about ME

A designer with over 15+ years experience

My passion for design started at a young age with painting, but I soon realized design goes far beyond making things beautiful - it's about using aesthetics to create meaning and help people better relate to something, crafting memorable experiences.

Starting my career in advertising agencies, I moved to in-house roles to work closely with brands and help them grow. I then discovered UX design and how design thinking creates experiences keeping people at the heart of the process.

For the past 5 years, my focus has been on creating experiences for employees and customers across several clients and companies. Being able to combine my visual design skills with a broader strategic approach has led to exciting opportunities. I'm eager to take on new challenges and continue growing as a designer, always with an eye on making a positive difference through my work.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Previous Work Experience

Design Thinking Lead • AI & Data Director • e& (Etisalat)
2019 - Current
Design Thinking to implement GenAI for employee experience and productivity

Strategically research and identify employee and leadership pain points through interviews and workshops

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ideate potential AI solutions using journey maps and design thinking tools

Prioritize AI solutions based on value, effort, and potential impact

Establish tracking metrics to measure success and continuously iterate and improve

AI Strategy and Roadmaps

Co-facilitated workshops to identify and prioritize AI use cases aligned with business goals across e&’s 14 verticals and functions to create e&’s 2030 AI strategy and co-create 2-year AI roadmaps

AI roadmaps were aligned with CXOs and working teams to ensure we maximize customer experience, employee productivity, and revenue potential through strategic AI implementation

Culture of Innovation

Implement change management roadmap for employee communication to promote innovation and new ways of working

Leading new initiatives such as AI Think Tank, AI Council, and AI-generated newsletters for AI awareness and adoption

Employee Experience • HR Director • e& (Etisalat)
2021 - 2024
Employee Experience

Led design thinking sprints with my team to enhance HR processes such as recruitment and onboarding

Worked with various teams, HR leaders, and executives to build a culture of innovation and teamwork

Used tools such as journey maps and service blueprints to improve employee experiences

Drove ongoing improvements in employee-focused processes and system

Internal Communication, EVP and Employer Branding

Updated HR brand and communication strategy as Etisalat Group evolved from a telco to a technology group

Strengthened Employee Value Proposition (EVP) through targeted campaigns and engagement initiatives, resulting in e& winning ‘Great Place to Work®’ for the first time in the group’s history

Enhanced employer brand to position e& as a top choice for job seekers with ‘we are&’ campaign

Worked with PR team to ensure strategic press releases, publication features and presence at key events

Visual & Service Design Lead • Manager • e& (Etisalat)
2019 - 2021
Visual and Service Design for Etisalat Digitals business clients

Designed customer journey maps, personas, wireframes, and prototypes

Created UI designs for apps and dashboards and detailed roadmaps

Interviewed stakeholders, facilitated workshops and ran user testing sessions

Presented final blueprints and decks to leaders and stakeholders

Founder • Daily Muslim App
2019 - Current

UX Design: Used design thinking methodology to define the app’s features based on app users’ personas and shared my process in a published UX case study. Read my case study on Medium.

UI Design: Designed all UI screens and states of the app, ensuring a consistent and intuitive user interface. Coordinated with developers to ensure the app is responsive, accessible, and visually appealing across different devices and platforms

Marketing: Worked on all marketing aspects, including my Kickstarter + LaunchGood campaigns for funding, marketing YouTube videos, social media posts and e-mail newsletters.

Founder • The BB Cream Girl
2012 - 2019

I launched a Korean cosmetics e-commerce store during the peak of the BB cream trend. I set up a Shopify store using a pre-order model, designed branding and packaging, and handled all marketing including managing social media, running giveaway competitions, and sending e-mail newsletters.

Design Lead • Corporate Comms • Dubai World Trade Centre
2013 - 2019
Sr. Graphic Designer • Marketing • Better Homes
2009 - 2012
Graphic Designer & Copywriter • Impact BBDO
2008 - 2009
Trainee Copywriter • Leo Burnett
2007
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