Pakistan

UX Design

Product Design

Customer Experience (CX)

Group Product Management

UX Research

Harvard Business School Executive Edition

University of Amsterdam

Syed Talha

Sr Product Designer

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Leadership

Design systems

Zeplin

Adobe XD

Figma

Maze

Miro

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

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

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

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

Being a woman in tech

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

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

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

How to identify star candidates, evaluate technical ability, and close hires

Hiring software engineers

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

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

Design career path

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

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 best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

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

I led the development of Binance Lite, a user-friendly web and mobile app for effortless crypto trading. Using user research and agile design methods, we created an award-winning product that increased Binance's monthly active users by 9% and trading volume by 17%. We set design standards, mentored junior designers, and achieved widespread adoption with positive user feedback. This experience taught me the significance of user-centric design, collaboration, and staying updated with design technologies to meet customer needs and business objectives.

I was responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of the company's design system. I led a team of designers and developers to create a cohesive and scalable design language across all of our products.

Using my expertise in design thinking and UX design, I collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop a design system that met the needs of our users while aligning with the company's business goals. I conducted user research and usability testing to ensure that the system was intuitive and easy to use.

I also provided guidance on best practices for design and development using tools such as Figma, Sketch, HTML, and prototyping tools. Leveraging my skills in JavaScript, Java, and SQL, I developed and refined designs that met the highest industry standards.

I designed a suite of products and services aimed at improving the buying, selling, and monetization of domains on responsive web and mobile platforms. Collaborating closely with Product and Business leaders.

I designed a new email dashboard that improved inter-product navigation, resulting in increased email activation rates. I also reduced customer call times by redesigning the Migration as a Service tool. By introducing a One-Click purchase flow, I boosted Microsoft 365 seat conversion by 6%.

I provided designs for the email dashboard’s collaborative filtering recommendation system and conducted end-to-end usability testing and research to uncover customer pain points and recommend product enhancements. Working closely with the research team, we analyzed the usability study and made significant strides in improving the customer experience while enhancing the GoDaddy brand.

During my time as a Senior Product Designer at Yandex, I had the pleasure of working on a number of the company's search products, which are hugely popular in Russia and boast over 60 million daily active users. My work involved designing user experiences for some of Yandex's most prominent offerings, including Yandex Music, Yandex Radio, Yandex TV, and MTC Music. As the leading search engine in Russia, Yandex is often compared to Google in terms of its impact and influence on the local market, making it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Syed Talha🇵🇰