Hi, I'm Umer Khalid

Product Designer

Designing intuitive and impactful digital experiences.

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Skill Set

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Selected work

Interfaces for
messy, real products.

A set of projects where the goal was not just to make things pretty, but to untangle complexity, align with strategy, and create products people actually want to use.

Saas • Platforms • Dashboards • Marketing sites

Each case study breaks down context, decisions, and impact.

01
Case study

Building a Subscription Handling System

Product design • UX • Design system

Designing a loyalty app around real user behavior, giving businesses control over campaigns, retention, and insights without overwhelming the interface.

Building a Subscription Handling System
02
Case study

Revamping a Crypto portfolio dashboard

Product design • Data visualization

Reworking a multi chain portfolio into a clearer, calmer dashboard with opinionated hierarchy, better alerting, and flows built for real traders.

Revamping a Crypto portfolio dashboard
03
Case study

Modernising a corporate website

UX • Information architecture

Helping Illumina tell a sharper story about Microsoft and Dynamics 365 by restructuring content, messaging, and page flows into something human.

Modernising a corporate website
04
Case study

Jobbit – Operations platform

Product design • Systems thinking

Turning scattered workflows into a coherent workspace where teams, tasks, partnerships, and purchasing all live in one mental model.

Jobbit – Operations platform

Behind the case studies

Product designer and UX research specialist with a systems mindset

I design digital products where research, interaction, and systems thinking all ladder up to measurable product outcomes.

Product Designer and UX Research specialist with 6+ years of experience designing high impact digital products across SaaS, fintech and consumer platforms. Experienced in user research, usability testing, information architecture, prototyping, and data driven UX optimization.

Known for collaborating closely with cross functional teams and translating complex user needs into clear product direction. Focused on designing intuitive interaction patterns, mobile first experiences, and scalable design systems that improve conversion, retention and overall product performance.

Experience

6+ years

SaaS, fintech, consumer

Strength

Research led

Research, testing, IA

Focus

Systems & impact

Conversion, retention

Skills

UI Design
UX Design
Product Design
Consulting
Design Systems
Workshops
Design Sprint
Interaction Design
User Testing
Usability Testing
UX Research
Leadership
Mentoring
No-Code
+ More

Experience

Role 01

Lead Product Designer

Axion Dynamic

March 2025 to September 2025

Lahore, PK

Focus

Product design with a research led practice, centered on clarity in flows, measurable impact, and keeping teams aligned.

ResearchProductSystemsUsability

Selected impact

  • Led discovery research using interviews, contextual inquiry, and usability testing to shape version one direction.
  • Built research systems and high fidelity prototypes, partnering cross functionally to drive user centered decisions.
  • Set up research operations including recruitment and insight repositories to scale user centricity across teams.
Role 02

Lead Designer

Folionomics

July 2024 to February 2025

Remote (Canada)

Focus

Product design with a research led practice, centered on clarity in flows, measurable impact, and keeping teams aligned.

ResearchProductSystemsUsability

Selected impact

  • Ran mixed methods research on transaction behavior which improved retention by twenty five percent.
  • Led usability testing and heuristic reviews which reduced navigation errors by eighteen percent.
  • Built a responsive design system and partnered with engineering to ensure user centric execution.
Role 03

Product Designer

Hauraki

August 2023 to July 2024

Remote (US)

Focus

Product design with a research led practice, centered on clarity in flows, measurable impact, and keeping teams aligned.

ResearchProductSystemsUsability

Selected impact

  • Ran usability testing across web and mobile which improved task completion by twenty two percent and resolved more than sixty UX issues.
  • Designed dashboards and multi step workflows grounded in behavior patterns to streamline key tasks.
  • Built reusable components and scalable layouts, cutting production cycles by thirty five percent and aligning product and engineering.
Role 04

User Experience Analyst

Salams (formerly Minder)

May 2018 to January 2024

Remote (US)

Focus

Product design with a research led practice, centered on clarity in flows, measurable impact, and keeping teams aligned.

ResearchProductSystemsUsability

Selected impact

  • Ran more than fifty usability and regression tests which improved consistency and reduced user reported bugs by fifteen percent.
  • Mapped user journeys and analyzed behavior to guide redesign decisions with clear actionable insights.
  • Created structured research and QA documentation and collaborated across teams to refine key flows.
Role 05

Product Designer

Truebill / Rocket Money

September 2018 to November 2019

Remote (US)

Focus

Product design with a research led practice, centered on clarity in flows, measurable impact, and keeping teams aligned.

ResearchProductSystemsUsability

Selected impact

  • Ran more than thirty validation and usability studies on account linking, subscription detection, and transaction flows.
  • Identified clarity impacting UX issues across payments and authorization which strengthened trust in critical financial actions.
  • Collaborated with design and engineering to refine dashboards and reduce account linking drop offs by eighteen percent.

Photography as a hobby

Sandy dunes somewhere

Sep 5, 2023

Sandy dunes somewhere

The silence of the sunrise

Jul 20, 2022

The silence of the sunrise

Ghost Clouds?

Jun 20, 2023

Ghost Clouds?