CV
Hamid Ravan, product designer.
London, UK · Right to work in the UK · MSc UX Design, Kingston University
Summary
Product designer with 6+ years shipping fintech, crypto, IoT and AI products end to end: a crypto NFT marketplace, a rewards hub, IoT monitoring dashboards for agriculture and weather, and a podcast streaming app. Comfortable owning problems from research through handoff, and pairing closely with PM and engineering.
Experience
Sep 2024 – Present
Freelance Product Designer
Self-employed · Remote
- End-to-end product design for freelance clients through an AI-accelerated workflow, using Figma Make, Claude and Lovable to speed up ideation, prototyping and iteration.
- Lead design and user research for an early-stage product built for a UK audience, using Claude and Perplexity to synthesise research and explore and validate concepts quickly.
- Advise a former product team as a UX consultant, helping them bring AI into their design workflow to improve speed and consistency.
Sep 2021 – Sep 2023
Product Designer
Wallex Exchange · Hybrid
- Led the end-to-end design of a cryptocurrency NFT marketplace, with high-fidelity prototypes aligned to technical and design specifications that sped up development readiness. Case study for this work →
- Designed the Rewards Hub, applying gamification that reactivated about 22% of dormant users and increased repeat engagement.
- Ran in-depth usability testing on the onboarding flow and made data-driven improvements that significantly reduced drop-off.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to align design with business goals, building mobile-first solutions in Figma for smooth delivery and consistent implementation.
Dec 2020 – Sep 2021
Product Designer
IroTeam · On-site
- Designed IoT smart-monitoring dashboards for agriculture and weather, turning raw real-time data into clear, actionable visualisations. Case study for this work →
- Reworked the rule-creation workflow, reducing complexity by 40% and making it easier for older and non-technical users.
- Built and maintained a unified design system that reduced inconsistencies and improved design-to-development handoff.
Aug 2018 – Dec 2020
UI/UX Designer
ZTech Team · On-site
- Designed an interactive penalty mini-game for a football prediction app, combining motion design, gamification and reward loops to drive engagement.
- Led the UX redesign of a podcast streaming app, improving navigation clarity and increasing subscription conversions.
- Grew from motion design (After Effects) into UI and then UX, building a foundation across the full visual-to-interaction range.
- Produced motion graphics and social media assets for the podcast app to support marketing and user acquisition.
Education
Sep 2023 – Sep 2024
MSc User Experience Design
Kingston University · London, UK
- Thesis: an AI assistant for Figma. Applied design thinking to metacognitive user behaviour, with auto-rewriting, accessibility checks and automated component building. Case study for this work →
- Forge: a challenge-based self-improvement app designed with Lean UX and behavioural design. Case study for this work →
- Second Brain: a concept that integrates AI with the "Second Brain" method for personal knowledge management and note-taking. Case study for this work →
Sep 2017 – Jul 2022
BSc Computer Engineering
University of Science and Culture · Tehran, Iran
Skills
- Product & UX
- Design thinking, user-centred design, end-to-end flows, information architecture, wireframing, interactive prototyping, responsive and mobile-first design, design systems, micro-interactions, accessibility (WCAG)
- Research
- Usability testing, heuristic evaluation, journey mapping, A/B testing, qualitative and quantitative research
- Collaboration
- Cross-functional teamwork, stakeholder management, design-to-development handoff, Agile and Jira workflows
- Tools
- Figma (advanced), FigJam, Framer, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Miro, Jira
- AI tools
- Figma Make, Claude, Lovable, Perplexity, Midjourney