MUHAMMAD UMAR

Senior Product Designer
Ilmenau, Germany.

About

Highly accomplished Senior Product Designer with over 5 years of experience specializing in transforming complex concepts into intuitive, accessible, and pixel-perfect user experiences. Proven ability to lead end-to-end design processes, from wireframing and prototyping to developing scalable design systems that reduce redundant work by 30%. Expert in collaborating cross-functionally to deliver impactful enterprise-level design solutions across diverse industries including Web3, Finance, AI, ML, and automotive.

Experience

Mercedes-Benz Tech Motion GmbH
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Working Student - UX Designer

Summary

Contributed to the design and development of digital platforms within a regulated automotive environment, focusing on enhancing user experience and adherence to industry standards.

Highlights

Contributed to the design and development of the Mercedes-Benz Operating Fluids website and admin portal, ensuring optimal user experience.

Facilitated internal design feedback workshops, integrating stakeholder and user input to iteratively enhance UI concepts and drive continuous improvement.

Developed comprehensive journey maps and interactive prototypes, effectively resolving complex problems within user onboarding and admin portal workflows.

Ensured strict adherence to documentation and UX standards within a regulated, enterprise automotive environment, maintaining high design quality and compliance.

FiveRivers Technologies
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Senior Product Designer

Summary

Led design initiatives across diverse projects, including Web3, Sports, Finance, AI, and ML, while establishing and maintaining a scalable design system.

Highlights

Created and maintained a scalable design system (using Figma), including icons, vectors, and illustrations, ensuring visual consistency and aesthetics across all digital touchpoints.

Developed design system used by 3+ internal product teams, reducing redundant design work by 30%.

Collaborated with product managers, engineers, and marketers to deliver concepts for design and front-end engineering of enterprise-level design projects.

Tazteq PK
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UX/UI Designer

Summary

Designed and presented user-centric UX/UI solutions, developed design systems, and collaborated with developers to ensure seamless product implementation.

Highlights

Presented UX designs and solutions to senior staff, evangelizing for user-centric design decisions.

Created design systems for products.

Handed off the design specs to developers and collaborated with them on development constraints.

Education

Technische Universität Ilmenau

M.Sc.

Research in Computer and Systems Engineering

The University of Lahore

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Languages

English

Fluent

German

Basic

Certificates

Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience (CPUX-F)

Issued By

UXQB® - International Usability and UX Qualification Board

Skills

Design Methodologies

UX/UI Design, Product Design, Design Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Journey Mapping, User Onboarding, UI/UX Standards, Design Feedback Workshops, User-Centric Design.

Technical Skills

Front-end Development, HTML, CSS, Git, SVN.

Collaboration & Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, Remote Team Collaboration, Problem Solving, Concept Translation, Design Handoff.

Design Tools

Figma, Sketch, Miro, Mural, Zeplin, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite.