Muhammad Junaid Tahir
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Toptal member since July 18, 2022
Passionate about enhancing user experience and maximizing user interface, Junaid is a designer and storyteller currently working as a product designer and web team lead at Mathspace. He uses design thinking to generate innovative ideas that bring brands to life and develop successful products through user-focused problem solving and research. Junaid understands users' pain points to seamlessly carry value through the end-to-end journey and bring a vision together through a holistic approach.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Co-founder and Lead Designer
Design House Inc
- Worked with more than 300 global clients from almost every industry, including but not limited to blockchain, retail, automobile, and governments (Saudia and UAE).
- Designed over 300 projects, including landing pages, entire websites, and complete rebranding.
- Collaborated with startups and established companies worldwide for their website or branding design needs.
Product Designer
Mathspace
- Handled and delivered a teacher's portal to increase interactivity, simplify a reporting system, and assign students tasks.
- Acted as the lead designer for Mathspace's free-to-use platform for teachers, achieved with research, user interviews, and an Agile designing process.
- Redesigned a brand identity and created a new design language system for Mathspace's product presence. I was also the lead designer for delivering a better user experience and aesthetic look to Mathspace's main and micro sites.
Interactive Web Designer
The Swim Starter Ltd
- Utilized industry-leading design tools and technologies to create pixel-perfect designs and interactive user interfaces.
- Provided design expertise and guidance to stakeholders, contributing to the overall brand identity and visual language of the company.
- Stayed abreast of emerging design trends and technologies, continuously enhancing skills and capabilities to deliver innovative solutions.
- Received great feedback from the client, who praised the exceptional quality and effectiveness of the web design project and underscored its significant impact on user experience and engagement.
Landing Page Designer
Ayni Nur
- Worked on the brand identity. Created a logo mark, color pallet, and typeface.
- Created a wireframe based on client needs for the homepage.
- Crafted visual designs for the desktop homepage, services page, and case studies.
UI/Marketing Designer (via Toptal)
Stanislav Butovsky
- Conceptualized and executed user-friendly website designs, resulting in a 35% increase in website traffic and a 90% decrease in bounce rates.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver visually stunning and responsive website layouts, exceeding client expectations and garnering positive feedback.
- Conceptualized and designed adaptable user interfaces that seamlessly transition between light and dark modes, catering to diverse user preferences.
- Conducted user testing and gathered feedback to refine light and dark mode designs, which resulted in an increase in user satisfaction ratings.
- Optimized color schemes and contrast ratios for both light and dark modes to improve readability and reduce eye strain.
- Created custom icon sets and visual elements optimized for light and dark backgrounds, maintaining visual coherence and brand identity.
- Stayed informed about evolving design standards and best practices for light and dark mode implementation, continually refining techniques to enhance user experience.
- Received great feedback from the client, who praised the exceptional quality and effectiveness of the web design project and underscored its significant impact on user experience and engagement.
UI/Marketing Designer (via Toptal)
Stanislav Butovsky
- Used a mobile-first approach to design a dark and light mode responsive website for the client to showcase the services.
- Built a design system for dark and light mode so the client can expand the project and add more services in the future.
- Created the wireframes for the client from scratch to fix the flow gaps.
Web Designer (via Toptal)
Bright On Digital Design
- Conceptualized and executed user-friendly website designs, resulting in a 90% decrease in bounce rates.
- Implemented best practices in web design and UI/UX principles, leading to a 70% improvement in conversion rates and user engagement metrics.
- Conducted A/B testing and analyzed user behavior data to optimize website performance, achieving a 40% increase in click-through rates.
- Utilized industry-leading design tools and technologies to create pixel-perfect designs and interactive user interfaces.
- Provided design expertise and guidance to stakeholders, contributing to the overall brand identity and visual language of the company.
- Stayed abreast of emerging design trends and technologies, continuously enhancing skills and capabilities to deliver innovative solutions.
- Received great feedback from the client, who praised the exceptional quality and effectiveness of the web design project and underscored its significant impact on user experience and engagement.
Web Designer
Establishment AL-AYN RUKMIYYA For Information Technology
- Created the design system to make the website consistent and make the brand stand out.
- Designed the homepage using the Double Diamond approach. Presented to the client and got a sign-off with the direction. Created the rest of the pages using the component design method to integrate new pages using these components in the future easily.
- Created content images for features using screenshots and icons from the brand library and products to give a unique look.
Landing Page Designer
Qualtags Technologies LLC
- Determined the user journey, detailing how users will engage with the physical product and subsequently arrive at the landing page to access all the relevant information.
- Created a dashboard that encompasses various functionalities, allowing brands to create and customize their landing pages according to their specific marketing strategies.
- Developed a style guide, component library, and sample landing pages to facilitate the launch and handover to the development team. These resources provide a cohesive design framework and ready-to-use components for seamless implementation.
Senior Visual Designer
House of Comms
- Collaborated with UX designers and project managers to define and implement innovative solutions for the project direction, visuals, and experience.
- Executed all visual design stages from the concept to the final handoff.
- Conceptualized original ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
- Created storyboards and a pattern library to establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards.
Visual Designer
Revonic
- Prepared work by gathering information and materials to present the user interface visually so that it is easy to read and understand information, and find and interpret storyboards to tell visual stories that support learning.
- Translated client business requirements, user needs, and technical requirements into visually enticing designs, easy to use, and emotionally engaging designs.
- Generated clear ideas, concepts, and designs of creative assets from beginning to end.
- Collaborated with designers to ensure a consistent, integrated brand perception and user experience. Also, I worked with a cross-functional team that included developers and project managers in order to create leading-edge projects.
- Stayed in the loop and on top of the latest standards, changes, and trends in the visual design field.
Web Graphic Designer
Nexa
- Studied design briefs, determined requirements, scheduled projects, and conceptualized visuals based on those requirements.
- Designed websites and applications that met business and user goals through a positive user experience.
- Collaborated with marketing and social teams to create graphic content for high-end clients and ensure final graphics and layouts were visually appealing and on-brand.
- Collaborated with the social team on animated content creation.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Imperial College of Business Studies - Lahore, Pakistan
Skills
Tools
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6, InVision, Adobe After Effects, InVision Studio, ProtoPie, Adobe Photoshop
Industry Expertise
Education Technology (Edtech), Healthcare, Real Estate, Building & Construction, Education, Marketing, Retail & Wholesale, Sales & Marketing, Consumer Products
Platforms
Web, iGaming, iOS, Adobe Suite
Other
Management, Mobile App Design, Web UI, Responsive UI, Web App Design, User Interface (UI), eCommerce, Product Design, Edtech Design, Web Design, User Experience (UX), UI Design, UX Design, Web App UI, Visual Design, Dashboard Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design Systems, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Websites, Landing Page Design, Mobile Design, Branding, eCommerce Design, Mockups, Style Guides, Component Libraries, Photography, Fintech, Marketplaces, Chatbot Conversation Design, Landing Page Optimization, UX Wireframes, Layout Design, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, UX Research, Interactive Design, Responsive Design, B2C, Landing Pages, UX Audits, Mobile First, Grid Systems, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, UI Style Guides, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Jewelry, eCommerce UI, Blockchain, Prototyping, Wireframing, Early-stage Startups, Gamification, Web App UX, B2B, UI Components, Responsive Web Apps, User Experience Design, User Flows, User Stories, Material UI, SaaS, UX Strategy, User Testing, Interaction Design (IxD), Interactive Prototypes, Social Media, Real Estate Development, Software, Marketplace Design, Creative Direction, Marketing Design, Animation, Travel Design, Airports, App Design, Dashboards, Booking Systems, Booking Apps, Blockchain Platforms, ÐApp, Art, Mobile UI, App UI, Appointment Booking, Digital Agencies, Luxury Industry, Travel, Design, SaaS Design, MVP Design, Interactive Web Design
Experience
- Figma - 10 years
- Web Design - 10 years
- Mobile App Design - 9 years
- User Interface (UI) - 9 years
- Adobe Experience Design (XD) - 7 years
- Sketch - 7 years
- User Experience (UX) - 5 years
- Product Design - 4 years
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
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