United States

Basma Khalaf

UX/UI Designer

Communication

Collaboration

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Amazon Alexa Audio design team
- Working on the next generation of Alexa, collaborating with product managers, conversation designers and engineers
- Creating scalable, inclusive solutions while aligning user needs with business goals.
- Designed animation, motion, and helped define the audio experience for seamless interaction
- Helped in shaping the 3-year vision for Alexa, contributing to various projects
- Simplified user experiences while enhancing accessibility and engagement
- Explored various edge cases

Mentoring students, coaching in refining portfolio writing, offering constructive input on case studies, conducting design feedback and reviews.

Worked on next generation in-car experience of Toyota and Lexus:

- Was one of the first few designers to work on building a design system for our global team from constructing foundational elements, RTL (Right to Left) languages support, best practices and documentation. 

- Worked on product features such as user onboarding, communication and media.

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