Sohail Awan
Senior UX/UI Designer
Dubai,DU
Summary
With more than 10 years of experience delivering successful design solutions for both web and mobile apps and websites. Passionate about the problem-solving approach to create the design, visual UI design, user-centered design principles, and frontend development. Detail-oriented, well-organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced & deadline-driven environment. Always striving for the best possible results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior UX/UI Developer
Signature Technology DMCC
Dubai, DUBAI
07.2020 - Current
- Creating user-centered designs of main online marketplace website and mobile app by understanding business requirements and goals.
- Creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and mockups for both web and mobile app.
- Translating requirements into style guides, design systems, design patterns and attractive user interfaces.
- Creating original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables).
- Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems (e.g. responsiveness).
- Do frontend development for the main online marketplace website and email newsletters.
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
- Optimize website for maximum speed and scalability.
- Collaborating effectively with product, engineering, and management teams
Lead UX/UI Designer
AWOK.com
Dubai, DUBAI
12.2013 - 06.2020
- Created user-centered designs of main E-commerce website, web app and mobile apps by understanding business goals and objectives.
- Created iterative create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, low and high fidelity mockups.
- Communicate with engineering and marketing teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Designed user interfaces elements mainly menus, widgets, tabs, etc and present designs to the engineering and marketing teams and all the stakeholders.
- Ensured the voice of the customer is presented by incorporating customer feedback, usage metrics, and usability findings into design.
- Used prototyping or design tools such as Sketch, Invision, Figma and for graphic assets Adobe Photoshop and illustrator.
- Always stay updated with information on the latest UX/UI trends and design skills.
Lead UI Designer & Developer
Webmekanics
Rawalpindi, Punjab
11.2012 - 02.2013
UI Designer & Developer
W3Whizz - Web development company
Islamabad, Punjab
10.2010 - 11.2011
Frontend Developer
PiSigma Group
Islamabad, Punjab
11.2009 - 03.2010
Web Designer
Xindesigns LLC
Islamabad, Punjab
06.2008 - 06.2009
Education
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan 09.2004 - 06.2009
Skills
Prototyping, Wireframing, User flows, Mockups, User research
UI Design, Color, typography, and layouts
Adobe XD, Sketchapp, InVisionApp, Figma
HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap
Javascript & jQuery
Communication and interpersonal skills
Timeline
Senior UX/UI Developer
Signature Technology DMCC
07.2020 - Current
Lead UX/UI Designer
AWOK.com
12.2013 - 06.2020
Lead UI Designer & Developer
Webmekanics
11.2012 - 02.2013
UI Designer & Developer
W3Whizz - Web development company
10.2010 - 11.2011
Frontend Developer
PiSigma Group
11.2009 - 03.2010
Web Designer
Xindesigns LLC
06.2008 - 06.2009
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Riphah International University
09.2004 - 06.2009