Experience

Kaards

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Product Design Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Present



lindiebotes.com

• Language Coach, Blogger & Public Speaker

  • Aug 2017 - Present



YouTube

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Language YouTuber

  • Sep 2013 - Present



Solvers

• Bangladesh
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Product Designer

  • Aug 2022 - Jan 2023



University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

  Guest lecturing a project within the corporate identity module for at the Information Design department. The project theme I designed is language and culture-inspired CI design for apps. Responsibilities included supervising and consulting students while providing regular feedback on work, lecturing about corporate identity and branding design principles and setting up and completing marking rubrics. Guest lecturing a project within the corporate identity module for at the Information Design department. The project theme I designed is language and culture-inspired CI design for apps. Responsibilities included supervising and consulting students while providing regular feedback on work, lecturing about corporate identity and branding design principles and setting up and completing marking rubrics.



99.co

• Product Design Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Helped grow the product design from 3 to 7 in a year through improved hiring and onboarding processes.Designed and implemented a new design team career progression framework. Introduced design critiques and retrospectives.Scaling and maintenance of the cross-platform design system.Managing design team resources and growth through 1:1s and quarterly reviews.End to end UX research and product design for the monetization team.

• Product Designer

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2021

  End to end user research and design for the Consumer, SEO and Monetization teams across Android, iOS and Web. User research, remote and onsite usability testing, wireframes and high fidelity design, copywriting, prototypes, developer handoff and QA. Engaged data reports for data-informed design decisions. Collaborated on the implementation of a design system. Facilitated crossteam research and ideation workshops. Implemented design retrospectives and mentored junior designers.



Geometria Pte Ltd

• Singapore
• Design Services

• Communications Designer

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

  UI/UX design, social media marketing and sustainable packaging design- Spearheading user research and testing initiatives across the company- Creation of a UI component library for scalable app design and smoother developer handoff- Website redesign, marketing strategy, social media campaigns, videography and content creation for a sustainable packaging company- Sustainable cup design for the annual Chinatown 50 Cents Fest- Brand visuals, strategy and compostable packaging design for a nationwide zero-waste campaign



Praekelt Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Service Designer

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  - Cross-team collaboration with strategists, engineers and UX leads on digital products in the telco, banking and beauty industries- Designing research-driven products, brands and omnichannel solutions- Facilitating ideation workshops and conducting user research and usability testing- End to end product design: strategy, corporate identity design, wireframes, design systems, prototypes, conversational interfaces, high-fidelity UI and interaction - Clients: MTN, Telkom, AVON, Absa Bank, Liberty Insurance, Preferental Property Management.

• Visiting lecturer and thesis supervisor

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

  - Teaching UI/UX fundamentals to 3rd year students - Supporting students to create impactful design solutions tackling societal issues in South African markets - Thesis supervising, research guidance and Korean ↔ English linguistic support - Teaching UI/UX fundamentals to 3rd year students - Supporting students to create impactful design solutions tackling societal issues in South African markets - Thesis supervising, research guidance and Korean ↔ English linguistic support



Fero Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Director

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2017

  Working as an Art Director at Fero Magazine gave me the responsibilities of designing the magazine from front cover to back. Apart from redesigning the logo when the name of the magazine changed from Valut to Fero, my work included selecting art direction, typesetting and editing. Working as an Art Director at Fero Magazine gave me the responsibilities of designing the magazine from front cover to back. Apart from redesigning the logo when the name of the magazine changed from Valut to Fero, my work included selecting art direction, typesetting and editing.



Wikitongues

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • 2013 - Dec 2016

  I helped co-found Wikitongues.inc, a nonprofit organization aiming to promote linguistic diversity and minority language rights. I filmed and edited videos of speakers of various languages, including rare languages such as Ainu, for the Wikitongues YouTube channel. My other tasks included assisting in translation and transcription, fostering intercultural understanding, blogging and content creation and arranging partnerships online. I helped co-found Wikitongues.inc, a nonprofit organization aiming to promote linguistic diversity and minority language rights. I filmed and edited videos of speakers of various languages, including rare languages such as Ainu, for the Wikitongues YouTube channel. My other tasks included assisting in translation and transcription, fostering intercultural understanding, blogging and content creation and arranging partnerships online.



Landor

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Design Intern

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  - Packaging design for Calpis Soda 季節限定 Lychee drink- Hosted and participated in Japanese design presentations and team workshops- Various advertorial and graphic design work for multinational clients - Packaging design for Calpis Soda 季節限定 Lychee drink- Hosted and participated in Japanese design presentations and team workshops- Various advertorial and graphic design work for multinational clients



COMPOUND.inc

• Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  - Packaging design for One Piece Theme park in Tokyo Tower- Japanese calligraphy and typography logo design- Assisting with product supplier research and meeting minutes in Japanese - Packaging design for One Piece Theme park in Tokyo Tower- Japanese calligraphy and typography logo design- Assisting with product supplier research and meeting minutes in Japanese