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Product & UX Design Consultant
Samir Rashed
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London, United Kingdom
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I'm a Product Design Consultant based in London. I love working on ambitious projects with teams that share my enthusiasm and love of technology.
I've been working as a designer for seven years, in this time I've led multiple projects in various industries, crafting new product experiences and improving existing product sets, building consensus among cross-functional teams and C-level individuals.
I'm an expert at uncovering market insights, identifying opportunities to radically improve customer experience and delivering these with huge business impact.
Twice a founder/co-founder, I'm a startup enthusiast with a specialism in user-centred product development.
I've been working as a designer for seven years, in this time I've led multiple projects in various industries, crafting new product experiences and improving existing product sets, building consensus among cross-functional teams and C-level individuals.
I'm an expert at uncovering market insights, identifying opportunities to radically improve customer experience and delivering these with huge business impact.
Twice a founder/co-founder, I'm a startup enthusiast with a specialism in user-centred product development.
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
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2018 - 2019
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Product Design Lead
JAAK.
United Kingdom
JAAK was building rights-management and licensing infrastructure for the music and media industries,
utilising blockchain technology to allow collaboration on a global view of ownership and rights.
In this hybrid role working across two products, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the JAAK marketplace product
● The UX design of the JAAK rights management product
● Conducting UX research and leading user interviews
● Leading requirements workshops with stakeholders across the business
● Leading customer interviews to generate new business insights
● Leading design sprints to prototype new potential products
Achievements:
● Delivered an update to reveal data insights that saved a customer over £500,000 in annual revenue
● Implemented new processes to unblock the product development cycle and make delivery more
efficient
JAAK was building rights-management and licensing infrastructure for the music and media industries,
utilising blockchain technology to allow collaboration on a global view of ownership and rights.
In this hybrid role working across two products, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the JAAK marketplace product
● The UX design of the JAAK rights management product
● Conducting UX research and leading user interviews
● Leading requirements workshops with stakeholders across the business
● Leading customer interviews to generate new business insights
● Leading design sprints to prototype new potential products
Achievements:
● Delivered an update to reveal data insights that saved a customer over £500,000 in annual revenue
● Implemented new processes to unblock the product development cycle and make delivery more
efficient
Design, UX Design, UX, Product development, Product Design, Research, Management, Block Chain, Technology, Workshops, Infrastructure, Development, Music, Hybrid, Processes
2017 - 2018
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Product Design Lead
Alumnet.
United Kingdom
Alumnet is an early stage startup building a brand-new alumni engagement platform for schools in the UK.
In this hybrid role working across two products, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the native iOS mobile app
● Leading the redesign of the website, including new features and improvements
● Conducting user research using interviews and surveys
● Creating a design system of reusable components for both the website and iOS mobile app
● Negotiating requirements with internal and external stakeholders (including investors)
Achievements:
● Devised and implemented an acquisition strategy that increased sign-ups by 39%
● Delivered a redesigned user onboarding journey, increasing conversion by 47% whilst obtaining better
and more useful data that was used to increase engagement across the platform
● Successfully delivered the iOS native app, managing alpha and beta phases through to public release
Alumnet is an early stage startup building a brand-new alumni engagement platform for schools in the UK.
In this hybrid role working across two products, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the native iOS mobile app
● Leading the redesign of the website, including new features and improvements
● Conducting user research using interviews and surveys
● Creating a design system of reusable components for both the website and iOS mobile app
● Negotiating requirements with internal and external stakeholders (including investors)
Achievements:
● Devised and implemented an acquisition strategy that increased sign-ups by 39%
● Delivered a redesigned user onboarding journey, increasing conversion by 47% whilst obtaining better
and more useful data that was used to increase engagement across the platform
● Successfully delivered the iOS native app, managing alpha and beta phases through to public release
Design, IOS, User research, Product Design, Research, Website, Onboarding, Surveys, App, Redesign, Native, Hybrid
2015 - 2017
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Product Designer
reed.co.uk.
London, United Kingdom
reed.co.uk is the UK's number one job site.
In this hybrid role working across multiple scrum teams I was responsible for:
● Leading the redesign of the reed.co.uk job search mobile app for iOS and Android
● Leading the end-to-end design of the reed.co.uk recruiter mobile app for iOS and Android
● Collating insights through user interviews and research
● Setting up design sprints to prototype and test new product innovations
reed.co.uk is the UK's number one job site.
In this hybrid role working across multiple scrum teams I was responsible for:
● Leading the redesign of the reed.co.uk job search mobile app for iOS and Android
● Leading the end-to-end design of the reed.co.uk recruiter mobile app for iOS and Android
● Collating insights through user interviews and research
● Setting up design sprints to prototype and test new product innovations
Design, Scrum, IOS, Android, Research, Test, Recruiter, App, Search, Redesign, Hybrid, UP
2016 - 2017
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Founder & Product Designer
Cra Vape Club.
United Kingdom
Cra Vape Club was a monthly subscription box business I bootstrapped in my evenings and weekends.
As the sole founder running the business in my spare time, I was responsible for everything. This included
validating the original hypothesis through user and market research, architecting the website to handle
personalisation of boxes and creating processes to streamline the fulfilment of orders using a wide variety of tools.
Achievements:
● Bootstrapped the business to over £1,000 MRR
Cra Vape Club was a monthly subscription box business I bootstrapped in my evenings and weekends.
As the sole founder running the business in my spare time, I was responsible for everything. This included
validating the original hypothesis through user and market research, architecting the website to handle
personalisation of boxes and creating processes to streamline the fulfilment of orders using a wide variety of tools.
Achievements:
● Bootstrapped the business to over £1,000 MRR
Research, Market research, Website, Processes, Founder
2015 - 2016
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Co-Founder & Product Designer
MetroDesk.
United Kingdom
I co-founded MetroDesk, a startup venture incubated by reed.co.uk's innovation hub.
As the sole designer in a start-up team of five, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the fully responsive website
● Running interviews and usability sessions with users
● Creating and maintaining user personas for both sides of the marketplace
● Identifying and solving issues with various user journeys through closely monitoring analytics
● Managing all marketing activity, creating and A/B testing collateral and messaging on both paid and organic channels, reducing customer acquisition costs and staying under budget
● Interviewing space owners, taking photographs, making sales calls and onboarding clients
I co-founded MetroDesk, a startup venture incubated by reed.co.uk's innovation hub.
As the sole designer in a start-up team of five, I was responsible for:
● The end-to-end design of the fully responsive website
● Running interviews and usability sessions with users
● Creating and maintaining user personas for both sides of the marketplace
● Identifying and solving issues with various user journeys through closely monitoring analytics
● Managing all marketing activity, creating and A/B testing collateral and messaging on both paid and organic channels, reducing customer acquisition costs and staying under budget
● Interviewing space owners, taking photographs, making sales calls and onboarding clients
Marketing, Design, Innovation, Budget, Usability, Analytics, Sales, Website, Onboarding, Usability & UX, Testing, Monitoring, Responsive, UP, Founder
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