Waqas Gulraiz

Working remotely and earned Top Rated recognition as the most trusted individual in the World's biggest marketplaces., translating complex concepts into cutting-edge designs with the help of UCD, HCI, Web 2.0/3.0 and having a keen eye on A.I. generated applications - along with my ability to collaborate effectively with clients, peers, and teams to overcome the usability issues.

Creative leader with 15+ years of experience from digital marketing to hands-on UI/UX design to front-end development and WordPress. Phenomenal track record of designing and developing websites, web apps, mobile apps and other graphic design projects with extraordinary life spans.

Valuable and cooperative coworker by: being fair, honest, awesome interpersonal skills, a relaxed temperament and willing to help others when needed; effectively resolving conflicts at appropriate times; and assisting new staff to become familiar with policy and operations.

Capabilities include, but not limited to:

- Digital Media Graphics
A) Landing Page Design
B) Responsive Web Design
C) Bespoke Website Design (Real Estate, Industrial, Medial Health Welness, Educational Institutional,
Banking Finance Sector, Legal & Law Websites, Author & Motivators, IT Companies & Software
Houses, Digital Product Marketing, Foods & Restaurants, Fasion Industry, Interior & Furniture
Design, Online Shopping & Retailers, eCommerce Websites)
D) Web Application UI UX Design
E) Mobile/Tablet Application UI UX Design
F) Newsletter Design

- Print Media Graphics
A) Logo
B) Brochure
C) Flyers / Leaflets
D) Visiting Cards
E) Post Cards
F) Posters
G) Standing Banners

- Front-end Development
A) Static Websites
B) Landing Pages
C) Web Application (Bootstrap Integrated)
D) Single Page Application (Bootstrap jQuery)
F) Ready Made Websites Clone
G) Static Theme Development
H) HTML Email with or without frameworks

- Web Integration
A) Bootstrap
B) Foundation
C) SASS/LESS
D) Tailwind CSS
E) jQuery/Javascript
F) PHP Templating

- CMS Integration
A) WordPress
B) Joomla
C) wooCommerce
D) osCommerce
E) Custom Frameworks
F) Magento
G) Shopify
H) Thinkific

- Product Revamping / Redesigning
A) Website/Web Application Scratch Redesign
B) Old Framework Revamp
C) Themes Redesign

- Web Performance / Maintenance
A) Google Speed Test
B) GT Matrix Speed Test
C) Code Optimization
D) Graphics Optimization

- Software Configuration / Installation
- Corporate Branding
- Basic Indexing/Ranking SEO / Code Optimization
- PHP/MYSQL Apache Server Installation
- Server Hosting Management / Website Migration
- Team Collaboration & Technical Consultation

• Solution-driven individual adept at contributing to highly collaborative work environment, finding solutions and determining customer satisfaction by accomplishing Digital Printing material adhering to the brand guidelines including Brochures, Posters, Flyers, Banners, Post Cards, Social Cards, Rack Cards, Photos Retouching, Motion Slides, Power-Point presentation etc.

• Established the off-shore (US Team) coordinating to their dermatology website (schweigerderm.com) by producing up to the mark architecture and tailored the required sections according to the content strategy.

• Designed original pieces; including illustrations, Infographics, digital & social media ads etc.

• Re-styling copy placement, applying corrections and revising overall design layout according to the most recent executive revisions.

• Established the social media campaign to support their product strategies by maintaining the consistency throughout the process and it helped in users traffic increase.

• Remotely coordinated on the execution of the A.I. based Online Trading Mobile App and initialized the low-fidelity wireframes using Figma., combined with my steadfast commitment to the top-notch designs and fulfilled the agenda on daily basis.

• Bootstrapped the front-end development of Book Keeping Application. Interactively conceptualized the real estate projects and other UX material was also the part of my duties.

• Outsourced the artistic direction to the assistants meanwhile I granted myself to other priorities by not compromising with the quality and production.

• The Online Sports company`s websites were taken care by initializing the ready-made templates into functioning layouts, media queries added to achieve the adaptable mark up while maintaining the SASS preprocessors for further platform integrations.

• Domain understanding and revamping of the complex software control with the power of HTML.

• Reproducing the 3rd party API bugs maintaining the backend code was also the part of my duties.

• Optimized the code for custom CMS to the maximum speed and fixed the javascript bugs with the help of developer toolbar.

• Worked with the multidisciplinary team and the other professionals such as off-shore graphic designers, back-end developers, and the marketing experts to tailor the custom templates for development integration.

• Commented the functional requirements, documented the guides and built solutions for end-users and their customers.

• For Customer Visitor & Feedback Application (Desktop/Tablet/Mobile) - Led-performed through all facets of creative design projects from concept through execution for a sophisticated UAE client.

• Evaluating and applying RFP requirements, translating complex concepts into effective User Interfaces, visually reinforcing client message through keen design considerations, and creating a polished package design for deliverable presentation.

• Front-end coded through Microsoft Visual Studio and collaboration with the back-end developers for repository and optimizing the code by working closely with information architects and developers that lead to top notch user experience.

• Coordinator to various other departments including Hiring Managers, Network Engineers, Digital Marketing Team, Business Managers and Chief Executives, executed all the artistic flares by providing the required marketing material including visual designs, e-brochures, social media campaigns, internal staff greetings and revamping of the company's existing website up to the mark.

• Corresponding globally using Microsoft Teams/Skype/email/phone in aniterative/agile manner to dramatically improve UI/UX in a short time.

• Responsible for technical direction, system performance, implementation of best practices and optimal design patterns, and solutions for critical problems of UI/UX issues.

• Worked on the wide range of corporate projects development (from static to dynamic and bespoke to eCommerce websites) and explored myself among numerous technologies such as WordPress, osCommerce, Magento, Joomla and Dot Net Nuke.

• Offered services for numerous tech giants such as INC. 5000 to multinational clients until satisfaction.

• Stood abreast with latest technologies such as WordPress and responsive HTML5/CSS3 technology first time in the company.

• Led the digital marketing team by delivering the bespoke projects from stage to production with complete dedication and made sure the time-lines.

• Initialized the repositories, brand guidelines and the quick work methodologies which always sported the development team with their roles.

• Engineered the WordPress security checklist for SEO team to bypass the websites from malware threats & virus attacks.

• Coordination with SEO team; On-page optimization, basic search engine indexing, website performance reports & analysis, W3C validation & errors fixing.

• Fulfilling the gap among the front-end & backend development team by establishing the bridge as Web Integrator; provided the ready frameworks.

• Brought DIV markup into attention instead of TABLE and revamped the existing projects particularly classic osCommerce architecture.

• Performed under tight deadlines with quick turnaround times.