Experience

UXPA International

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Chapter Board Member

  • Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  Austin, Texas, United States Chapter: UXPA UT (@University of Texas at Austin) Leading the upcoming year's vision of advancing the present UX community by organising and holding educational workshops, networking events, design critique sessions, and co-working sessions for UX/UI portfolio making.



College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• UX and Accessibility Intern

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Austin, Texas, United States Working in collaboration with cross-functional teams to create a new career services website with an accessible experience for the students of the college of natural sciences. Conducted moderated card sorts, accessibility testing, content audits, and 10+ usability tests. Created accessible PDFs, infographics, and icons to improve understandability and readability (using WCAG).



iMiracleProject

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Experience Design Researcher

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Austin, Texas, United States Leading generative and evaluative research, using mixed-methods, to help the non-profit organization redesign its website for delivering long-term value and achieving more financial support. Collaborating with a global team of UX designers, researchers, and stakeholders. Conducted 10+ user interviews, 10 usability tests and desirability studies, and surveys to understand user needs, experience, and drive the most research impacts for the organization. *Mentored by Dr. Anna… Show more Leading generative and evaluative research, using mixed-methods, to help the non-profit organization redesign its website for delivering long-term value and achieving more financial support. Collaborating with a global team of UX designers, researchers, and stakeholders. Conducted 10+ user interviews, 10 usability tests and desirability studies, and surveys to understand user needs, experience, and drive the most research impacts for the organization. *Mentored by Dr. Anna Prisacari from Amazon Show less



School of Information - The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UX Analyst

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Fixing UI bugs and migrating content to an updated Content Management System, with a focus on improving website experience for students at the Information School.



Austin Jazz Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UX Design Researcher

  • Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  Austin, Texas, United States Led qualitative research to inform user-centered design strategy, and programmed a new website for the elderly audience of the Austin Jazz Society.



Texas McCombs School of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Researched on social injustice problems produced by intelligent algorithms, through desk research and using qualitative codebooks across a variety of variables in an algorithm's social-technical ecosystem.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

  Austin, Texas, United States Course: Data Base Management



Educative

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Technical Content Designer

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan Led the whole course development process by researching, planning, designing, and developing textual and interactive online courses to simplify and communicate complex ideas to a broad audience.



Lahore University of Management Sciences

• Pakistan
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant at the Technology for People Initiative Lab

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Focus: human detection of AI-based manipulated video content Designed, planned, and conducted a three part study on human detection of DeepFakes (AI-based manipulated video content) in comparison to algorithmic detection, to strategised training curriculum to educate against psychological manipulations. Observed a 33% rise in rate of human-detection (study published in ACM CHI 2021).



LWiC - LUMS Women in Computing

• Pakistan
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Resources Team Member

  • Nov 2020 - May 2021

  Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan



LUMS Emergency Medical Services

• Pakistan
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Training and Development

  • May 2020 - May 2021

  Lahore, Pakistan Led a 4-member team to train new medical responders (trainees) with the necessary up-to-date skills and techniques for handling an emergency case on campus. Adapted training curriculum and teaching methods to the pandemic through a shift to online methods.

• Medical First Responder

  • May 2018 - May 2021

  Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Responded and acted as a first medical responder to 100+ emergencies on campus, ranging from sprains to fractures and serious injuries.

• Assistant Director of Training and Development

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  Lahore, Pakistan Acted as a second-in-command to the director by leading and designing multiple workshops, activities, and exams for training new medical responders with first-aid techniques. Formed a mentorship program to maximise learning and development.



MGSHSS LUMS

• Pakistan
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Course: Telling Stories with Data 💡 Managing and carrying out workshops to introduce novice learners to the domain of data visualization 📝 Mentoring and grading 10 students throughout the semester



Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering

• Pakistan
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

  Course: Principles and Techniques of Data Science 💻 Designing assignments relevant to the course material, ensuring hands-on learning 📝 Mentoring and grading 40 students throughout the semester



Lahore University of Management Sciences

• Pakistan
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern at NSG

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Focus: Edge Computing and Machine Learning Worked in collaboration with two senior research assistants on documenting differences in offload latencies between a cloudlet and cloud. The team was supervised by a faculty member and Chair of Computer Science department, Dr. Ihsan Ayyub Qazi. A report of my work is attached.