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Alan Tippins
Head of Design at Vitally.io
- Career Advice
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I'm an experienced product and design leader, who enjoys working with early to mid-stage startups. I craft high-quality products, foster strong collaborative design teams, and bring product strategy and vision to startups. As a product designer, I create beautiful, usable interfaces through solid design thinking and research. I enjoy taking an initial concept, validating assumptions, and finding product-market fit. Craft is very important to me. I’m constantly pushing myself to learn new skills. As a product design leader, I'm good at taking a birds-eye view of existing processes and finding ways to remove or improve them. I enjoy rallying teams around the customer and business goals we are trying to solve. I love mentoring and helping people grow in their careers and become apart of this great design community.
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Anisa Bashiri
Product Designer at Shipt
- Design Process
- Product Design
- User Experience
Hi there! I collaborate with teams to design experiences that are both humanistic and data-driven. There's a clear intention backing up every design decision, and that intention can evolve through learnings from each iteration. By imbuing my design process with empathy, I customize the final deliverable to the unique perspectives of the end users/audience to best serve their needs. If you'd like to share your thoughts about any of my projects (anisa-bashiri.com) or just say hello, please feel free to connect or get in touch!
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Zach Freed
Senior Product Designer at Klaviyo
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I'm Zach — a senior product designer based in CT, USA. I focus on crafting thoughtful and scalable design systems, practical design tooling, building accessible experiences that center around real people of all colors, shapes, and sizes, and partnering with engineers to author complex front-end solutions. Previously I crafted thoughtful purchasing and spend visibility experiences with the team @Negotiatus, went beyond camping @Tentrr, built best in class travel experiences @priceline, and pushed pixel performance @Digital Surgeons. I live in the nexus between design and technology. My passion is to create synergy in the design process and improve design-engineering experiences.
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Aladdin Alsayed
Senior Product Design Specialist at Protecmedia
- Branding & Identity
- Design Critique
- Enterprise Design
- Product Design
Hi, I’m Aladdin, a Product Designer and Researcher based in Madrid, Spain who loves to work on smart Products, Solutions, Systems, Websites, and Apps for Enterprises and consumers with the latest technologies such as Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, and deep learning, and more. Right now, I'm working on various digital products that help my clients to reach their business goals in different industries: Media, Banking, Chatbot, Virtual assistants, ERP, CRM, CMS, and more. Skills: Product Design (Digital and Physical), User Experience, User Interface, User-centered design, Conversational UX design, Branding, Design Sprint, Illustrations, and visual design.
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Moneim Saad
UX Designer at Luxoft
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
UX Session Lead @Udacity, Nanodegree UX designer, UX Writer. I love conducting sprints & user research. I use human psychology science to help my clients reach more people.
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Woody MacDuffie
Partner at Thinkering
- Accessibility
- Content Design
- Design Strategy
- User Experience
I am a User Experience (UX) Designer with a passion for understanding people’s needs and crafting products for those needs. I tackle problems with care and curiosity while striving for a solution that puts a smile on the users. One of my life’s great pleasures comes from helping people interact and understand their own health and the healthcare system. IN MY SPARE TIME... When I am not designing for work or working on side projects, you can find me bicycling, sailing, gardening, listening to vinyl and going on adventures with my two children.
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Michael Lai
Infographic & UXD Consultant at The Too Hard Basket
- Data Visualization
- Design Leadership
- User Experience
- User Interface
Design language, design systems, ethics in design, infographics & data visualization design, mindfulness & origami The Too Hard Basket is an independent think tank dedicated to solving the problems of modern-day society. In many fields of endeavor, innovators and geniuses excel by combining lateral thinking abilities with expert knowledge in their field to solve complex problems. At TTHB, we catalyze and pioneer the creation and generation of novel and inventive solutions by simulating these two qualities by working with experts from both within and outside the problem domain. TTHB can take high-quality, original ideas from our clients to help them develop and grow into viable businesses or generate new ideas for businesses and industries to benefit their operations. We recognize the serendipitous nature of ideas, and that links between concepts don’t always occur as they are planned for, and this is why we operate on an organic business model. In other words, we put the ideas and the teams together according to your business solution needs.
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Malena Menéndez
Senior Art Director at Wunderman Thompson Germany
- Art Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Design Management
- User Experience
Hi! I’m Malena, a digital art director, UX, and UI design lead based in Munich. With my broad experience, creative problem-solving, and people skills, I build smart solutions that help brands make a meaningful impact. Originally from Argentina, I graduated from Latin America’s premier design school, the University of Buenos Aires(UBA) School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU), in 2011. I’ve been working in digital design ever since, both as a freelancer and at various leading companies. In my current position, I usually lead and supervise several UX and UI design projects at the same time, end-to-end – from pitches to research and strategic planning to execution and implementation. I always take a human-centered approach and focus on user needs as much as those of my clients and teams, while never losing sight of business objectives, budgets, and technical feasibility. Whenever I have some spare time, I share these skills with young professionals as a career and design mentor at adplist.org and Designed.org.
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Aritro Saha
Sr Manager, UX at Eightfold
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I am an engineer turned designer. Having pursued formal design education from National Institute of Design - India, I entered the UX field and am currently working as a Senior Design Manager at Eightfold AI. I will be able to mentor you on concepts like UX Research, UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, and Product Development.
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Barbara Grishaver
UX Strategist at Cognizant
- Content Design
- Design Strategy
- Storytelling
- Web Design
Located in Amsterdam working with some amazing talent! I focus on design strategy and creating lasting solutions to every day problems! I love defining a story and delivery to the client, workshops and iteration of prototypes and mentoring others on defining their craft!
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Renna Al-Yassini
Sr Design Manager at Twitter
- Product Design
- Service Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
My design career has been at the intersection of emerging behaviors and technologies. I had an unusual path to design, and have spent my career as a consultant, serial entrepreneur and now working in-house at Google. I teach design and created a professional development business for designers.
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Jimmy Marks
Senior UX Designer at Trabian
- Branding & Identity
- Content Design
- Design Critique
- Storytelling
I have been working on the web for roughly fifteen years, everything from front-end dev to ux/cx to copywriting to Flash Animation (wow, I'm old!). I'm eager to help you any way I can.
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Alona Poluliakh
UX/UI Designer at Freelance
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
I'm a product designer with 6 years of experience in the software industry. My focus area for the past few years has been mobile design, but I'm also skilled in web-design. Worked with a client that's part of the Big Four group. As a designer, I created a various and huge digital experience for +300K employees.
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Mahshid Rostami
Product Designer at PodroCo
- Design Systems
- Product Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Mahshid is an intelligent person with a strong desire for reaching her goals. Her passion for making valuable impacts on the products is very stunning. Her strong communication skills were one of her brightest abilities. She always aims excellence in improving products and user experiences.
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Ana Maria
Solutions Architect at Gorilla Logic
- Graphic Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Areas i'm interested in UX, UI, Research, and Usability. Currently a UI/UX Designer at Pixel Trail
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Shivansh Kumar
Product Designer at LimeTray
- Design Thinking
- Illustration
- Product Design
- User Experience
A seasoned product design professional thriving in diverse, inclusive, and human-centered environments. As a creative person, I greatly value the frugal innovation approach to address economic, systemic, and societal challenges. Particularly interested in behaviorism, product design, sound design, product management. Always interested in multi-platform products, design evangelism.
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Rashi Saraf
Visual Merchandising Manager at Malabar Group
- Design Management
- Graphic Design
- Sketch
Retail Experience Design is my expertise, with 7 years of experience in Visual Merchandising, event decor design, retail interior design, Packaging design etc. I have done my Master’s in Design with National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar. I have also registered two of my classroom projects as patents. Creativity is my passion, I like to design ergonomically with empathy and thought. I am also a sustainable practitioner and try to include that in my designs
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Arun Hitaishi
Sr. Product Designer at Bijak
- Figma
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
I design for People interacting with brands and create meaningful experience through design. Designing ChargeERP, Just Fresh & Just Retailer Previous- Builder | Chqbook Medium | Instagram | Twitter @uxdesignking 🌐 www.arunhitaishi.com 📞 +91 8679 430777
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Jyoti Thakur
Associate Design Director - Product & Service Design at IBM
- Information Architecture
- Interaction Design
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
12+ years of experience in the field of designing an application with a core understanding of the user-centric approach. I love to bring solution to the problem and that's what design is for me. 13+ year’s experience in the IT industry & a Certified Usability Analyst from HFI (Human Factors International, USA). An experienced Usability Analyst with a deep understanding of user experience while designing applications for huge companies in different domains of E-Commerce, Chemicals & Petroleum, Healthcare, Digital Banking, Technology & Travel, Digital Reinvention, Specialties: Experience in creating Information Architecture of the system by including Stakeholder Interviews, CX Journey Mapping, Contextual Inquiry, Card Sorting, Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluations, formal Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Ethnography Research. Expertise in problem-solving through a good understanding of user-centered design principles, qualitative experience in all aspects of creative design including conceptualization, designing, & execution. Facilitating Design Thinking from cross-functional product teams for successful product Innovation & UX Design. Set up an in-house usability lab, building a niche research team through mentoring & training them with the industry matching standards. Produce deep study reports of consumer insights based on observation & insights through different methodologies adopted during the process. Help the organization by building a world-class customer experience by delivering valuable insights through qualitative & quantitative research.
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Hiran Venugopalan
Director, Design at Kaleyra
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Product Design
- Typography
A self-thought Product & Type Designer with 12+ years of experience. Experience in type designing, entrepreneurship, branding, UI/UX, product designing, building product concept, strategizing marketing, and building community.
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Tyron Yamaguchi
Head of Product Design at BrightHire
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Management
- Interaction Design
I've been doing design for over 20 years, working across many industries. I enjoy giving back to the field that has defined my career.
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Abasifreke Emmanuel
Senior Product Designer at Toptal
- Accessibility
- Design Thinking
- Mobile Design
- Product Design
Abasifreke is a product designer with over 10 years of professional experience in product design and user experience research. He is passionate about creating quality products with good experiences aimed at solving problems and meeting user needs. In addition, he possesses excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to make independent decisions and implement creative decisions based on research findings.
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Iryna Nezhynska
Creative Director at DWeb Camp
- Art Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Graphic Design
- User Interface
Hello, I am Ira, a Berlin-based Creative Director with a focus on branding for emerging technologies. I’m happy to share my design knowledge with you, hoping that when applying it in your practice, you will join me in making our digital and offline worlds more open, fair and safe. If you have one of the following challenges, go ahead and ask for a call: branding practice // How do I rebrand my company? Where to start? How do I organize the process and stakeholders? How do I communicate my DWeb/Web3/OSS project to a broader audience in a way that leads to adoption? career // How do I start my career in tech as a junior designer? I want to design for decentralization and/or open-source, where to start? How can I become a better facilitator? How can I present my designs, so we keep moving forward? How can I build my first design team? (assuming you are a design-team-of-one now) If you are a non-designer and would like to get design advice on branding and #designForDWeb matters, please write me at iryna [at] nezhynska.com
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Jason Miller
Creative Director at jpatrick design
- Art Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Creative Direction
- Design Leadership
25+ years as an advertising and marketing communications pro, my expertise is in design. But I'm more than just a designer. I'm a strategist, solutionist, therapist, tinkerer, coach, peacekeeper, and occasional wise guy; wildly creative with refined sensibilities; broadly talented with a slender ego; genuinely committed to producing great work; remarkably collaborative yet pleasantly competitive. I thrive under pressure and presses for excellence with integrity, dependability and an unstoppable sense of humor.
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Stefan Klocek
AI Architect at HubSpot
- Design Leadership
- Design Strategy
- Product Design
- User Centered Design
An experienced designer and leader with over two decades of experience in delivering practical user-first solutions in complex spaces while enabling business growth. He’s worked in highly regulated product spaces like healthcare and medical devices, internal tools and CRMs, as well as consumer-facing service design subscription businesses. IN this role he’ll bring his highly collaborative relationship style, willingness to challenge the status quo, and strong systems thinking to helping HubSpot customers grow better with the help of AI.
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