Muhannad Al-Akhras, Senior UI/UX Design Consultant

Muhannad Al-Akhras

Senior UI/UX Design Consultant

Huawei Technologies

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer science
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Senior UI/UX Design Consultant at Huawei Technologies
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since November 2011

• Own the end-to-end design process and deliverable set (including information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity screen mockups and GUI elements) with frequent iteration and evolution of design solutions.
• Rapidly translate business requirements, user research and customer feedback into personas and user scenarios to drive user-centered designs.
• Contribute to the visualization of innovative product concepts through white boarding, diagrams, and high-level interactions flows.
• Collaborate effectively with an agile, multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the feasibility of proposed designs and champion great UX in the face of technical constraints.
• Develop and maintain design specifications and mobile design patterns as appropriate.

UI/ UX Design Consultant at International Turnkey System [ITS]
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2007 to October 2011

• Design and monitors creative UI/UX web and app concepts, mockups and final products for smart phone devices, tablets and web.
• Defining creative standards for all projects such as web application, smart phone devices (iPhone or Android apps), and tablets apps.
• Designing, developing, and create information and communication technology (ICT) products such as Multimedia CD's and video presentation.
• Create promotional art work such as banners, mailshot, newsletters, and corporate identities, such as logo, flyers…etc.
• Collaborates with various groups/ divisions within the company to ensure all projects met their standards and accomplished their schedules.
• Communicate regularly with the product owner, to coordinate receiving the materials & Provide technical support for products.

Graphic / Web Design Team Leader at ITG [ Integrated Technology Group]
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2005 to June 2007

• Responsible for managing team of designers.
• Be on top of all & each project aspect in terms of following up with team & with client needs, requirements & implementation process.
• Research, communicate & select the right web hosting business partner.
• Designing & Developing websites using Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Animations, and other applications.
• Designing & Developing Multimedia CD's using Flash and other applications.
• Designing corporate identities, logos, flyers...etc using Adobe Illustrator, and other applications.
• Work with Senior Graphic Designer to ensure error-free final project (type, graphic design, and prepress check off systems).
• Publication of client web site on the Internet.
• Conduct training courses for junior web designers in the company.

Graphic / Web Designer at Maktoob Group [Yahoo! Maktoob Research currently]
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2003 to November 2004

• Design & create web interfaces & layouts
• Create promotional art work such as banners, mailshot, newsletters etc
• Design & create greeting cards, wallpapers & screen severs
• Communicate regularly with the product owner, to coordinate receiving the materials & Provide technical support for products
• Implements plans to obtain and maintain a high level of functionality, usability, and design structure for web sites
• Follow up the delivery & delay of services and solve the reasons of delay.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer science
  • at American University of Science and Technology
  • June 2003
High school or equivalent, General Secondary Certificate, Science Section
  • at Al Orouba Secondary School
  • June 1999

Specialties & Skills

Web Design
User Experience
Science
Information Architecture
• Experienced in digital video capture, editing, and compression for the Internet.
Adobe Creative Suite CS5: [Photoshop, illustrator, Fireworks, InDesign, Flash, Flash Lite, Dreamwe]
• Good understanding of the project cycle and the technologies used to deliver the project.
• Skilled in graphic design, layout, typography, drawing, logo/icon design, and cartooning.
• Good knowledge of Web Services (Websites, Intranets, Extranets, e-Commerce Solutions).
• Understand the strengths & weakness of the web environment & execute visual solutions accordingly.
• Excellent knowledge in web based solution and portal / content management technologies.
•User Experience, Information Architecture,User Interface Design,Mobile Application Design.
Interaction Design, Web Applications, Usability Testing, and Prototyping.
• Windows 7, Mac OS X, Word Processing, Excels, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, and Web Browsers.

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

The Jordan Environment Society
  • .
  • November 1997

Training and Certifications

Business Communication (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
Web Design Professionals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008
Valid Until:
June 2008
ISO Awareness (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2008
Valid Until:
March 2008
Team Building and Leadership (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
Web Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
May 2010
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009