Work Experience //

Mindworks  // Principal Product Designer
May 2025—Present

Kettle  // Lead Product Designer
November 2023—April 2025

Y Media Labs // Lead Product Designer
May 2020—October 2023

UC Berkeley Extension // UI Instructor
January 2019—Present

Awair // Principal Product Designer

August 2017—April 2020

Kindred // Sr. UI/UX Designer

September 2016—June 2017

River Studios // UI/UX Designer

March 2016—August 2016

Albertson Design // Visual Designer

September 2015—February 2016

Founded ASAWAR // Erbil Lifestyle // msvision
2010—2016

G.E.G. Reklam // Lead Designer

2005—2010

Education //

Academy of Art University // MFA Graphic Design
San Francisco, CA—May 2016

University of Salahaddin // BFA Fine Arts
Erbil, Kurdistan—2008

Institute of Fine Arts // Diploma Painting
Duhok, Kurdistan—2004

Skills //

Product Design
User Experience
User Interface
Prototyping
User Research

Wireframing

Data Visualization

Visual Design

Design Systems

Art Direction

Presentation Skills

Brand Identity

Logo Design

Typography

Iconography
Illustration
Design Thinking
Design Leadership

Color Theory
Photography

Animation
Advertising
Growth Design

Web Design

Email Design

Packaging Design

Print Design

Display Design

Drawing

Painting

Printmaking

Tools //

Figma
Wix Studio
Webflow
Framer
AI Tools
Adobe XD
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Acrobat
After Effects
Premiere
Sketch
Zeplin 
Adobe / WordPress CMS 
 Elementor
 Microsoft Word
PowerPoint
 Excel
 Outlook
 Pages
 Keynote
 Google Slides
 Docs
 Sheets
 MailChimp 
HTML/CSS