Zen Khalil

I’m a UX designer based in Germany with 26 months of experience and a solid UX design education gained from Flatiron School New York. a fluent speaker of English and Arabic

from Oct 2022 

UX Designer (Freelancer)

Tulip mobile app (Baghdad, Iraq) 

• Led and organised ideation sessions with the business founder, and helped implement his vision from sketching to a first and second high-fidelity prototype iteration.

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 

IT Technician 

Zoom Design Company (Doha, Qatar) 

• Joined the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as an organiser, where I collaborated with the AV team to install sound systems at the stadiums in Doha. 

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022 

UX Designer (Freelancer) 

Aleeftime mobile app (Baghdad, Iraq) 

• Worked closely with the founders, engineers and designers to develop the idea and create a new pet healthcare app in Iraq. 
• Collaborated with the engineering team in Turkey to explain the design system and functions. Apr 2021 - Jun 2021 Lead UX Designer Pres. Prototype. Awrosoft co. (Erbil, Iraq) 
• Regularly communicated with stakeholders and clients in person and remotely. 
• Efficiently managed multiple complex projects, giving design critiques and suggesting user experience best practices edits. 
• Used notion and Trello agile methodologies and direct comments in Figma files which improved collaboration with the engineering team. 

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022 

UX Designer (Freelancer)

PAYA Real Estate (Erbil, Iraq)

• Planned and executed design research (market research, journey mapping, persona development, business model canvas) 
• Conducted user testing in person and remotely to optimize the existing user interface designs. 
• Engaged with users, customers and sales team, and ideated concepts for new functionalities.

from Jan 2023

Google UX Design (Online course) 

Coursera Inc. 

• six months of Professional training designed by Google.

Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

Practical Training on UX/UI design 

Awrosoft co. (Erbil, Iraq) 

• Joined as an intern with 25 others and was hired as a lead UX designer after two months. 

Jan 2021 - May 2021 

UX Design Bootcamp (Online) 

Flatiron School (New York, USA) 

• Learned User Experience Design process, including standard tools, best practices, deliverables and conducting research. 

Sep 2009 - Dec 2014 

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering 

Tishreen University (Lattakia, Syria)