UX METHODSSketching, Persona, Storyboarding, Wireframing, Rapid Prototyping, Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Testing, Analytics

DESIGN SKILLSUser-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design, Interaction-Design, Gamification, Data Visualization

SKILLS

TOOLSSketch, Invision, Figma, XD, Balsamiq, UXPin, Mockflow, Adobe Creative Suit, HotJar, MixPanel, Optimizely, Jira, GitLab, Zeplin

LANGUAGESC/C++, Java, C#, HTML, CSS, JS

RECOGNITIONS

Nikon Photography Pakistan3rd Position - 2015

2018Rector Award for Innovation - UMT

Street Art Competition - 2016Team Member Artistan - Master Paints

1st Position - 2015Programming Competition - CUST

Core Music Analyser - 2013Team Coke Studio 6 - Key Player

AWARDS

EDUCATIONBS (Hon.), Software Engineering

Specialized in Artificial Intelligence, I was awarded rector’s merit award for Innovation on my thesis research, which focused on Machine Translation from English/Urdu to Pakistan Sign Language(PSL).

University of Managment and TechnologyVISUAL DESIGNER @ HOUSE OF PROFESSIONALS 2015 - 2016Designed logos for various types of organizations in a variety of industries based on line of work, corporate personality, and client preferences.Arranged photographs, illustrations, and other design pieces to convey a specific look for the company website.

UI/UX DESIGNER @ FREELANCE2016 - 2017Met clients to discuss their needs, objectives, and budgetsDesigned UX & UI for various mobile and web projectsHelped clients define project goals by performing multiple UX strategies like Contextual analysis and market research

@ ZIVARO2017 - Present

Manged a team of 4 designers. Followed Lean UX approach: MVP and Rapid Iterations.Overcame Agile related challenges within team to construct a shared vision.Established Design Philosophy and UX/UI Principles. Assessed and improved existing products based on business goals and user research.IncreasedIncreased user satisfaction (+11%) and perceived findability of information (+19%) with redesigned ‘NetBlaze’ website.Most day-to-day work involves a combination of collaboration with multiple parts of the business as well as research, prototyping, and user testing.

Decreased bounce rate (-23%) with mobile ‘FindMyAdventure’ website.Frequently used UX Methodologies like UX Research, Ideation, Wireframing, Rapid Prototyping, and User Testing to create usable products.As the only designer, took responsibility from strategy to design of multiple products.

Design Lead

UX Designer

EXPERIENCE

AHMAD BILAL

P: +92 322 841 9677 E: ahmadbilal227@gmail.com

www.behance.net/ahmad227 www.linkedin.com/in/uxabwww.HeCreates.art

Tarlent Web Portal (Website + CMS)Defined KPI’s for business success and monitored rate-of-change in scores. Devised and implemented a responsive strategy and framework to handle dynamic content. Optimised asset-loading to improve page render speeds.

Design for Homeless (Website + Portal)Performed interface design, interaction design and information design. Created numerous prototypes of varying fidelity to test assumptions and concepts. Conducted primary and secondary research.

Siroc - Party App (Native iOS + Android)Performed brainstorming and sketching. Conducted secondary research and created personas, user flows, scenarios and wireframes. Created high fidelity screen designs.