX/UI Freelance at 18 by tapping into my inherent entrepreneurial spirit and leveraging my self-taught design thinking skills

- Embarked on a transformative Gap Year and gained invaluable life experience


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Psychology
Berkeley City College

### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Interaction Design
California College of the Arts


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sharangala14696
- Portfolio: https://www.sharanscorner.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13