Mariam Khan

UI Designer • Product Designer • Seattle, WA, US

Product Design

User-Centered Design

Strategic Design

User Research

UI/UX Design

Interaction Design

Available for hire fromNegotiable

I'm a designer passionate about solving complex issues with human-centric solutions and exploring how empathy and strategy can create powerful tools.

Hi! I'm Mariam, a designer striving to make real impact using empathy and value-sensitive design methods. With a degree in Human-Computer Interaction and three years of design experience across in-house, agency, and startup spaces, I am constantly looking to bolster my design toolkit and be a positively influential team member. I value leadership, collaboration, and uplifting environments, especially to connect communities.

Projects

Interaction Design Internship - frog design

Consulted leading financial service provider on design research and strategy on interdisciplinary teams Owned added user research, developed hypotheses, competitive analysis, synthesis, and website audit Supplemented 16+ in-depth user interviews with analysis on areas for opportunity and user insights Identified inconsistencies in client user flow, visual narratives, digital experience, and presented provocations in relation to business goals and socio-cultural trends to meet client and user needs Persuaded 20+ colleagues to incorporate empathetic moral reasoning into the design process methods See More

Product Design Internship - Byrdie

Owned end-to-end design process to structure an engaging digital article seen by 9 million monthly readers Facilitated 10+ qualitative user interviews and testing across internal and external stakeholder groups Spearheaded transition from solely internal expertise to direct user research and usability testing, influenced product design strategy while integrating data-driven shifts, inclusivity, and business insights Refined and compiled complex design systems used by over five cross-functional teams, sought feedbackSee More

Work History

Experience & Product Designer

Falooda Edits (Co-founder)Nov 2022 - Present • 1 yr 11 mosLeading concept workshops, user experience research, and translation of client needs into design solutions Collaborating with graphic designers, developers, and stakeholders on compelling product experiences Engaging accessible design thinking across design sprints to deliver highly engaging product experiences

Interaction Design Intern

Frog Design (Capgemini Invent)Aug 2021 - Dec 2021 • 4 mosConsulted leading financial service provider on design research and strategy on interdisciplinary teams Owned added user research, developed hypotheses, competitive analysis, synthesis, and website audit Supplemented 16+ in-depth user interviews with analysis on areas for opportunity and user insights Identified inconsistencies in client user flow, visual narratives, digital experience, and presented provocations in relation to business goals and socio-cultural trends to meet client and user needs Persuaded 20+ colleagues to incorporate empathetic moral reasoning into the design process methods

Product Design Intern

Byrdie (Dotdash Meredith)Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 • 2 mosOwned end-to-end design process to structure an engaging digital article seen by 9 million monthly readers Facilitated 10+ qualitative user interviews and testing across internal and external stakeholder groups Spearheaded transition from solely internal expertise to direct user research and usability testing, influenced product design strategy while integrating data-driven shifts, inclusivity, and business insights Refined and compiled complex design systems used by over five cross-functional teams, sought feedback

UI/UX Design Team Lead

Fyltr (Start-up)May 2020 - Oct 2020 • 6 mosCombined UX mindsets with well-thought-out design execution, to produce seamless and mission-driven iOS, mobile/tablet, and web user interfaces to empower young adults consuming news media Constructed design system, branding, and team ideation sessions from scratch, influenced brand image Communicated design concepts/rationale with product and eng. teams after careful user centered research Utilized feedback from user/market research and intra-team reflection, deployed user journeys and flows

Education

University of Washington

Bachelor's Degree, Human-Computer Interaction, InformaticsSep 2018 - Jun 2022

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