Medhat Mekky
Verified Expert in Design
Product Designer
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Toptal member since March 29, 2019
Medhat is a product leader with 18+ years of experience building and scaling customer-centric digital products across enterprises and startups, spanning business domains including banking, fintech, e-learning, eCommerce, and online booking. He specializes in translating customer insight and business strategy into scalable products, with deep experience in portfolio-level SaaS products, enterprise digital transformation initiatives, MVP execution, and cross-functional leadership.
Experience
- User Interface (UI) - 12 years
- Design Principles - 10 years
- Ideation - 10 years
- Design Evaluation - 8 years
- User Experience (UX) - 8 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 6 years
- UX Research - 4 years
- Design Systems - 4 years
Portfolio
Fly365 | Flights Booking
Orange Web UI | Arabic Design Kit
Emirates Parkings | Towing Services
Grocety | Online Grocery Shop
Careerisma
Work Experience
UX Consultant
Orange
- Managed the design language localization into Arabic, serving more than eight different countries.
- Helped the design team to implement UX best practices.
- Conceptualized several design proposals that contained digital products.
Head of UX
Arabian Systems
- Founded the UX department from scratch in six months.
- Led six designers in two teams to design new product experiences for many online products.
- Oversaw the entire design activities within the team.
Product Experience Manager
Fly365.com
- Revamped the experience of the search funnel, which improved sales by around 40%.
- Launched three new stores in four months, which increased sales by approximately 70%.
- Improved user traceability by implementing over 50 new events on Google Analytics.
- Oversaw the entire product lifecycle starting with strategic planning.
User Experience Lead
Shift E-business
- Led two squads in many experimental online products (MVP) in the fintech, e-learning, and eCommerce sectors.
- Established cross-functional team in three months with a design thinking mindset.
- Participated in the transformation from Waterfall to Agile within the scope of six months.
Senior UX Designer
Bright Creations
- Designed high-impact web applications with strong emotional appeal and intuitive navigation to maximize users' engagement for more than ten satisfied customers.
- Performed a wide variety of online projects involving UX and UI design for startups and large corporations such as Google, Porsche, Inzaj, and Mgadeer for a scope of two years.
- Implemented over 15 design proposals in matching the requirements, standards, specifications, and guidelines.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business/Commerce
Cairo University - Cairo, Egypt
Certifications
MBA Express
German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Network+
MedCom Technology Solutions
Skills
Tools
Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Balsamiq, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Zeplin, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Flash, InVision, Adobe Animate, Draw.io, Miro, Adobe, Figma Slides
Platforms
Android, iOS, WordPress, Figma
Industry Expertise
Travel & Leisure
Languages
Arabic
Other
Ideation, eCommerce, Mobile App Design, Mobile Apps, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Web App Design, Store Design, Online Shops, eCommerce Design, Personas, User Personas, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX, Mobile UI Design, Web App UX, Web UI, Web UX, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, Heuristics, Heuristic Evaluation, Heuristic Review, Heuristic Analysis, Heuristic Reports, Web App UI, Design Leadership, Product Design, Wireframing, MVP Design, Visual Design, Prototyping, Design Evaluation, UX Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, Design Principles, Web Design, Mobile Design, Design Thinking, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Analysis, Information Architecture (IA), User Flows, Responsive Web Design (RWD), B2B, App Design, iOS Design Guidelines, Android Design Guidelines, Material Design, Online Ordering, Order Management, Arabic Typography, Grocery Delivery, Online Delivery, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), E-learning, Booking, WordPress Design, Travel, Travel Design, Design Sprints, User Research, Customer Interviews, Conversion, Cross-platform UX, User Stories, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Quantitative User Research, Ideation Workshops, Data Visualization, Design Systems, UX Research, User-centered Design (UCD), Internet of Things (IoT), Gamification, User Journeys, Business, Design Libraries, Visual Component Library (VCL), Enterprise Design, Enterprise, UI Toolkits, Abstracts, Adobe UX
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