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Niloofar Kazemi

Vancouver,BC

Summary

Product Designer with UX Research expertise. Experienced in leading agile product design for complex desktop applications, mobile apps and web platforms, ensuring seamless end-to-end experiences. Passionate about challenges and educated in Huma-Computer Interaction. Harnessing Design Thinking and critical problem-solving to drive innovation across teams and advocate for humans for whom we design.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Designer

Glodon Company Limited
08.2022 - 04.2024

Concetto is a 3D modeling desktop platform with AI capabilities targeting AEC firms across the globe. The platform provides a modeling environment and a visual programming language interface topped with a generative AI component for option exploration.

  • Performed market research to identify gaps and opportunities for feature development and inform product strategy.
  • Created elaborate personas representing the key users to guide design decisions.
  • Designed and delivered complex workflow diagrams, feature specifications, wireframes and intuitive prototypes throughout the end-to-end process of production.
  • Created and evaluated information architecture and interaction patterns across the complex ecosystem of multiple product platforms.
  • Established the company's first design system, maintained upgrades and trained development teams that improved UX consistency.
  • Delivered and presented multiple successful MVPs to stakeholders in US and China headquarters by prioritizing product design milestones based on PRDs and user value.

User Researcher

Fabulous Mobile App
04.2022 - 07.2022
  • Conducted week-long diary studies with follow-up user interviews on learnability, satisfaction and engagement metrics.
  • Coded and analyzed qualitative data from observation videos and interview transcripts to report gaps and recommend actionable UX improvements.
  • Advocated for user feedback by writing subjective user insights and quantitatively-supported result reports, highlighting business benefits for stakeholders.
  • Reduced friction in the user journey in the new version of Fabulous by systematically analyzing touchpoints and proposing targeted enhancements based on research findings.

HCI Design Researcher

DStar Project, Computational Design GRoup
01.2018 - 12.2021
  • Designed interaction methods & user interfaces driven from visual analytics principles for web applications.
  • Crafted data visualizations and interactive tools for search, editing and generation on a generative design platform.
  • Conducted formative and summative studies using methods: heuristic evaluation, observations, and interviews.
  • Collaborated with other researchers and developers to grow product from research stage to beta release.
  • Researched market trends and demonstrated product to business partners to gain approval for commercialization.

Education

MSc - Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC

BE - Software Engineering

Amirkabir University of Technology
Tehran, Iran

SKILLS

Design and Research 

Interaction Design

Wireframing

(Interactive) Prototyping

Journey Mapping

Information Architecture Updates

Design System Maintenance

Material UI & Fluent

UI Patterns

User Interviews

Heuristic Evaluation

Usability Testing


Collaboration/Documentation 

Gitlab 

Notion 

Agile Framework


Software 

Figma 

Google Analytics

SPSS

Sketch 

Adobe XD

Adobe Illustrator 

Community Engagement

I co-founded Making Her Future to champion for female advancement in the tech space in our neighborhood of Surrey with later expansion to Greater Vancouver area. Our vision is equal opportunities for all even without laptops. Between 2020-2022 we designed and conducted summer camps with over 100 families in an effort to spark a greater interest that advances as young girls begin to develop their educational pursuits. 

Awards

  • SURREY CITY CENTRE GRAND AWARD, COMMUNITY ENGAGMENT, WINNER
  • BURNABY FESTIVAL OF LEARNING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD, WINNER

Timeline

Product Designer

Glodon Company Limited
08.2022 - 04.2024

User Researcher

Fabulous Mobile App
04.2022 - 07.2022

HCI Design Researcher

DStar Project, Computational Design GRoup
01.2018 - 12.2021

MSc - Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Simon Fraser University

BE - Software Engineering

Amirkabir University of Technology
Niloofar Kazemi