Resume
I blend creativity with strategy to design engaging products that meet user needs and business goals. I enjoy analyzing challenges from different perspectives to find the best solutions.
Summary
I have designed user-focused experiences for mobile and web, driving engagement and business growth by over 25%. I am highly motivated to learn new skills and take on new challenges. My experience includes working on Marketplace platforms, SaaS products, and developing design systems and I am also interested in E-Commerce, Banking, and Healthcare products
Experiences
Product Designer
February 2024 - September 2024
Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Institution) • Amsterdam, Netherlands • Fixed-term Contract
Conducted user research with HvA teacher-researchers (TRs) through interviews and focus groups to identify challenges and needs.
Created conversational models to explore HvA HR perspectives and related initiatives.
Visualized insights using Affinity Map, Stakeholder Map, and Personas to build empathy.
Prototyped, tested, and finalized a physical product with TRs, providing usage guidelines.
Product Designer
April 2022 - February 2024
Taskpin Inc. (Marketplace Platform) • Toronto, Canada • Full-time
Led iterative user research, increasing engagement by 42% and boosting user acquisition and retention by 34% and 26%.
Streamlined user flows and simplified features to align design with business goals for new and existing users.
Built the Taskpin Design System with 2K+ components, improving consistency and cutting feature avg. development time by 67%.
Collaborated with 2 product managers, 2 stakeholders, and 6 developers, enhancing product quality by 32% and driving a 36% conversion rate increase through A/B testing.
UX Designer
March 2021 - March 2022
Radcom Co. (Design Agency) • Tehran, Iran • Full-time
Developed the Radcom Design System with efficient design guidelines.
Partnered with 3 developers to build the Radcom Design System website.
Designed Hi-Fi models for Radcom CMS, enhancing flow clarity and reducing development time by 25%.
Conducted customer interviews to inform website redesigns based on their needs.
UI/UX Designer Intern
October 2020 - March 2021
Puzzley (No-Code App Builder) • Birjand, Iran
Researched 300+ panel users to identify key needs and expectations.
Improved user flows, restructured information architecture, and introduced personas and user stories, boosting sales by 27% via targeted marketing.
Designed app templates for Puzzley, accelerating app creation and task completion rate by 32%.
Conducted usability tests and heuristic evaluations, resolving 25 issues and reducing user confusion by 21% through redesigns.
Skills
UX Design
User Research
Usability Testing
Contextual Interviews
Information Architecture
Wireframing
Data-Driven Design
Design Thinking
Collaboration
Inclusive Design
Persona
User Flow
User Journey Map
UI Design
Visual Design
Responsive Design
Design System Management
Accessibility
Product Management
Design Strategy
Cross-Funcational Collaboration
Stakeholder Management
Agile Methodologies
Certifications
June 2024
Digital Society School, Amsterdam, Netherlands
December 2023
edX Learning
August 2023
Quera College, Tehran, Iran
March 2022
Quera College, Tehran, Iran
March 2021
Rahnema College, Tehran, Iran
January 2021
Spiral Design Institute, Tehran, Iran
Tech Stack
Figma
Framer
ProtoPie
Photoshop
ClickUp
Jira
VS Code
Hotjar
Clarity
Google Analytics
Mixpanel
Miro
LottieFiles
Languages
🇮🇷 Persian
Native
🇬🇧 English
Fluent
🇳🇱 Dutch
Basic
Education
University of Isfahan • Isfahan, Iran
University of Birjand • Birjand, Iran
Imam Hossein High School • Birjand, Iran
Recommendations
Lisa Deijl
senior beleidsadviseur landelijk gebied bij NPLG • July 2024
Hussein is someone you can totally trust to live up to his word and get the job done. He is able to work at a steady pace even when the pressure builds. He has a keen eye for detail and with his analytical mind he isn't afraid to ask hard questions. Hussein is definitely a great addition to any team.
Sherifa Awudu
Digital Health | Human Rights Specialist • July 2024
Working closely with Hussein at the Digital Society School as a team on the HvA GrowSmart toolkit, I can confidently say that Hussein is one of the most talented product designers I have ever encountered who has the ability to blend creativity with functionality and it was truly an exceptional experience for me.
Speaks
Digital Society School Way of Working
Hogeschool van Amsterdam • June 2024