I specialise in designing intuitive, user-friendly digital products that balance form and function — turning complex problems into simple, delightful experiences.
7+ years shipping products used by millions across fintech, SaaS and healthcare.
A secure medical records app with QR-based access sharing, emergency contact management, and real-time health info at your fingertips.
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FinTech · Mobile + Web
2023
CurrencyGram
End-to-end design for a UK-licensed banking and global money-transfer app — 600+ screens across mobile, web, and three account variants. Built at Orcalo Holdings.
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Design System · Foundations
2023
Custom Design System
A fully custom design system — typography, color tokens, components, dark mode, and Figma-to-Storybook handoff — built from scratch to unify product, brand, and engineering under one source of truth.
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SaaS · E-Signature Platform
2023
FiatSign — Complete Project
A fully designed e-signature SaaS with contract drafting, automation workflows, pending approvals, and team sign-off — high quality & well organised.
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Chapter Three
Stories worth telling
Deep Dives
Case studies.
Behind the pixels — the research, decisions, and outcomes that shaped each product.
Kind words from the teams and founders I’ve had the privilege of working with.
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Saqlain transformed our product's UX from the ground up. His ability to understand complex workflows and turn them into intuitive, beautiful interfaces is genuinely rare. Delivery was fast, feedback loops were tight, and the outcome exceeded every expectation.
James Thornton
Head of Product · Nexlify
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Chapter Five
Behind the work
About
Designing with purpose.
A highly organized and detail-oriented Product Designer with strong experience in UX strategy, user research, and scalable digital product design. I'm passionate about creating user-centric and visually compelling experiences that solve real problems.
With over 7 years in the design industry, I've led cross-functional teams, mentored designers, and shipped products used by millions. My approach combines strategic thinking with pixel-perfect execution to deliver designs that not only look stunning but drive measurable business outcomes.
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Great design is invisible. It doesn’t shout for attention — it quietly removes friction, anticipates needs, and makes the complex feel effortless. Every pixel should serve a purpose.
— Design Philosophy
Certifications
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IBM UI/UX Design Certification
IBM · Professional Certificate
Verified
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UI Design Specialization
California Institute of the Arts · Specialization
Verified
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Chapter Six
Craft & capability
What I Do
Design solutions that make impact.
From first sketch to shipped product — design, hand-coded frontends, and AI-assisted building to move at the speed of thought.
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UI / UX Design
End-to-end product design turning complex flows into simple, delightful experiences.
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Design Systems
Scalable component libraries and tokens that unify teams and speed up delivery.
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Wireframing & Prototyping
Low to high-fidelity prototypes that validate ideas before a line of code is written.
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User Research
Qualitative and quantitative research that grounds every decision in evidence.
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Mobile App Design
Native iOS & Android interfaces optimised for engagement, retention, and delight.
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Web App Design
Dashboards, SaaS tools, and complex data interfaces built for clarity at scale.
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HTML / CSS & Dynamic Frontend
Hand-coded, responsive, accessible UIs — semantic HTML, modern CSS, and motion that breathes.
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Vibe Coding with AI
Prompt-driven product building — shipping real frontends fast by pairing taste with Claude, Cursor, and v0.
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Toolkit
The instruments of craft.
The tools I reach for daily — battle-tested across hundreds of products.
Figma✦
Adobe XD✦
Photoshop✦
Illustrator✦
Miro✦
Sketch✦
Notion✦
Zeplin✦
Claude✦
HTML5✦
CSS3✦
Figma✦
Adobe XD✦
Photoshop✦
Illustrator✦
Miro✦
Sketch✦
Notion✦
Zeplin✦
Claude✦
HTML5✦
CSS3✦
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Final Chapter
Let’s build something
Let’s Talk
Looking for design help? I’m here for you.
Tell me about your product, your users, and where you’re stuck. I reply within 24 hours — no funnel, no fluff.
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