Asmahane Khawaja
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since May 26, 2022
Asmahane is a product design manager with nearly 10 years of experience across Dubai, Jordan, London, Lebanon, and Cyprus. She specializes in leading end-to-end design processes, crafting innovative, user-centered solutions across web apps, mobile apps, websites, and SaaS. Her portfolio includes work with Avolta, Shell, Jinius by Bank of Cyprus, Cognizant, Orange Telecom, and more. Asmahane has delivered high-quality designs in tech, fintech, telecom, AI, travel, and eCommerce industries.
Portfolio
Work Experience
UX Manager
Cognizant
- Worked with Shell clients in the digital twin space. The work involved AI, automation, engineering, and innovation.
- Led projects, created proofs of concept, and conducted user interviews, workshops, and personas.
- Created user journeys and mockups that were tested with users and, after the feedback, completed high-fidelity prototypes.
- Worked on several POCs. The first was about integrating the digital twin with a process model. The other projects involved proactive technical monitoring, reliability modeling, FRED modeling, and cumulative risk.
- Worked with Avolta in the travel and retail industry. My role involved leading the revamp of their mobile app to elevate its user experience.
- Worked on several initiatives, including integrating entertainment features, creating a notification center, and enhancing self-checkout and POS experiences.
UI/UX Designer
Cloud and Culture Ltd
- Ideated and worked on user flows to translate the stakeholder's vision into visual diagrams.
- Prepared an iOS and Android design library and worked on some branding preparations before starting with the wireframes.
- Created high-fidelity wireframes and did some prototypes.
UX/UI Designer
MyEatPal Tech FZ- LLC
- Conducted a UX audit and worked on user flows of the food ordering app.
- Built the design system for the overall app and fixed the components. In addition, I designed new features and screens.
- Built a platform that facilitates the life of food scientists. I work on different aspects of the platform, from user interviews to the journey and low-fidelity designs.
Product Designer
SchoolJoy, Inc.
- Conducted an expert review of all the platform screens and noted down all the UI/UX issues I found.
- Worked on concepts and recommendations to improve the issues found in the expert review.
- Worked on ChatGPT style design that focus on answering all questions that a teacher might have regarding a student.
UI/UX Designer
MBTmedia
- Revamped an insurance website and started with a roadmap detailing the project plan and research.
- Understood the users' needs, problems, wishes, and backgrounds. Prepared a full questionnaire and another one to find out the current issues in the sitemap, screens, and flows.
- Performed a UX Audit and then a competitor analysis. Matched all the issues I found from the test and studies with the best practices to solve them.
- Built the user journeys and the new information architecture. Created a design system and a new logo. And finally worked on engaging icons, illustrations, and some animations too.
UI/UX Manager
Jinius by Bank of Cyprus
- Designed a platform that can improve the digital economy in Cyprus by connecting buyers and suppliers. Created online stores, sent invoices, processed payments, created tenders, and a B2B marketplace.
- Prepared a roadmap and started the UX process, including stakeholder interviews, user interviews, personas, competitors analysis, sitemaps, journeys, wireframes, designs, QA, usability testing, and improvements.
- Built the brand strategy and identity, including the brand book, style guide, tone of voice, and the main website for the Jinius platform. I also did some live testing with users and conducted a UX audit for each developed feature.
- Worked on building a B2C eCommerce website with Salesforce. I started by getting data about the real users and their different backgrounds. Worked with a research company to evaluate the market.
- Retrieved all the data needed and built the personas. Created the user journeys. Worked to build the brand guidelines and transition from B2B to B2C with a new set of colors and some other modifications.
- Built a very nice and engaging design that was loved by all team members.
Senior UX/UI Designer
Orange
- Worked on the research and redesign of the YO microsite targeting the young generation in Jordan. It provides them with personalized offers, training courses, scholarships, competitions, discounts, and events.
- Redesigned Orange Jordan's main website based on a heuristic evaluation, competitor analysis, and best practices. I built the wireframes following business requirements, user research, and related findings.
- Restructured the menu of the Orange website by using card sorting and tree testing and worked on the design of the business and personal sections.
UX/UI Expert
Snaptivity
- Designed a website targeting B2B clients and leads in the sports industry by displaying engaging data and statistics based on their interests.
- Contributed to campaign creation flow, specifying targets, creating overlays, and managing content.
- Created the style guide and the responsive web, tablet, and mobile designs.
UX/UI Designer
Mobimind
- Oversaw the branding of many companies and shops in the Middle East.
- Designed many apps and websites in different categories, including for events, content creation, IT, and football.
- Delivered many 2D and 3D animations and edited video content.
Education
Master of Science Degree in UX Design and Branding
Brunel University London - London, United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia and Web Design
USEK | Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - Jounieh, Lebanon
Certifications
Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT
Udemy
Intro to Entrepreneurship
Udemy
UX Audit
Udemy
Introduction to Psychology
Coursera
Data and AI
University of York
Design Thinking
Interaction Design Foundation
Mobile UX Design
Interaction Design Foundation
Skills
Tools
Adobe, Figma, Zeplin, Confluence, Miro, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Jira, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects CC
Platforms
Useberry, Web, Mobile, iOS, Android
Industry Expertise
Consumer Products, Education Technology (Edtech)
Other
Design, User Research, User Testing, eCommerce UX, Usability Heuristics, Expert Reviews, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Wireframing, Responsive UI, Experience Design, UI Design, Focus Groups, Tree Testing, User Interface (UI), Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Design, User Interviews, Web App Design, User Experience (UX), Qualitative Research, UX Research, Usability Testing, User Surveys, SaaS Design, eCommerce, Dashboards, Data Visualization, User Flows, User Roles, System Design, Customer Discovery, User Personas, Persona Design, Mobile UI, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UX, Design Leadership, Personas, Prototyping, User Stories, Web UX Design, Visual Design, Websites, Web App UX, Competitive Analysis, Interviews, Agile, Workshops, Annotated Wireframes, Feature Prioritization, Layout Design, B2B, Remote User Testing, UX Audits, Design Systems, Heuristic Analysis, User Journey Maps, Accessibility, Heuristic Evaluation, Validated User Research, Unmoderated Remote Usability Testing, Quantitative User Research, Quantitative Research, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), User Validation Testing, User Journeys, Journey Mapping, Layout, Style Guides, Software as a Service (SaaS), Big Data, Responsive Web Apps, Big Data UX Design, Material UI, Mobile App Design, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mockups, Fintech, Survey Design, Marketplaces, Web App UI, Landing Page Design, Rapid Prototyping, Dashboard Design, Market Research, Usability, Branding, Strategy, Animation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Principal, Stakeholder Interviews, User Workshops, Card Sorting, App Design, Graphic Design, Content Strategy, Finance, Chatbots, Public Transportation, Marketing Analytics, Web Design, Design Thinking, CX Strategy, Psychology, User Psychology, Research, Marketing Design, Entrepreneurship, Business, Mobile Design, Innovative UX, Proof of Concept (POC), Feature Planning, UX Testing
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