Ashfaq Amin
Senior UX Designer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaUX professional, interested in creating easy-to-use and delightful experiences that are inclusive and accessible. My focus is strategic user research, multi-channel interactions, and UI design.
Work Experience
Ceridian Dayforce
Senior UX Designer
• Lead for end-to-end design of Recruiting module — ideation to visual design handoff. Designed new features that were essential in turning the module into a full-priced product of the Dayforce suite.
• Designed the candidate management to solve existing pain points that significantly improved satisfaction and efficiency.
• Designed the single profile in Candidate Portal and improved the UI to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Mentored new hires and was responsible for their deliverables.
• Collaborated closely with product owners, BAs, and developers in an agile environment to define requirements, facilitate design reviews, iterate the design process and create UX and UI specifications.
• Developing a design system with the UX and the platform team.
• Designed the candidate management to solve existing pain points that significantly improved satisfaction and efficiency.
• Designed the single profile in Candidate Portal and improved the UI to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Mentored new hires and was responsible for their deliverables.
• Collaborated closely with product owners, BAs, and developers in an agile environment to define requirements, facilitate design reviews, iterate the design process and create UX and UI specifications.
• Developing a design system with the UX and the platform team.
May 2017
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Ontario, Canada
Tantalus Systems
UX Consultant (Contract)
• Designed and shipped the MVP for the TUNet Control Center – a B2B software for smart grid applications.
• Led a team of co-ops to develop a modular component library and completely revamped the UI.
• Led a team of co-ops to develop a modular component library and completely revamped the UI.
January 2017
- April 2017
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Toptal
Freelance UX Designer
User experience and Visual design for web and mobile with Adobe suits.
Wireframing and Prototyping using Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP.
HTML/ CSS prototyping and development with Bootstrap 3.0
Wireframing and Prototyping using Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP.
HTML/ CSS prototyping and development with Bootstrap 3.0
December 2014
- January 2017
Simon Fraser University
Graduate Research Assistant
Researching potential use of Google Cardboard and Mobile Virtual-reality for chronic pain patients.
Designing and conducting research studies for the lab.
Assisting in design of VR pain-management game on Unity3D for traditional Head-mounted Displays.
Designing and conducting research studies for the lab.
Assisting in design of VR pain-management game on Unity3D for traditional Head-mounted Displays.
January 2015
- December 2016
British Columbia, Canada
Grameenphone
Service Design & UX - Senior Executive
Service Design approach in designing products/services.
Designing User studies, Customer Journeys and Personas as part of UX research to gather customer insights for existing and new products and services.
Wireframing and Prototyping using Balsamiq, InVision, Bootstrap and Traditional sketches.
Creating Visual designs for web and mobile interfaces and publishing visual design guidelines for development teams.
Conducting In-depth Interviews and Field Studies for research and customer feedback.
Assisting the team to formulate UX strategies and conducting workshops.
Designing User studies, Customer Journeys and Personas as part of UX research to gather customer insights for existing and new products and services.
Wireframing and Prototyping using Balsamiq, InVision, Bootstrap and Traditional sketches.
Creating Visual designs for web and mobile interfaces and publishing visual design guidelines for development teams.
Conducting In-depth Interviews and Field Studies for research and customer feedback.
Assisting the team to formulate UX strategies and conducting workshops.
January 2014
- December 2014
Bangladesh
Education
Simon Fraser University
Master of Science
MSc. in Interactive Arts and Technology,
School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT)
School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT)
January 2015
- December 2016
British Columbia, Canada
Bangladesh University Of Engineering And Technology
B. Sc in Computer Science and Engineering
2007
- 2012
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Languages
English (Fluent),
Bengali (Native),
Skills
Accessibility,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe XD,
Figma,
Interaction Design,
Service Design,
UI/UX,
User Research ,