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Founder | UX Principal & Software Product Designer at IIIMPACT, Inc.
I'm the UX Principal & founder of IIIMPACT, Inc. which is a digital product design and development agency focusing on creating great software products for our clients. The team I lead is made up of change management, strategy, DesignOps & DevOps heavy-hitters. We help companies with product/business
Director, Product Design at Independent | Andrewjordan.org
Andrew is an accomplished UX strategy leader with deep experience in design thinking practices, 0-to-1 product development, and SaaS product design. He has worked across a wide range of industries—finance, travel, entertainment, healthcare, and climate-tech—and within different types of organizations, from startups to legacy companies and creative agencies. A career highlight was teaching design thinking at NYC’s Noble Desktop. Born and raised in Michigan, Andrew now resides in Nashville, TN after spending 12 exciting years in New York. You can find him hiking snow-capped mountains, blending the perfect superfood smoothies, and indulging in his love of music production.
UX Strategist at Self-employed
I’m a mindful leader with a background in content design, service design and healthcare. I’m also a yoga teacher! I Learn as much from mentoring as I think my team/mentees learn from me. The best problems to design for are the ones we face ourselves.
UX Analyst at ATCOM S.A.
I graduated from the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (300ECTS) of the University of Aegean and I completed my last semester at the Master Program Design for Interaction in Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft as an (erasmus) exchange student.
Product Designer at Atlassian
I lead subscription and payment user experience for India’s largest OTT. I strongly believe in marrying business goals with seamless user experience. As a Product Designer, I enjoy collaborating with the Product, Business, Research and Tech teams and solving problems together.
UX | Product Consultant at uxxx
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR → San Francisco State University • Graduate and Undergraduate courses • MFA Thesis Advisory Committee → Academy of Art University, SF Taught 13 unique fields of study in both the… • Computer Graphics Dept. • Visual Communications Dept. GUEST LECTURER → Columbia University, NYC → DePaul University, Chicago → Keio University, Tokyo → Princeton University, NJ → University of Pennsylvania, PA → Washington State University, WA COURSES | MODULES • Global UX Design • Responsive Web Design • User Interface Design • Visual Design • Information Design • Information Architecture • Interaction Design • Digital Typography • Digital Font Design PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE → Years of experience as a designer creating products across multiple platforms. → The experience and ability to lead complex design projects and be the client-facing lead. → Proven success pitching and winning project work with skill in presenting (selling) solutions to clients. → Experience estimating project resource needs for proposals and resourcing. → Effectively navigate complex organizations and build consensus on large initiatives. → Experience managing and mentoring interaction designers. → World-class skills in UX strategy and the ability to manage teams throughout an iterative design process. → Provide thought leadership to innovation, design and business communities. → Empathy. Great design is based upon a deep understanding of human behavior, values, concerns, desires, and methods
Education Team Lead at Balsamiq · Full-time
I have been a Designer, Writer, and now Educator at Balsamiq. I use my 10 years of experience as a UX designer to help teach user interface design basics and wireframing to Balsamiq's audience of mostly non-designers. My primary interests include UX, wireframing, front-end web development, and remote working. The common thread in all of my work has been helping people and technology get along better. I write for the Balsamiq blog and UI education site and have been published on UX Mastery, the freeCodeCamp and Treehouse blogs, and elsewhere.
VP of Product Design at Swell
Product design leader with extensive experience in the enterprise space. Product work has touched many industries such as IOT, finance, social media, energy, hospitality, and life sciences. I thrive in fuzzy environments that require creative problem solving with all kinds of team players and users with wildly different backgrounds from my own. If I were to win a gold medal in an olympic sport, it would be for my ability to listen to noisy problem areas and find solutions that can be broken down into simple, achievable steps. I enjoy wearing many hats, from dabbling in typography, branding, interface design, user research, business strategy, and everything in between. I aim to be a team player, inspiration, coach, and eternal student.
Product Designer at Rippling
I am a cross-functional designer with experience in enterprise product design, rapid hi-fidelity prototypes, style guides, front-end development, sales, and marketing. I am motivated by making contributions to the team and the community. I like to create tools/systems that enable productivity, bridge gaps, and drive product vision.
Senior UX Designer at SocioCast
Experienced Interface Specialist and a Web3 enthusiast with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry for 3+ years. Skilled in User Interface Design, Web Design, Sketching, Adobe Photoshop, and User Experience Design (UED). Strong arts and design professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Computer Science from Karachi University.
Head Of Open Innovation & Social Procurement at Yunus Negócios Sociais Brasil
Rui é consultor em Design Estratégico e Inovação para o setor corporativo e social. Nos últimos 10 anos desenvolveu projetos e programas em 3 continentes e 5 países junto de diferentes setores e clientes. I'm a Strategic Design and Innovation consultant for the corporate and social impact sector. In the last 9 year I've developed projects and programs in 3 continents and 6 countries (Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Greece and India), on different sectors - Real Estate, Sustainability, Tech-Startups, Cultural, Education, Health and Public Sector. Among clients and project stakeholders are: Metabolic.nl, Livelab, Weme, Yunus Social Business, Amsterdam City Government, C&A, Naked Communications, Telefónica Foundation, Arymax Foundation, Bosch, DHL, 3M, Unilever, Siemens, P&G, Biersdorf, CPFL, Neo Química. During the projects, I facilitate the co-creation of innovation and entrepreneurship journeys using strategic design, mobilization and engagement tools .
UX Researcher at BlackRock
Like many UXers, I recently transitioned into UX Research after a decade working in international development and global health. I'm thrilled to be here! I have a strong background in research and analytics but am eager to learn more about design.
UX Director at Product Inc.
I'm motivated by using digital innovations to design ethical and creative solutions to real-world problems. I value diversity, inclusion, accessibility, research, and subversive strategic visions. As an advocate for user-centered design with 10+ years of content, UX, and product design experience - I've worked on a mix of consumer products and enterprise SaaS applications. I’ve worked to understand complex workflows designed to scale across diverse, global teams for multiple successful product launches that drove a meaningful impact on the business. I can rapidly ideate and produce UX concepts and have experience working directly with stakeholders to drive consensus and discover value. I lead with radical transparency and empathy across multidisciplinary teams to communicate and evangelize on their behalf. Experience working in continuous delivery environments where the pace is fast and the willingness to fail and learn is critical. Lead UX designer with experience in strategy, research, IA, sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups to design through development. My user-centred design approach starts with the end user, is built on a foundation of research insights, goes through design iterations, business strategy and delivers meaningful experiences. Specialities: Product Design, Product Strategy, Product Development, Human Centered Design, User Experience, User Interface, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Site Maps, User Experience Research, Field Research, Usability Testing, Mobile Web Apps, Mobile Native Apps.
Visual Designer at Stears
I’m Oyindamola, a designer focused on solving business problems through design. My approach is based on the conviction that creating global-aware products and simplifying experiences are fundamental. I am experienced in being hands on with the design process from ideation, research to final shipping, using industry standard design tools. I would love to mentor in product design, user research, product management and visual design.
Senior Manager, User Experience Design at Charles Schwab
Hi–I'm a design leader who's driven by delivering exceptional product experiences, problem-solving through collaboration, and helping others develop as people and designers along the way. I'm currently a Sr. UX Manager at Schwab supporting wealth management and charitable experiences. Throughout my career, I have developed into an experienced design leader who can influence design, product, and engineering leadership across organizations; able to plan, prioritize, manage, and improve design processes, tools, and methodologies that boost design thinking and propel us to deliver desireable products. I am known for being a collaborative team player who can lead and mentor a team of designers, researchers, and UX writers; passionate about fostering an inclusive and accountable culture, which instills creativity and innovation; skilled in observing, listening, and simplifying sophisticated concepts to make them easier to solve and execute. Perhaps most importantly, I am a resilient leader with strong relationship/communication skills, personal values, integrity, and design/technical expertise; able to establish a "one-team" mindset that engages and builds alignment across different partners and teams.
Product Designer at Happeo
Aref Araghi is a product designer & experience engineer I have 5 years of experience designing digital products. I have helped companies of all sizes create digital products and define their product strategies.
Director of User Experience, Platform + Managed Services at CrowdStrike
I'm a multi-disciplinary designer and UX leader with more than 15 years of experience and am currently a Director of UX and Product Design where I'm scaling UX teams and driving UX strategy. In my spare time, you can find me running, paddleboarding, or creating art. Over the course of my career, I've used my range of skills in UX design, user research, content strategy, information architecture, and visual design (including brand, identity and illustration) to build and launch successful enterprise SaaS products, apps, and websites. I've also been known to wield my copywriting and UX writing skills. I embrace the idea of continual learning, and didn't stop once I earned an MFA. I typically can be found collecting certificates -- usually related to fine art, applied art, digital design, modern crafting, or UX -- and taking various online courses and tutorials so I stay up-to-date in the field and build new skills.
Chief Design Officer at Experts Desk
Zulqarnain Ansari is a part of the foremost think tanks in design and user experience research. He is a pioneer in Pakistan User Experience and Design, having 21 years of experience setting up creative digital design businesses in global freelance marketplaces, Zulqarnain Ansari is CEO and founder of Pakistan's first UX Studio, Experts Desk. His creative, analytical, and business skills make him distinct in the global design community. Besides being a successful CEO, he is a life coach, techpreneur, mentor, and public speaker. His interests range from entrepreneurship to design. In past, he heads UX departments at Systems Ltd. and ROZEE.PK and some of the key accomplishments were TeamViewer, McDonalds, Zong, Freeman, Douney & Bourke, Mattress Firm, KUIU, Rebeccataylor, Sapphire, KHAADI and the list goes on. LUMS, NetSol, NSPIRE, HospitAll, Takhleek, GLUG, PopCornStudio, IDEOCON, British Council, DICE Pakistan, Startup Grind, and Payoneer are some of the platforms where he provided design thinking mentorship. His core expertise includes Stanford University D.School's and Google Sprint Design's Design thinking and digital transformation training and mentorships.
Founder, Head of Emerging Digital Experiences at Journey
I'm a seasoned creative leader in design with deep experience in digital product development. I’ve led creative teams in both global design consultancies and in-house in the US, UK and European markets. I’ve driven new business, developed partnerships and inspired cross-functional teams to deliver on creative solutions for large-scale projects in consumer and B2B software, spaces and services. I've launched products in the market for top brands - GE, AT&T, Shell, IKEA, VW and dozens of others across industries. Most recently I’ve worked as VP of Design at HERE Technologies in Berlin and Global Executive Creative Director on the IKEA account for frog design. For the past 20+ years, I’ve been a hands-on contributor to the vision, delivery and launch of products and services in mobility, finance, energy, commerce and healthcare. I've taken pride in building the teams, tools and workflows to enable designers, developers and data scientists to create great experiences. I have a strong interest in technologies which enhance the everyday for the built environment focusing on ways of working, learning and retailing experiences. I’m passionate about creating the relationships which inspire and grow individuals into leaders and ideas into reality.
Head of marketing at Talent500
My focus has always been to make design & design lead solutions available to as many people as possible through as many mediums as possible. This started out in the service space with Exit Design at 22 and over time has to lead me to do design for social impact through the community at Designothon and automating the design process through tech at Outlined. Not to mention the hundreds of clients I've driven value for over the years. I'm as much a fan of execution as I am of the ideation. In my latest stint on the client-side with Talent500, I'm driving my considerable learnings as an entrepreneur, creative director & creative tech builder into the world of B2B marketing.
Create an Media Associate at The Elevation Church
Aduramigba Olayinka is a perfect blend of passion for humanity, creativity, digital innovation, multidimensional self-awareness and an incredible acknowledgement of God’s goodness and mercy progressing to favour. As a creative and digital media technologist, I'm driven to harness modern technologies to create innovative solutions that foster work-life balance for creative, media, and tech professionals. My mission is to empower individuals to thrive in the gig economy, unlocking flexible and fulfilling careers that harmonize productivity and well-being.
Director of Product Design at GoDaddy
I have experience in managing & scaling design teams + w/ experience in both product design and marketing design as well as design at scale. Love talking to designers, mentoring, and seeing them grow. Currently building a design team at GoDaddy.
UX Design Manager at OLX Group
I have 10+ years of designing experience in delivering customer-facing products and enterprise applications that people love to use. In my role as Co-founder of 'Experiential Service Design,' I owned design from inception to research, development/execution, and post-launch iteration. Ultimately achieving notable success in enchase usability and overall task completion in time. Also, I have worked directly with senior leaders & management at Nagarro, which brought the significant additional value of managing the team and handling clients, enterprises, and customers. My success as a Designer comes from the synthesis of my deep product knowledge and ability to create primary research and have delivered successful products throughout my career.
Illustrator at Freelance
Freelance illustrator and graphic designer living in the vibrant city of Cape Town, South Africa looking to be mentored and available to mentor.
Co-Founder, Product Strategy & Design at SixtyTwo
I'm a co-founder of a distributed team of product designers and strategists called sixtytwo.co.
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