Firas Faraj
UX/UI Designer at AKLNA Trading Company- Claim this Profile
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Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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UX DesignOps: Overview
LinkedInDec, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
UX DesignOps: Working with Developers
LinkedInDec, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Advance Your Skills as a User Experience Researcher
LinkedInOct, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
GoogleJan, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Front-end Engineering
Frontend MastersDec, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Become a User Experience Designer
LinkedInApr, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Speak English Professionally: In Person, Online & On the Phone
Georgia Institute of TechnologyNov, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Accessible Landing Page Solutions in XD
CourseraOct, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
UX Design
UX Design MasterclassAug, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Proficiency Test (PT)
AmideastJan, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Graphic Design Master
Vision Plus فيجن بلسNov, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
Human-Centered Design & Tech leadership
Young Tech Leaders of the Middle EastJun, 2021- Sep, 2024
Experience
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AKLNA Trading Company
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX/UI Designer
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Oct 2022 - Present
• Rapidly iterate product concepts through user testing, high-fidelity mocks & prototypes, and user journey maps, and storyboards. • Work with the Product, Engineering, and Design teams to distill complicated problems into simple, minimal solutions in a native and web app environment. • Evangelize a deep empathy and curiosity for the needs of our customers through data-driven discovery & design. • Understand the target users’ needs, motivations, and behaviors related to a specific project or area. • Advocate for the customer, and the business, through research, insights, and regular contact with the company's customer base. • Work closely with engineering to ensure that design specifications are implemented. Show less
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American Friends Service Committee
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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300 - 400 Employee
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Multimedia Specialist
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Mar 2022 - Jul 2022
• Collaborate with programs officers to design multimedia suitable to each program's needs. • Accelerated multimedia delivery, & resource gathering. • Guided regional staff on best organization guideline practices. • Explored best multimedia storage practices in the organization. • Planned regularly for new ideas to publicate & grow programs, & increase their impact on the communities they targeted by using multimedia. • Collaborate with programs officers to design multimedia suitable to each program's needs. • Accelerated multimedia delivery, & resource gathering. • Guided regional staff on best organization guideline practices. • Explored best multimedia storage practices in the organization. • Planned regularly for new ideas to publicate & grow programs, & increase their impact on the communities they targeted by using multimedia.
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UX Engineer
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Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
• Present best code practices for website components.• Revise website performance and the consistency between code and the designed UI.• Test UI Responsiveness stability for various screen sizes and provide feedback for any UI drops.
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UX Designer
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Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
• architected the main flow for the valid product (VP).• Conducted research, & iterate them to explore and fix all product issues according to their priority & their impact on the product.• led design team across the variant design aspects.• launched & iterate the prototype for all Product phases & led feedback sessions for each phase.• Design adaptive & accessible interfaces.• Boosted website traffic representing 65% by designing new services, & collaborated with developers to execute them as required. Show less
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University of Palestine
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Palestine, State of
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Jul 2021 - May 2022
• Provided instruction in Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization, Data Structure, Advanced Database, & Web Development classes to undergraduate Multimedia students, increasing student retention by 23%. • Successfully completed an 8-month teaching assistant at a local university with a 93% job satisfaction rating. • Provided instruction in Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization, Data Structure, Advanced Database, & Web Development classes to undergraduate Multimedia students, increasing student retention by 23%. • Successfully completed an 8-month teaching assistant at a local university with a 93% job satisfaction rating.
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AHD Technology
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX Designer
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Mar 2020 - May 2020
• Collaborated with developers to create & deliver high-quality products according to the client's requirements. • Collaborated with the team leader to analyze each product's requirements, & prepare them to design. • Designed user interfaces for multiple products, taking into account the criteria of UX such as(ease of use, learnability, etc...) & designed high-end UI. • Collaborated with developers to create & deliver high-quality products according to the client's requirements. • Collaborated with the team leader to analyze each product's requirements, & prepare them to design. • Designed user interfaces for multiple products, taking into account the criteria of UX such as(ease of use, learnability, etc...) & designed high-end UI.
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Education
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2017 - 2021
University of Palestine
It, Intermedia/Multimedia
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