Hey there, I'm Ahmed Magdi, Product Designer, Content Strategist & Illustrator

I deeply care about every aspect of the product's life cycle, from the product strategy, business goals, branding, content strategy and user research to a final polished working solution that is usable and emotionally engaging.

And by adding my hybrid background in teaching, writing, drawing and visual thinking, I hope someday I can hunt the mysterious UX unicorn. Wish Me Luck 🤞

About

⤵︎ Resumé

Expertise & Services

UX Strategy

Defining the compass and product roadmap based on business needs, project scope, and target audience. I'll work with you towards a solid strategy to bring the most out of your product.

Product Research
Secondary Research
Competitive Research
Market Research
Product Strategy (SMEs)

User Research

Combining Qualitative and Quantitative user research techniques to deeply understand your target audience and bring true insights to the table. UX needs solid user research to really affect your business.

Planning User Research
Qualitative User Research
Analytics for UX
Usability Testing

Content Strategy

I believe that content needs a long-term investment that comes from a solid strategy, I'll help you design and execute the words and voice of your digital products, especially Marketing Sites.

Content Research
Content Compass
Tone & Voice
Information Architecture
Content Outlines for Core pages
Content Design & Production

User Interface

We can't exclude the look & feel from any digital product at the end this is the "thing" users will interact with. I'll help you develop the Visual Brand, Design System and UI to work hand in hand effectively.

Illustration & Drawing
Brand Development
User Interface Design
Design System
User Flows
HI & Low Fidelity Prototype

Portfolio

OpenSpaces - Product Design

Don't waste your time searching for suitable places to work in, Imagine Google maps but focused only to help you find great coffee shops and public spaces to do work from.

Freshalian Pasta - UX Writing

Shaping words for a pasta brand and transferring them into a unique conversational UX Copy for multiple scenarios, and for the most important task needed by the user: How to cook fresh pasta?

🔒 Eejaad - User Research

I went through the process and steps of planning and conducting user research to better understand how recruiters/agencies/companies in MENA are thinking about recruiting creative people and designers online.

Abo Shnab - Mobile IxD

Abo Shnab is an appointment, scheduling and reservation app that helps people easily reserve a date to get a haircut from a wide range of barbershops or requests an in-place haircut.

Payers Merchant - Web APP IxD

Taking you through my process for designing the look and feel for an evolving fintech product in MENA and How I upgraded the visual identity to meet today's requirements for a modern design system !

Uncle Mezaien - Character Design

Solving the problem with pixels! This is a project where I designed an illustration, character, and iconset for a digital app trying to tackle the problem of reservation at barbershops in Egypt.

Publications

Colorslab - Arabic blog about UX/UI

Since 2012, I started an Arabic blog about UX & UI to share what I learn every day about UX, with more than 100 published articles on topics: Photo UX, Dark Patterns, Eye Tracking ... etc. The blog turned to be one of the most respected readings in the Arabic UX community.

Colorslab - My Blog ↗︎

Drop Me a Message

Let's share ideas & discuss ways to collaborate!

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