Hello, I’m Saif   —  I love to design
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About me

Hello, I'm Saif Chowdhury, an experienced Lead Designer with 8+ years of helping design grow and thrive. I'm passionate about crafting user-friendly visual experiences and excel at effective communication, explaining design decisions, and keeping stakeholders engaged.

I've got a knack for deep-diving into new domains, quickly grasping complex concepts, and distilling them into innovative solutions rooted in correctly framed problems and requirements. I facilitate vital conversations and workshops to ensure that design remains a positive force in building the right solutions for the business.

I've helped lead design teams across multiple industries, helping teams grow and thrive. The thing that people love most about me is how collaborative I am and how much value I bring to their teams as a person but also someone who helps break down ambiguity within current initiatives while strategizing for the future state of a product.

Experience

Feb 2024 — Present
Senior Product Designer
Paycom
Mar 2022 — Feb 2024
Senior UX Designer
PubNub
Sep 2020 — Oct 2021
Lead Product Designer
(Free Lance)
12 Plus
Aug 2016 — Mar 2022
Lead UX Designer
Tec Systems
These are just a few things of many that I can help any team with.
Webflow
UX
Visual Design
User Research
Figma
Facilitation
Creative Direction
Mentorship
User Research
Adobe XD
Web Development
Stakeholder Management
Service Design
User Interface
Framer
Wireframes
Prototyping
Journey Mapping
User Interface Design
Data Visualization Design
This isn't a linear thing 😁 It really does depend on the project, context and scope

My Process

STEP 1

Understand

Deep dive on the users/context, uncovering needs and aspirations through research, interviews, and empathy. This phase defines the core problem.
It's important to be critical, lean into existing resources and identify gaps.

STEP 2

Explore

We enter the creative realm, brainstorming, sketching, and prototyping ideas, converging toward effective solutions that cater to user needs.

STEP 3

Concept Evaluation

Here, ideas undergo critical assessment for usability, feasibility, and alignment with project goals. I refine, merge, and enhance concepts through iterative collaboration.

STEP 4

Validate, test, refine

Transitioning from concept to reality by creating high-fidelity prototypes and testing them with users. Feedback guides iterative improvements for usability and satisfaction.

STEP 5

Ship and Iterate

Helping the product get to launch and continuous monitoring. Feedback and measures of success drive ongoing refinements, ensuring the product remains responsive to user needs and goals.

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