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About me

I like to create experiences that you can have a good conversation with. I like unique stories and expressions and believe in inclusivity and accessibility for everyone.

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Other than that I love trying out new recipes, ping pong, eating fried stuff, painting and whipping out my graphic tablet to draw things.

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Scroll down to check out my artwork and food!

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I am learning German, how to ride a bike without slamming into a tree and how to swim without thrashing around like an anxious duck. 

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Experience

Product Designer - Full time

Zalando

Jul 2022 to Dec 2022

Product Designer - Contract

Vicoland

Apr 2022 to Jun 2022

Academic Assistant/HiWi

Bauhaus Universität Weimar - Germany 

Oct 2020 to Sep 2021

Working student

TDSoftware GMBH - Germany 

Jun 2018 to Sep 2020

UX Designer - Full time

Venture Dive - Pakistan

Nov 2017 to Mar 2018

UX Designer - Full time

Techlogix - Pakistan

Jul 2016 to Oct 2018

Education

2018 to 2022

MS Human Computer Interaction

Bauhaus Universität Weimar,
Germany

2012 to 2016

BSCS Computer Science

Institute of Business Administration,

Pakistan

Skills

Qualitative Research:

Interviews

Cultural Probes

Contextual Inquiry

Focus Groups

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Analysis and Design:

Design Thinking

Wireframing

Storyboarding

Persona Creation

Competitive Analysis

Contextual Inquiry

Probe Design

Affinity Mapping

Thematic Analysis

Branding

Concept Development

Creative Strategy

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Quantitative Research:

PANAS survey

AttrakDiff survey

Firebase

Competitive Audit

 

Tools:

Figma

Sketch

Mural

Miro

Arduino IDE

Principle

Adobe XD
Wordpress

Balsamiq
Adobe Creative Suite

Certifications

Learning from Users - Workshop

Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, 

Porto, Portugal

Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Google

Coursera

Languages 

English: 

German:  

Urdu:  

Sindhi: 

Fluent 

Intermediate 

Fluent 

Native

Check out my paintings

Food that I enjoy cooking

By the way everything I cook is gluten free

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