Bichoy Asaad
Libanonstr. 63, 70184
Stuttgart, Germany
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Mobile UX/UI Designer
Portfolio: https://goo.gl/A7KR13
Summary
I am a passionate UX/UI Designer specialized in Mobile apps for around 4 years, with solid
experience in various types of products (e-commerce, social networks, navigation and
more). I also have experience spreading the UX culture through seminars and tech talks. I
am seeking to work in collaboration with developers and visual designers and to be involved in designing from ideation to launching. My objective is to create and help adopt usable ways of interacting with services and devices.
UX Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Mobile UX (Phones & Tablets), User Research, User Flows, Wireframes, Usability Testing,
A/B Testing, Personas, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Rapid Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, High-fidelity Prototyping, Mobile Visual UI Design, User Testing,
Scenarios, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, inVision.
Working Experience
Freelancer Aug. 2015 - Present
Mobile Apps Interaction Designer.
Responsibilities
• Sketching the idea and creating low/high fidelity wireframes.
• Developing User Flows.
• Design user interfaces and visual designs putting into consideration the design
guidelines of iOS and Android .
• Developing interactive prototypes.
Robusta Studio Mar. 2014 - Aug. 2015
Mobile UX/UI Designer.
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Responsible for the Mobile Apps Design (UX and UI).
Extracting ideas and thoughts from the clients and stakeholders.
Performing User Research, developing Personas and User Flows.
Sketching the idea and creating low/high fidelity wireframes.
Design user interfaces and visual designs putting into consideration the design
guidelines of iOS and Android .
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• Developing interactive prototypes.
• Communicate with the development team to ensure the quality of the product.
• UX Assessment Document: reviewing apps and give feedback about user experience and usability issues to the client.
• UI Assessment Document: reviewing apps UI and give feedback about design
consistency and issues to the client.
• Testing the apps right after development to ensure the design consistency.
• Hired and managed junior UX Designers.
• Worked closely with all departments to inform and educate about UX Design, so
that it pervaded all departments.
• Implement A/B Testing, User Testing, and Usability Testing.
Simpleia Sep. 2013 - March 2014
User Experience Designer for Web and Mobile.
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Developing wireframes.
Web/Mobile information architecture.
Developing User Flows.
Communicate with the UI design team.
Education
June 2013
Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Engineering and Technology, The German University
in Cairo (GUC).
June 2006
Egyptian High School Certificate, French Catholic School in Cairo, Egypt.
Academics & External Courses
Bachelor Project (Grade: A+)
A Design of a mobile application to enhance the user experience for passengers of the
Egyptian railways. Its main goal was to improve the passengers’ experience by applying the
usability and user experience goals, to make life easier for people with different ages and
cultures.
My Role and tasks were as following:
• User Research and Analysis.
• Extracting the problems faced by the passengers.
• Sketching the solution
• Paper & Computer Prototyping
• Usability Testing.
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Human-Computer Interaction for Startups Course at the GUC (Theoretical part grade:
B+ & Practical part grade: A+ )
The purpose of this course was dividing into two parts:
• Theoretical part: Which consists of lectures about User Centred Design (UCD)
and Business Information.
• Practical Part: A project from scratch called “Photographers’ Yard” a website for
all the Egyptian photographers to share their albums and to make searching for
weddings, events and products photographers much easier for all people.
My Role was the User Experience Design.
• Making interviews with Stakeholders using qualitative and quantitative researches.
• Sketching the idea.
• Developing paper prototypes.
• User Flows.
• Usability testing.
This platform was chosen as one of the best five projects in the class before and was presented in front of investors.
Seminar on Advanced Research in Human-Computer Interaction
(Grade: A+)
Worked on a research and gave a presentation about “The Diffusion of Innovations”. It was
about the elements of diffusion of innovations, the innovation-decision process and examples about failed innovations and the reasons behind their failure.
User Experience: The Ultimate Guide to Usability online certified course by Dr. David
Travis
https://www.udemy.com/ultimate-guide-to-ux
Interpersonal Skills
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Excellent team player and work effectively in teams.
Constantly seeking better and creative solutions to make life easier.
Ability to think out of the box when there is reason to change the existing standards.
Respect people’s differences (Cultures, Languages , beliefs,..etc).
Seek to learn more about everything around me.
Very open to criticism.
I believe in myself, and see the failure as an opportunity to learn.
Languages
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Arabic (Mother Tongue)
English (Fluent)
French (Very Good)
German (A 2)
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References furnished upon request
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