About

About me

I've spent eight years designing products across AI, fashion, mobility, and EdTech. The core of that was at Snap, shipping end-to-end experiences for major retail clients, from early research through to production.

I love the point where design systems meet real user behaviour, getting the architecture right so the experience feels inevitable rather than designed. I do my best work in the room from day one, not handed a brief after the decisions are made.

Two questions kept following me. How do you make a model's output feel trustworthy rather than arbitrary? And how do you design for latency, uncertainty, and the first session before personalisation kicks in? At Snap they were the brief for Muse, an AI stylist I designed from 0 to 1.

Recently I set that brief for myself and shipped Roam, an AI trip planner, solo, from first research note to a live app tested by real users. What Muse and Roam both taught me: good AI product design isn't about the interface layer. It's about closing the gap between what the model knows and what the user expects, enough that they keep going. And with today's tooling, one designer can own that entire problem, research to deployed code.

When I'm not designing I'm usually experimenting with a new recipe, trying to keep my plants alive, exploring a new neighbourhood in Berlin, or watching something obscure on a streaming platform nobody I know has heard of.

Shoutouts

Trusted by peers

  • mati snap

    Strong UX Designer with a good eye for product details. Easy to work with, reliable, and focused on creating clear, practical solutions for users.

    Tim Baumann
    Lead Manager at Sixt myDriver
    mati snap

    Strong UX Designer with a good eye for product details. Easy to work with, reliable, and focused on creating clear, practical solutions for users.

    Tim Baumann
    Lead Manager at Sixt myDriver
  • Artisan client logo

    He's genuinely talented with a passion for ideas, won't settle for mediocrity, and has an ability to think up unique solutions. A pleasure to have around.

    Zarmina Faisal
    Creative Group Head at Ogilvy & Mather
    Artisan client logo

    He's genuinely talented with a passion for ideas, won't settle for mediocrity, and has an ability to think up unique solutions. A pleasure to have around.

    Zarmina Faisal
    Creative Group Head at Ogilvy & Mather
  • nadia snap

    Incredibly creative, passionate about design, and constantly exploring new ideas. He brings great energy to the team and is genuinely easy to collaborate with.

    Fabio Venneri
    Product Manager at Lingoda
    nadia snap

    Incredibly creative, passionate about design, and constantly exploring new ideas. He brings great energy to the team and is genuinely easy to collaborate with.

    Fabio Venneri
    Product Manager at Lingoda
  • mati snap

    Akber can create wonderful visual concepts that stand out and get the message across with simplicity and style. Talented, inspired and a pleasure to work with.

    Mahreen Pasha
    Creative Director at MullenLowe Global
    mati snap

    Akber can create wonderful visual concepts that stand out and get the message across with simplicity and style. Talented, inspired and a pleasure to work with.

    Mahreen Pasha
    Creative Director at MullenLowe Global
mati snap

Strong UX Designer with a good eye for product details. Easy to work with, reliable, and focused on creating clear, practical solutions for users.

Tim Baumann
Lead Manager at Sixt myDriver
Artisan client logo

He's genuinely talented with a passion for ideas, won't settle for mediocrity, and has an ability to think up unique solutions. A pleasure to have around.

Zarmina Faisal
Creative Group Head at Ogilvy & Mather
nadia snap

Incredibly creative, passionate about design, and constantly exploring new ideas. He brings great energy to the team and is genuinely easy to collaborate with.

Fabio Venneri
Product Manager at Lingoda
mati snap

Akber can create wonderful visual concepts that stand out and get the message across with simplicity and style. Talented, inspired and a pleasure to work with.

Mahreen Pasha
Creative Director at MullenLowe Global

Work Experience

think-cell

Senior designer

Berlin, Germany

2025 - Now

Designing a complex enterprise product used by millions of professionals globally. Expert users with high expectations and zero patience for friction, which makes precision and consistency the only options.

think-cell

Senior designer

Berlin, Germany

2025 - Now

Designing a complex enterprise product used by millions of professionals globally. Expert users with high expectations and zero patience for friction, which makes precision and consistency the only options.

Freelance

Product designer

Berlin, Germany

2024

End-to-end design work for early-stage clients. Most significant project was SmartSubs, a subscription management iOS app, taken from initial research and personas through to design system, high-fidelity UI, and developer handoff.

Freelance

Product designer

Berlin, Germany

2024

End-to-end design work for early-stage clients. Most significant project was SmartSubs, a subscription management iOS app, taken from initial research and personas through to design system, high-fidelity UI, and developer handoff.

Fit Analytics → Snap Inc.

Senior product designer → Interface designer (IC4)

Berlin, Germany

2019 - 2023

Snap acquired Fit Analytics in 2021. Led the Fit Finder redesign, driving a 14% conversion uplift and 12% reduction in returns. Co-created the ARES design system and mentored junior designers through regular critiques.

Fit Analytics → Snap Inc.

Senior product designer → Interface designer (IC4)

Berlin, Germany

2019 - 2023

Snap acquired Fit Analytics in 2021. Led the Fit Finder redesign, driving a 14% conversion uplift and 12% reduction in returns. Co-created the ARES design system and mentored junior designers through regular critiques.

Lingoda

Product designer

Berlin, Germany

2018

Designed B2C interfaces for student and teacher portals on a global EdTech platform, built the initial style guide, and ran usability tests to refine the experience.

Lingoda

Product designer

Berlin, Germany

2018

Designed B2C interfaces for student and teacher portals on a global EdTech platform, built the initial style guide, and ran usability tests to refine the experience.

Sixt my Driver

Junior UX designer

Berlin, Germany

2017

Oversaw end-to-end design across web, mobile, and marketing for a global mobility platform, conducting user research and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to hit high-impact KPIs.

Sixt my Driver

Junior UX designer

Berlin, Germany

2017

Oversaw end-to-end design across web, mobile, and marketing for a global mobility platform, conducting user research and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to hit high-impact KPIs.

Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, MullenLowe Group

Junior to senior art director

Karachi, Pakistan

2012 - 2016

Before moving into product design, I spent four years in advertising, leading visual concepts, pitching campaigns to executive stakeholders, and learning how to make things land with an audience.

Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, MullenLowe Group

Junior to senior art director

Karachi, Pakistan

2012 - 2016

Before moving into product design, I spent four years in advertising, leading visual concepts, pitching campaigns to executive stakeholders, and learning how to make things land with an audience.

Creative Chaos

UX designer

Karachi, Pakistan

2012

Started my career designing digital journeys, wireframes, and prototypes for clients including Coke Studio, where I built the foundations of my craft and learned that function and form are inseparable.

Creative Chaos

UX designer

Karachi, Pakistan

2012

Started my career designing digital journeys, wireframes, and prototypes for clients including Coke Studio, where I built the foundations of my craft and learned that function and form are inseparable.

Technical Stack

Figma

Design systems, tokens

Figma

Design systems, tokens

Claude

Ideation, prompts, code

Claude

Ideation, prompts, code

Cursor

Design to code

Cursor

Design to code

Vercel

Deployment

Vercel

Deployment

UXtweak

Usability testing

UXtweak

Usability testing

Framer

Web design

Framer

Web design

Vercel

Deployment

Vercel

Deployment

Framer

Web design

Framer

Web design

UXtweak

Usability testing

UXtweak

Usability testing

Say Hello

Always looking to connect and build impactful products.

Say Hello

Always looking to connect and build impactful products.

Say Hello

Always looking to connect and build impactful products.