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The Journey to Experience Design

As a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate my first choice was being a Software Engineer, however, after being introduced to User Experience Design, it became my expertise of choice.

I was first introduced to the world of Usability and User Experience Design when I was a Software Engineer at ITWORX. As a proud nerd my passion for learning lead me back to the German University to learn more about the subject and research opportunities.

Assitant Lecturer for Human Computer Interaction Course
German University in Cairo
  • Guided and managed team projects to follow a user centered design process to develop a prototype for a software application.
  • Course projects were presented by software companies that were looking for proof of concept for some of their projects.

Seeing how HCI and the industry worked together hand in hand, I decided that the world of Startups was a great place to actually learn more about User Experience Design and help entrepreuers gain insight of how to build products that are user centered and effective.

User Experience Engineer
Trustious - Egypt

Trustious was a reviews website that was centered around building a smart rating and recommendation system based on user generated content of ratings and reviews.

  • Conducting user research and feature analysis for building and designing the UX for various features on the web application.
  • Following up on how the website conforms with general usability standards and heuristics.
  • Worked as part of a Lean UX process to build new feature design and analysis for the product..
User Experience Engineer
Robusta - Egypt

Robusta is a software agency that provided digital services for various companies and startups. I worked on building and introducing User Experience into their process and service offerings

  • Mapping the client and business requirements to wireframes and sometimes prototypes that reflected the needed user experience as well.
  • Communicating requirements, design and feedback between different stakeholders was a core part of my job as well.
UX Evangelist, User Experience Coaching and Consulting
Freelance - Egypt

My passion for teaching and sharing knowledge made me realize that I wanted to work on enabling companies and individuals to adopt user experience design in their process and product development.

  • Designed and delivered a 20 hour workshop for User Experience Design. It was delivered both independently to the public as well as part of the development and learning workshops to companies and startups in Egypt.
  • Coached and consulted with companies and startups to help them adopt a user centered approach in building their products.
Co-Founder at AlMakinah
AlMakinah - Egypt

I joined AlMakinah as co-founder to build Egypt's first Tech Education School that mostly targeted students who had no previous experience in computer science or programming.

  • Managed the designs for our social media posts, brochures, presentations and occasionally landing pages.
  • As part of building the learning experiences, I designed content and handouts for the program materials.
  • Understanding the learners needs and designing content and learning experiences that cater for their different backgrounds and learning styles.

Thoughts on Experience Design

Sharing knowledge comes in many forms and flavors. Blog posts, videos and as well as public talks. Here are some of them.