AZADE VAKILI
Azade Vakili
Product Designer
Canada , Germany
E-mail: azade.vakili@gmail.com
Tel: +49 1523 6267612
Profile
I am an ambitious and motivated Designer with professional experience in product design and user experience. Being a quick learner, hard-worker and a problem solver, gives me the ability to work as an individual and in teams and make an excellent contribution to the success of any projects. Having a positive outlook to situations brings peace, happiness and fun to my work environment as well as others around me.
Work experience
UX/ UI Designer
Adidas Group HQ , Herzogenaurach, Germany
April 2017 - Present
As the UX Designer I have the responsibility of creating simple and delightful user experiences utilizing principals of user-centered design. My goal is to deliver intuitive design solutions that help people achieve their goals.
Interaction Design
Develop design solutions to elegantly solve key scenarios to solve user and business goals.
Rapid Prototyping
Develop rapid paper/clickable prototypes to evaluate the effectiveness of design solutions against identified scenarios.
Front-End Development
Support Developer in the process and provide pixel perfect screens
Product Designer
Freelance
2014 - Present
I’ve worked with agencies and startup clients on UX and Product Design projects such as:
Enairgy, we created modular portable power bank for users to make and customize their product.
HKDesign, collaborated on a project between iStock and Nest Cam to explore how people perceive privacy.
I strive to understand user types, their needs and friction points to inform the user experience development process.
Design Skills
UX/UI Design
User Experience
3D Modeling
Exhabiton Design
Sketching
Model Making
Information Architecture
Interface Design
Rapid Prototyping
Ergonomic
Sustainable Design
Brainstorming
Creative Problem Solving
Design Research
Software Skills
Photoshop
3D Max
Solid works
Softimage
Hypershot
InDesign
Illustrator
HTML
Balsamiq
Microsoft Office
Languages
English
Farsi
2010 - present
2010 - present
Experience Designer
Cygnus Design Group & EDG User Experience Design Group
2016- 2017
Engaged in the business of providing way-finding, signage, environmental graphic, and industrial design services for well-known developers.
Designed communication strategy for built environment.
Envisioned and developed projects using digital and physical products.
Designed and implemented signage and way-finding program for retail, office and residential building.
2014 -2016 Product and Exhibition Designer at JEvents Planing and Design, West Vancouver, BC
2015 - Volunteer, Social Media and Advertisement at Live It Up Foundation, Vancouver
2013- 2015/ Visual Designer at Techno Electro, North Vancouver, BC
Collaborations
Jan 2014- May 2014 / Collaborative Product Design with Vancouver Special, Vancouver, BC
Jan 2013- May 2013 / Collaborative Furniture Design with 18 Karat, Vancouver, BC
Fall 2013/ Co-Creation and Brainstorming Team Leader , ECU university and Fraser Health
Summer 2013/ Industrial Design Intern, Woke Design Studio, Vancouver, BC
Summer 2012 / Volunteer, Profit By Design Conference at Emily Carr University , Vancouver, BC
2009- 2010/ 3D Modeler and Designer at Fara Form Architecture, Iran
Communication and Sales
As a designer I have to have a great understanding of the problems and realities of the people I am designing for. Working in retail industry helped me a lot to learn about people's emotional and physical needs, and the way they see, understand, and interact with the world around them.
2013-2016/ Administrative Customer Service Representative at NorthShore Neighborhood House.
2015/ Fashion Stylist & Customer Service Representative at Holtrenfrew, Vancouver
2014- 2015/ Assistant, Personal Shopping at Swarovski, Vancouver
2011-2012/ Sales Advisor & Customer Service at The Bay, West Vancouver
Education
Bachelor Major in Industrial Design
Emily Carr University, 2011 - 2014
User Experience Certificate, 2015
Associate Degree in Industrial Design
IAUM University, 2007 - 2010