United States

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Design Operations

Customer Experience (CX)

Technical writing

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Associate of Science - AS

Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Mohammed Zayed

Product Designer

Usability Testing

Communication

Collaboration

Time management

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Leadership

Design systems

Market research

User research

Figma

Sketch

Team player

Conflict resolution

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Project management

Public Speaking

Human computer interaction

Information architecture

PR writing

Prototyping

Product roadmap

Qualitative research

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

General mentorship

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

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

Breaking into tech

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

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

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

Spearheading the design efforts at Paani Project, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create impactful solutions for real-world problems.

Leading collaborative discovery exercises to comprehend business, user, and technical challenges, integrating constraints into designs.

Actively contributing to and supporting the development of the design system, ensuring design consistency and efficiency.

Played a key role in the design team at Apple, leveraging strong communication skills to articulate and rationalize design decisions to internal and external stakeholders.

Presented work to leaders, stakeholders, and customers, gathering valuable feedback to enhance the user experience.

Applied data and research insights to identify problems and opportunities, proposing innovative ideas to deliver customer value.

Accounted for interactions on multiple platforms, devices, form factors, and screen sizes.

Rapidly produced concepts and prototypes, demonstrating expertise in both high-fidelity and low-fi design approaches.

Gained valuable experience as a UX Designer Intern at Apple, working closely with seasoned professionals to develop foundational skills in user experience design.

Demonstrated independence in managing tasks and achieving objectives.

Applied organization, planning, and prioritization skills in collaboration with multiple enterprise departments

Contributed significantly to DevOceanConsulting as a UX Designer, demonstrating curiosity, challenging assumptions, and initiating meaningful conversations with users.

Established effective communication channels with developers, users, and executives, showcasing adaptability and organizational skills.

Designed, Built and launched a full website with static objects where information can be shared with students and parents alike for a school. Saved time and resources by hosting files on site and eliminated human error by 15% by preventing re-print of resources and increasing convenience and reliability.

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