Abdul Haq

Designer in Singapore, Singapore

Member since January 23, 2018

Haq is a UX designer with 8+ years of experience in branding. He believes that having empathy and advocating for users at every step of the UX process is the most important thing for businesses and organizations to succeed. He focuses on creating useful, usable, and desirable products for users and loves designing for a living. He also enjoys learning new languages, meeting new people, and making genuine connections. We are stronger together.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Treatsure: Mobile App That Helps Prevent Food Wastage
- UX Research
- Mobile App UX
- Mobile App UI
- eCommerce
- Food Ordering
- Food & Beverage
- Sustainability
VCN: A Nepal-based NGO Website
- UX Research
- Web UX
- Web UI
- Branding
- Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Donations
- Volunteering
AsiaOne: A Southeast Asian News Website
- News
- Web UX
- Web UI
- Branding
- Creative Direction
- Articles
- Art Direction
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Rapid Prototyping
Designing Resilience in Asia (DRIA)
- Creative Direction
- Branding
- Web UI
- Visual Design
- Architectural Sustainability
Boundbywine
- eCommerce
- Wine & Wineries
- App UX
- App UI
- Dashboards
- QR Codes
- Figma
- Art Direction
- UX Design
- UI Design
- UX Research
- Rapid Prototyping
- Usability Testing
ActiveSG
- Fitness
- Sports
- App UX
- App UI
- Illustration
- Dashboards
- Bookings
- Art Direction
- UX Design
- UI Design
- UX Research
- Rapid Prototyping
- Usability Testing
Cocoon
- Fintech
- App UX
- App UI
- Dashboards
- Education
- Forum Design
- Forms
- Figma
- Art Direction
- UX Design
- UI Design
- UX Research
- Rapid Prototyping
- Usability Testing

Employment

Freelance UX | Branding Designer
2018 - PRESENT
HAQ.DESIGN
- Managed projects independently, from invoicing, client servicing to establish and maintain project objectives, expectations and timelines, crafting and iterating designs, and handing off of final artwork.
- Worked with design agencies, providing design expertise and skills to their various branding projects and joining in their internal and client meetings to ensure project objectives are aligned.
- Redesigned the UI and branding of a regional news website, working closely and collaboratively with the in-house UX designer.
- Worked with the client and product owner of a subscription-based wine startup in a UX team of one, spanning the entire UX process from user research, research synthesis and problem definition, ideation, usability testing, and iterative wireframing and prototyping.
- Worked as a UX team of three with a fintech firm to design and propose a mobile micro-investment platform MVP as a white-label product for retail-facing financial institutions, spanning the entire UX process.
Technologies: Usability Testing, Rapid Prototyping, UX Research, UI Design, UX Design, Art Direction, Branding, Zoom, Miro, OptimalWorkshop, Figma, InVision, Adobe CC
UX Design Immersive Instructional Associate
2020 - 2020
General Assembly
- Worked closely with the course instructor in mentoring 23 UX students throughout a 12-week UX Bootcamp.
- Guided students to ensure they understand and apply the tools, concepts, and methodology of the UX process effectively.
- Evaluated UX student projects based on a set of criteria.
- Provided critical feedback to students for them to learn and improve on their UX projects.
- Liaised with companies to match suitable student groups to relevant UX client projects.
Technologies: Usability Testing, Rapid Prototyping, UX Research, UI Design, UX Design, Zoom, Miro, OptimalWorkshop, Figma, InVision, Adobe CC
UX Design Immersive Instructional Associate
2019 - 2019
General Assembly
- Worked closely with the course instructor in mentoring 32 UX students throughout a 10-week UX bootcamp.
- Guided students to ensure they understand and apply the tools, concepts, and methodologies of the UX process.
- Evaluated UX student projects.
- Provided critical design feedback to students for them to learn and improve on their UX projects.
- Liaised with companies to match suitable student groups to relevant UX client projects.
Technologies: Usability Testing, Rapid Prototyping, UX Research, UI Design, UX Design, Zoom, Miro, OptimalWorkshop, Figma, InVision, Adobe CC
Senior Designer
2014 - 2017
APT811 Design & Innovation Agency
- Supervised and crafted end-to-end brand strategy and brand identity design projects alongside the creative director from project kickoff all the way to handoff.
- Worked with DesignSingapore Council to design Singapore's UNESCO Creative City of Design branding.
- Worked closely and collaboratively with Pawfact, a dog treat startup to create an extensive end-to-end branding solution that encompasses both offline and online touchpoints, from brand naming, strategy and identity, all the way to their website and event design.
- Designed the online and offline branding experience and website for Designing Resilience In Asia, National University of Singapore School of Design & Environment's initiative to connect architects, planners, and designers to each other to develop resilient solutions for vulnerable Asian metropolitan areas.
- Art directed and designed the brand identity and experience for Asian Creative Industries Alliance, an organization promoting inter-government design-related collaboration, to develop a unique Singapore experience for an international expo held in Hangzhou.
Technologies: UI Design, Art Direction, Branding, Adobe CC
Graphic Designer
2012 - 2014
Six Planes
- Assisted the creative director with brand identity and graphic design projects to solve the clients’ needs.
- Initiated the improvement of the company’s portfolio presentation on their website by facilitating communication among other graphic and interior design colleagues.
- Designed the marketing collaterals for NTUC Employment and Employability Institute for various events.
- Designed the branding for a fishing equipment startup.
- Worked closely with interior design colleagues to create a branded experience for mulitple high-rise condominium showroom launch events.
Technologies: UI Design, Art Direction, Branding, Adobe CC