Ahmad Sabbah, Lead User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) Lead Designer

Ahmad Sabbah

Lead User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) Lead Designer

Dar Al Riyadh

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Scince
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Lead User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) Lead Designer at Dar Al Riyadh
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since July 2014

Responsible for collecting, researching, investigating, and evaluating user requirements to prepare the User Experience (UX) strategy, UX deliverables, and User Interface (UI) for the client and development team.
My main tasks:
• Plan and implement new designs.
• Optimize existing user interface designs.
• Conduct tests for user experience (UX) and user interaction.
• Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives.
• Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions.
• Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements.
• Create prototypes for new product ideas.
• Test new ideas before implementation.
• Conduct ongoing user research
• Designing high fidelity prototypes for apps and websites.
• Preparing/Updating design systems.

Co Founder at The Nora Fashion
  • United Kingdom - London
  • January 2010 to May 2018

• Design UI for main website and all needed graphics for marketing.
• Conduct an effective user behavior analytics.
• Do A/B testing.
• Manage all search engine optimization, marketing activities, improving user experience, increasing website traffic and sales, and developing brand loyalty.
•. Execute ADS campaigns on search engines, content marketing on other websites and research and implement the latest digital marketing strategies using social media.
•. Managing site development and updates for the e-commerce side of the business, working with co-workers to collect necessary content to use for each product or service offering, and ensuring that the brand message and goals align with the rest of the company.
•. Track all website marketing efforts, analyze data, and use your findings to improve our strategies.

Senior Front End Developer at ihorizons
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2013 to June 2014

Supporting our front end team members and problem solving. Also convert PSD to HTML for big projects such as Al-Jazeera new design.

- Work with Product Managers and Software Engineers to implement the next generation team.
- Build efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems.
- Participate in design and code reviews.
- Identify and communicate best practices for front-end engineering.

Using the following Skills:
- Performance techniques (minify, sprites, gzip etc.)
- Building highly scalable web applications

Senior UI / UX Designer at NThinkers
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2013 to August 2013

• Do research on our website to increase the interactions and browsing times for website visitors.
• Do usability research on the website and mobile applications.
• Do needed A/B testing.
• Redesigning mobile views of their main website.
• Redesigning the main website (nooonbooks.com).
• Helping in increasing site conversions after redesigning the websites sales increased by 51.3%
• Designing and developing websites for company’s clients.
• Designing story boards for E-Learning Lessons.

Senior UI/UX Designer at Crown IT
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2012 to December 2012

• Redesigning the company’s main websites (ICN.com, fxpulp.com)
• Suggesting the best user experience scenarios for client’s website.
• Do UI for the main websites and design needed interfaces for our websites.
• Do usability testing.
• Optimize the website for search engines (SEO)
• Create websites reports and share them with the stockholders.

Senior UI Developer at Primus
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2007 to December 2011

• Slicing PSD design using Photoshop.
• Develop the sliced images to web pages using XHTML, HTML, Css and Jquery.
• Convert the HTML to DNN (dotnetnuke) skin and containers.
• Working on DNN modules to meet customer needs.
• Installing DNN projects on TFS (Team Foundation Server).
• Installing Database on Server.
• Assigning tasks to my team members and manage them.
• Develop designed master pages & themes on MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server)
• Specifying the modules which meet the client requirement.
• Uploading finished websites online.
• Training and Technical Supporting.
• Regularly met with clients to review project goals and to create proposals for future developments, researching their fields for UI/UX design.
• Developing CMS websites and E-Commerce websites.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Scince
  • at Princes s Somaya University
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

Web Design
User Interface Design
Digital Marketing
User Experience
E commerce
Photoshop
Google Products
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Arab web awards Winner 2006, 2007. 3 Awards
Mockup plus
User Interactions Analysis
User Interface Design
prototype
Invesion App
UI Wireframe
Research
Google Adwords
Digital Marketing
growth hacking
user interface
prototyping
user centered design
ui testing
wire framing
web design
user experience
usability design
marketing
web project management
web analytics
problem solving
e business
agile project management
Product Prototype
usability testing
product concept

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
ahmadsabbah.com

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate

Memberships

Design Foundation
  • Member
  • March 2019

Training and Certifications

UX: The Evidence-Based Redesign (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2020
Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content (Training)
Training Institute:
Coursera
Date Attended:
April 2020
An Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
Facebook Ads & Facebook Marketing MASTERY 2020 | Coursenvy ™ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
Growth Hacking with Digital Marketing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Design Research: Enhancing the Designer-Client Relationship (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
MOBILE USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGN (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
WEB DESIGN FOR USABILITY (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019
DESIGN THINKING: THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019

Hobbies

  • Good Read Profile
    https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18232303-ahmad-sabbah
  • Award winning
    Ban Arab Web Awards 2006 (Bronze), 2007 (Silver & Bronze)
  • Basket, Swimming