Zeeshan Riaz

Zeeshan Riaz 104-Rana Palace, Near MAO College, Lahore, Pakistan, -,- LinkedIn https://pk.linkedin.com/in/zeeshanriaz User Experience Designer with a keen eye for design and detail. Guides strategy and applies best practices to create and manage user-centric digital experiences that achieve business goals. Education • Certification in Project Management (Utrecht University, Netherlands), August/2011 • • M.Sc in Computer Science (G.C University, Lahore), December/2004 Executive MBA (Management Studies Department (MSD), G.C University, Lahore), March/2013 Bachelor of Science (University of the Punjab), June/2002 • Courses • Certification in Human-Computer Interaction (University Of California, San Diego’ s online offering), September/2014 Core Competencies • Strong knack on UI Design, UI Development, User Experience Design and Content Management for online Products and services. • Applied best practice user-centered design (UCD) principles, interaction and visual design principles Experienced in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and Personas, site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas. Able to translate business ideas and data into products, conduct user research and bring their prospective into product development and solutions. Hands on experience of User Research, Usability Testing, A/B/n testing and data analysis. Experienced in delivering the products for all types of media including touch screens, web based responsive solutions, Interactive voice response (IVR) and Value-added service (VAS). Strong market analysis skills with respect to competitor’s analysis, features differentiation and current trends. A strong communicator who is comfortable in communicating with team members, diversified stakeholders.. 9+ years of work experience working for software industry for many well-known brands especially from e-commerce services for instance, Daewoo, Coca-Cola, Manhattan Fruitier (www.manhattanfruitier.com) Signing Time (www.signingtime.com) and eFurniture Mart (www.efurnituremart.com). Good knowledge of Quality Assurance, Online Marketing (SEO) and development tools and technologies. Proficient in project management tools and methodologies especially in Agile (Scrum) software development Lean project management. Working experience in many web based programming languages PHP, HTML, CSS,JavaScript, C# (Silverlight, WPF), also used programming languages frameworks for online solutions. • • • • • • • • • • Tools/Technologies/Framework • • • • HTML , XAML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, C++, PHP, Action Script, React JS Sketch, OmniGraffle, Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, MS Expression, Coral Draw, Axure, Pencil Project, Balsamiq, Invision, Sketch Word Press, Joomla, Zurb, Twitter Bootstrap, Material design MS Office, MS Project, Feng Office, Dot Project, SPSS, MySQL/ SQL Server Work Experience Techliance (Pvt.) Ltd. (12/2008 – on going) Design Department, Senior Usability Consultant (07/2014 – on going) • • • • • • • Developing and driving the User Experience & User Interface design Website and mobile content management Defining requirements, specifications & feature design for Desktop, Tablet, Mobile App and responsive website Communication with clients, management and engineering department Collaboration with engineers, designers, QA team, SEO team and product managers on all stages of product development Communication with product owners for requirement gathering and feasibility study Bi-Monthly meet up with designers for their professional growth Design Department, Usability Consultant (12/2008 – 06/2014) • • • • • Development of User Experience & User Interface design Guided team of visual and frontend designer for best practices in designing Research and development for effective user centered design and user interface design Communication and brainstorming sessions with all stakeholders Collaboration with SEO team for better ROI Achievements/Awards • • • • • Awarded and appreciated for best application design in 2012 and 2014 Researched & drafted Industry standard Requirements Specification for iOS, Android and Blackberry ( potential 400,000 users/month) Awarded for measurable increase in users and customers for e-commerce solution in the result of redesigning of User Experience Design (E-Furniture Mart) 10X increase in returning customers nationwide in the result of effective A/B testing (Manhattan Fruitier) Assisted company founders in identifying the core product offering (Signing Time) Communication and Works Department, Government of the Punjab (Full Time/ 2 years contract) Lahore Ring Road IT Department, Webmaster (11/2006 – 11/2008) • • • • • • • I was responsible for website designing, development and its maintenance Managed websites updates and contents including articles, videos and photography Managed small team of developers and designers Conducted training sessions for staff regarding online content management system Perform field and market research to deliver effective UI solution for target audience Communicated with stakeholders for gathering the up to date contents for the website Helped HR department for hiring office staff Achievements/Awards • • Active member of “Procurement and Selection Committee” Appreciated and awarded for delivering smooth services to 35,000 users on monthly basis Five Rivers Technologies (Full Time/Part Time) Web Design, UI Designer (04/2006 – 02/2008) • • • • • • Designed and developed online solutions for online file sharing and backup application Collaborated with clients and team members for project specification and areas of improvement Worked for compact hypertext language Java and compressed CSS Managed iterations in system designing and development Planned and designed UIs for websites, mobile web and mobile applications Reported to Team Lead and CEO regarding project milestones achievement Achievements/Awards • Awarded by Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT (PASHA) for best product design (UI/UX) Developers INN (Full Time) Design Department, Designer (01/2004 – 04/2006) • • • Designed graphics for websites and print material Logo Designing Planed and designed Flash animations Achievements/Awards • Appreciated many times for my outstanding graphic design skills