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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
Sohail AwanSenior UX/UI Designer