Imran Ahmed Shaikh

SHAIKH Edogawa, Tokyo - Japan- IMRAN - PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER PROFILE An experienced designer with 2 decades of work, with a range of international brands. Carries an Advanced Diploma in Design, and experience in Design Thinking, 40 UX and Design Sprints Methodologies, over Lean Agile Work-frame. Loves problem solving and providing User Centric Designs, based on best design standards and practices EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE Bachelor's of Arts (English Literature) JAN 2021 – CURRENT JOB St. Xavier's College 1998 - 2001 Advanced Diploma in Multimedia & Applied Graphics Arena Institute – Aptech Technologies 1998 - 2002 SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • User Interviews Creating Personas Ethnographic Observation Task Analysis Tree Testing Card Sorting Feature Mapping Story Mapping Empathy Mapping Customer Journey Mapping Information Architecture UX Audit Usability Tests Remote Moderate Tests Creating Design System • • • • • • • Human Centric Design Material Design Designing Prototypes Creating Wireframes Designing Icons Illustrations Typography PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER Rakuten Travel, Tokyo - Japan • • • • • • Manage end-to-end Product Design Cycle Create and maintain Product Backlog Engage in Sprint Planning Create Product Road Map and Timeline Document Project Requirements and write PRDs Collaborate with Designers, Developers, & Business team NOV 2019 - APR 2020 LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER Emaar Group, Dubai – UAE • Designed the new Emaar Properties website by revising goals, understanding customer needs & fixing pain points • Increased User Traffic and Conversion Rate by constant iterations and keeping a close look on the analytics • Conducted Guerilla Tests and Focus Groups for the Dubai Mall App that helped provide insights on qualitative data • Successfully redesigned the Dubai Mall App after conducting Research, analyzing Data and running Tests JAN 2018 - NOV 2019 UI-UX SPECIALIST Emirates Airlines - Emirates Group • Created a Design System for B2B Digital Products for design consistency and unified look and feel • Successfully designed applications for Traffic Control, Baggage/PAX/Fights Control and Cabin Meal Allocation • Provided UI Designs for the new Emirates Website SOFTWARE SKILLS Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, Flinto, Invision, Miro, Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Suite ____________________________ MOST PROUD OF Emaar Website www.emaar.com Dewa Website www.dewa.gov.ae/en Dawri Plus Mob App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dawriplus ____________________________________________ "Imran is very creative, ambitious and well experienced and has a "go-getter” attitude and is always ready to take challenging tasks, he never looses opportunity to learn and train himself he is in fact a very reliable asset!" Majd Hadi Finance Manager at Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi) "Imran has always delivered a great job on time. The job accomplished was a/ways right from the beginning and delivered spot on the requests." Marc Fleschen Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JML Investment APR 2010 - FEB 2015 UI-UX DESIGNER lntigral (Saudi Telecom) – Dubai • Designed new GUI for the IPTV Setup Box and conducted usability tests • Provided UI Designs for Dawri Plus App, that was rated as the top Sports App in Saudi Arabia JUN 2009 - FEB 2010 SR. WEB DESIGNER Masterkey (Betterhomes) - Dubai MAY 2008 - MAY 2009 ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Catch Interactive - Dubai JUN 2007 - MAY 2008 CREATIVE HEAD System Tech. Services (Al Futtaim) - Dubai JUN 2006 - JUN 2007 MULTIMEDIA HEAD OF DEPARTMENT LW Design Group - Dubai MAY 2003 - MAY 2006 MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR The Advertiser (JML Investment) - Dubai LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Languages Writing Speaking Reading English Arabic French German Urdu Fluent Good Basic Basic Fluent Fluent Good Basic Basic Fluent Fluent Fluent Good Basic Fluent SOCIAL MEDIA Behance http://www.behance.net/imranshaikh Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-ahmed-shaikh6b15b96