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Jen Witkowski
Associate Design Director at Lullabot
- Branding & Identity
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Research
I help create intuitive user experiences using lean research based methods. I'm able to help out with UX Design, UI Design, and user research methods. I’ve taught a wide range of design classes including web design & front-end development, WordPress, advertising, branding, identity & graphic design. I’ve also spoken at several camps & conferences about design, client management and development.
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Nikhil Varma
Senior UX Designer at HCL Tech
- Adobe
- User Centered Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
Hi there! I'm Ux Designer who enjoy exploring new design trends which helps me on delivering value to clients with meaningful visual solutions. I specialize in UI/UX, Branding, Illustrations, Interactive Presentations. My expertise include creating Cross Platform applications, User Persona, User Research, User Experience designs, Wireframe, Prototype, Illustrations, Branding, Interactive presentations. I have achieved certifications from GOOGLE in the stream of Digital Marketing for the year 2018 -2019. And achieved a certification for LEAN SIX SIGMA in the year 2018. Always happy to help!
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Deniz Erdal
Lead Product Designer at Pendo.io
- Art Direction
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- User Experience
My goal as a Product Designer is to make my users’ lives easier. I have a passion for understanding people’s problems, priorities, and goals, and facilitating solutions through design and communication. “All that we do, almost all the time, is design, for design is basic to all human activity. The planning and patterning of any act toward a desired and foreseeable end constitutes the design process.” —Victor Papanek, Design for the real world
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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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Ilia Avramenko
Senior Product Designer at Kalido
- Design Leadership
- Design Process
- Figma
- User Experience
Hi, I'm Ilia, a Product Designer with over 8 years of experience in product and service design. I've worked across various domains, including Fintech, Banks, and E-commerce, for clients such as Finex, VTB, Johnson & Johnson, Pearson, M.Video, Ferrari, Avito, Alpari, and 20+ others. My background in development gives me excellent technical knowledge, enabling me to create work based on practical solutions with the development process in mind. I love combining creativity and logical thinking to design and create stunning work that is user-centered, has a clear and logical user experience, and is vital for users. I'm passionate about continuous self-education and strive to expand my expertise with new data visualization approaches and explore new possibilities of working with AR/VR/Neurointerfaces. Feel free to reach out to me for a chat, not just for discussing job opportunities, but also for a cup of coffee. Here's a list of my competencies: Research and Analytics: -Stakeholders briefs and interviews -Conducting and analyzing results of usability testing -Online surveys and interviews -Conducting several types of user interaction testing (card sorting, guerilla testing, first-click, 5-seconds, and others) -Web analytics (heat-maps and records of users' actions on the site) -Conducting or supporting A/B testing and competitive analysis -Expert evaluation of interfaces
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Ekmel Gokdal
UI/UX Designer at KolayBi'
- Game Design
- Illustration
- Mobile Development
- Product Design
UI Designer for web&mobile applications, with more than 5 years of experience. Has a variety of design skills such as User Interfaces, User Experience, Illustration, Character Design, Poster Design, Logo, and Corporate Design.
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Ricardo Vilardi
Creative Director at We are marketing
- Art Direction
- Creative Direction
- Graphic Design
- User Interface
I am a creative with over 15 years experience working for different ad agencies and studios in Brazil, Spain and Czech Republic. With a wide range of cultural and professional experiences that taught me from many areas and which I translate to my work in a smooth and diverse way.
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Pranjal Singh
Product Designer at Builder
- Figma
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- User Experience
A Self-taught designer, following my passion from last 6 six years. Worked with different startups and Media groups. Would love to share my experience and knowledge to mentor others.
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Sunil Shrivastav
Principal Product Designer at Zalando
- Career Advice
- Creative Direction
- Product Design
- User Experience
A digital design and product strategist with 15+ years of conceptualizing, designing, building, and testing digital products. Sunil have led design for local & global organizations. He brings a diverse design experience spanning across, digital transformation, business design strategy, and product. A product design strategist with 15+ years of conceptualizing, designing, building, and testing digital products experience. I have led design for local & global organisations. I bring a diverse design experience spanning across business design strategy, product visioning, consumer product design, strategic facilitation, design team management, design research & interaction design. Over the last 15+ years, I have led design teams, built practices & mentored designers. I have designed products & services in retail, healthcare, banking, travel, I have also worked with schools & activists to design for social impact at scale. I like solving complex design problems, and I am a big picture thinker obsessed with crafting elegant and audacious experiences.
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Michelle Lee
Visual Designer at IBM
- Design Thinking
- Illustration
- User Experience
- Visual Design
Visual Designer at IBM's CIO Design Team in New York City. Born and raised in Hong Kong, I am a multi-disciplinary designer passionate about storytelling, inclusive design, and creating thoughtful user experiences. I am particularly interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion and mentoring students transitioning into the field of tech.
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Roberto Aiello
Sr. Learning Experience Designer at Personio
- Instructional Design
- Typography
- User Interface
- Web Design
I'm Roberto, an Italian multidisciplinary designer living in Ireland for a while now. I'm currently creating learning experiences at Personio. Previously, I covered a similar role and managed a team of Instructional Designers at Zendesk, where I worked for 9 years. I have been in the design industry for over 20 years, doing Brand Design, Web Design, UI, Video Editing, Screenprinting, and more. I also taught Design at the university and in private institutes. I hold a Master's in Multimedia Design. I love typography and cinema. I'm interested in user/learning experience and digital innovation. I'm also experimenting extensively with AI these days. I've been featured in blog posts and a guest at virtual events and podcasts. In 2024, I've been a top 1% mentor on ADPList. If you are designing a presentation, tutorial, or learning experience, navigating a career change, preparing for an interview, preparing your portfolio, or doing anything else you think I can help you with, I'm happy to chat.
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Alexandra Sasorina
Design Mentor at Designed.org
- User Experience
- User Interface
- User Research
- Wireframing
UX/UI designer at Coveo. Designing the overall functionality of the product by creating user scenarios and flows, wireframes, m/ups, and interactive prototypes
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Ira Sharma
Lead Product Designer at Self-employed
- Career Advice
- Design Critique
- Design Leadership
- Design Process
With 7+ years of diverse experience in the fields of Design and Technology, I'm looking to create impact at scale. Having focused on the Indian Healthcare system, I'm excited by the opportunity to unravel complex problems in this highly tech averse sector. Always open to dive into a new challenge!
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Brian Gioia
Freelance Designer at Gioia Design
- Graphic Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Web Design
UI Designer and Developer with experience building large-scale web applications using a front-end and user-focused approach to design that is mission-driven and outcome-focused. Specialties Include User Experience Design, Front-end Development, Experience Design, Large-scale Platform Design, Building Scalable Design Systems, Usability, Accessibility, Information Architecture, User Research, and Usability Testing. Development Skills: HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Javascript, Git, NodeJS, JS Libraries, React, AngularJS, PHP, Front-end Frameworks, Bootstrap, Drupal, WordPress, QA, SEO, Wire-framing, Prototyping, Adobe InDesign, Sketch App, Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Google Analytics.
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Akhil Ram V
Product Designer at Plane.so
- Adobe
- Figma
- Product Design
When I'm not busy wondering why are we here?, you can find me pretending to be a product manager or a designer. I may not have all the answers, but I know where to find them (usually on the internet). I'm a jack-of-all-trades and a master of some (I guess). On the weekends, I enjoy consulting for start-ups and dabbling in psychology. In my spare time, I like to lead people astray and obsess over user experience. Just your average, everyday, run-of-the-mill, multitasking, comedy-loving, start-up fanatic. In addition to my professional roles, I am also an avid start-up enthusiast. Need someone to mentor ? I'm your guy. Basically, if you need it done, I can probably do it (or at least I know a guy). Contact me for all your diverse professional needs!
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Aseem Saini
Design Research & Strategy Advisor at Early Stage Startups
- Design Management
- DesignOps
- Ethnography
- User Research
I’m currently working as a Product & UX Researcher at BetterPlace where I drive all research activities in B2C across 3 pods (Jobs Marketplace, Social Community, Consumer Skilling) alongside building and systemizing design+research operations. I enjoy working at the intersection of Design, Data, Business & Technology and have deep interest in solving complex socio-technical problems. I believe good knowledge should be democratized and I feel immense joy when I'm able to help someone realise their full potential; this re-energises me and makes my life more meaningful and makes me more optimistic towards life-in-general. Like Mr. Jung used to say, "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed"
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Musharif Khan
Senior UI UX designer at https://pristyncare.com/
- Design Strategy
- Portfolio Review
- User Experience
- User Interface
Hi there, I'm Musharif Khan! Currently, I work as a Senior UI/UX Designer at Pristyncare. I'm focused on creating thoughtful user experiences with a combination of design, business, and technology. For over 10 years, I have helped ambitious clients around the world to craft rich digital experiences using my expertise in research, strategy, information architecture, and business design. I am deeply passionate about human psychology, analysing complex systems and the role of design in emerging technology. I can share my perspective on getting started as a UX/UI designer, transitioning into UX from another role, potential career paths as a UX designer, portfolio creation + review, product strategy and literally anything along these lines! Apart from design, I enjoy discussing art & illustrations, books, personal finance, investing, Web 3.0 blockchain, fitness & nutrition, sports and music.
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Erik Bullen
Chief Operating Officer (Fractional) at Guidely, LLC
- Consulting Advice
- eCommerce
- Entrepreneurship
I work with startups, venture/PE firms, and corporate innovators to drive growth, shape the future, and make stuff that matters. I do so by serving as a coach, advisor, consultant, interim executive, board member, or angel investor (or a combination thereof).
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Bhaarath Vijay Ramesh
Design Fellow at Coho
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Design Systems
- Product Design
I started as an HTML/CSS Developer and found love for design in 2014. Since then, it's been about learning, unlearning, and re-learning with great emotional moments, memories and experiences! I love startups and have helped them widely scale their products on user experience and visual design. My breakthrough was when I went through an entire SDLC process for a product (6 years), where I learnt a lot about product thinking, users and their needs. With my experience and learning so far, I can confidently help you with the topics below. Hiring the right designer for your company (Startup vs Corporate | Product vs Service) Designing for B2B - SAAS Products Understanding the difference between Product Designer and User Experience Designer. Handling Imposter Syndrome. How to do a better Design handoff to Developers. How can a designer have healthy relationships with your stakeholders (Product Managers/Owners, Developers, QAs) How to follow a design process in a startup culture? How can a Young Designer start their career in Design (Focused on College Students/Freshers)? Switching career from another field to design. OFF TOPICS I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT : Travel | Gaming | Gentle Parenting | Unschooling | Volunteering
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Mohsen Hosseinian
Product UX Designer at GrubTech
- Data Visualization
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Product Design
Hey 👋 I'm Mohsen. A Human-centered, Data-driven Designer with a decade of experience. I create intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and accessible interfaces by solving complex system-level UX problems.
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Vladimir Stegantsov
Lead Product Designer at ARRIVAL
- Graphic Design
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- User Research
Product Designer at Revolut. Previously Yandex (Russian Google). Passionate about creative tools, innovative interfaces, information representation, sound design & XR
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Ed Mangum
Senior Industrial designer at Google
- Branding & Identity
- Industrial Design
- Product Design
Hi! I'm an Industrial Designer currently working for Google's Hardware team in the Bay Area. I have a breath of experience from the consulting and corporate worlds from the past 12 years that I'd love to share. Please let me know how I can help!
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Meir Benezra
Play Wizard, Founder at Design Playing™
- Career Advice
- Design Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Storytelling
For 15 years I've been holding the space for people to try, discover and learn to design and play together for a conscious, unified and collaborative world. Learning from and being inspired by children I have built a new methodology called Design Playing™. Instead of trying to get away from problems and what we don't want, we need to dream of what we want and co-make those dreams tangible. We need to be playing along the way. Play is the only genuine means we have to unite us in harmony with our dreams. I have played together both locally and internationally with many companies including Coca Cola, BNP Paribas, ThreeFold, Turkcell, Pfizer, Legrand. Also I have been in learning programs within universities such as Medipol, Yildiz Technical University, Koc University. I have been mentoring many startups within incubation and business acceleration programs such as ITU Cekirdek and Imece (a social impact incubation). I have had the chance to do keynote speeches in Turkey, Ukraine and Spain. I am always looking for new opportunities to learn and get inspired; to think anew and be in a virginal state of mind. Collaboration is now and the future. Curiosity, peace, unity, love & having fun…
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Johnatan Uribe
Senior Product Designer at Okta, inc
- Accessibility
- Product Design
- Visual Design
- Wireframing
I've been designing products for big companies like Linkedin and Okta for the past 5 years. Before that, I worked for early-stage start-ups helping bring the founder's vision to life. My multidisciplinary background helps me cultivate engaging experiences for a variety of purposes and to think with a holistic approach. I always stay in tune with emerging technologies and actively foresee opportunities to innovate.
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Prajwal Shrestha
UX/UI Design and Visual Design Specialist at ATX Group of Malaysia
- Figma
- Illustration
Hello, I’m a interactive product designer based in Kathmandu Nepal and well qualified in modern web based technologies, currently working @yetistudio.co
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