Karim Yasser

• Validate product designs, identify constraints and provide corrective actions.

• Implement process improvements to ensure product quality and productivity.

• Identify resource requirements and perform workload assignments to meet product design goals.

• Develop best practices to ensure smooth and continuous product development processes.

• Assist in employee recruitment, performance evaluation, promotion, and termination activities.

• Provide training to team members to improve technical skills.

• Recommend new technologies and tools to optimize product design processes.

• Build a positive and safe working environment for product design teams.

• Responsible for the delivery of an end to end-design projects and UX solutions across our digital platforms.

• Partner with business owners, engineering leads, and analytics specialists to help translate business goals into product experiences that address customer pain points.

• Responsible for improving existing product designs and analyzing working concepts launched by competitors of similar products to match quality.

• Worked on all aspects from vision/strategy, road mapping, thinking through the user experience, user testing, and prototyping features.

• Worked with cross-functional project teams using an agile, user-centered, collaborative process.

• Designed many online products involving web and mobile experience for mega scale projects such as Vodafone gaming portal, Fantasy premier league and MTN telecom operator, Including design systems.

• Applied full design thinking process starting from empathize to test which involving user Interviews, competitors analysis, user personas, user scenarios, user flows, sitemap, wireframes, prototypes and pixel perfect.

• Done a lot user experience activities as I created personas, User scenarios, User flows, site maps and usability testing.

• Learned and practiced multiple development processes including Scrum, Agile and Design Thinking.

After five years of working as a graphic designer, I was offered a role as a Visual Designer focusing on UI design. Since joining, I have helped reshape many pharmaceutical projects; My part consists of developing E-detailing visual directions in early project phases. I’ve been fortunate enough to work for mega pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis (Jakavi), MSD (Januvia, Janumet), Merck (Glucovance, Glucophage), AstraZeneca (Pulmicort, Symbicort) and Bayer (Nexavar).

• Created and presented many designs, including identities, stationery, illustrations, flyers, and packaging.
• Prepared documents for large format printer and die-cutting.
• Developed differentiating campaign ideas and ads for multiple clients across social media, billboards, print, digital, brand partnerships, and retail channels.

• Assisted in photo shoots, preparing whole looks, choosing locations, and working on completing necessary shots quickly and efficiently.

I started at Skolarz Academy as a Junior, and 21 months later, I became a mid-weight Designer. I have worked on various tasks with topics in education, marketing, and print. And social media designs.

• Manage weekly connect sessions with students according to Udacity guidelines.
• Helping UX students with their Nanodegree program through direct communication and online sessions.
• Coordinating between the students and the Udacity Connect team.
• Reporting to Udacity the weekly overall attendance status of students and observations about each session.

• Mentored aspiring UX designers on technical UX skills such as research, wireframing, and prototyping
• Provided students with feedback on portfolios and case studies.

Faculty of Computer Science