sam ahmed
Senior Product Designer at Affirm
senior product designer affirm , ex-amazon , zulily
believe design merging storytelling usability . passionate creating better world , emotional communication , work impact everyday person .
Affirm
https://www.linkedin.com/company/affirm
Affirm is a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. My role focuses on the marketplace, helping consumers make purchases directly from the Affirm app and connect with the growing number of partnered stores.
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Senior Product Designer
Zulily
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zulily
Zulily is an e-commerce daily deals company specializing in women, children, and family. I focused on product discovery, with work including web design, app design, and long-term vision work. Major projects include a long-term vision for the Zulily homepage, v1 components for that homepage redesign, and redesigning search filters.
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Senior Product Designer
Impactive
https://www.linkedin.com/company/impactive-io
(Collaboration with Biden 2020 campaign) Impactive is a startup offering a political & activist organizing platform on web and app. I designed major features supporting the Biden 2020 whitelabel release including messaging, voter registration, and copy-paste scripts for canvassing. I was the single designer at Impactive, working directly with the CEO and engineering. This was a contract thru STG, a political and public affairs advocacy firm.
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Freelance Senior Product Designer
Various
Contract work in the dance and entertainment industry. Work included dance performance, creative direction, choreography, and event production. I debuted my full-length show "Love Letters" in February 2019 to a fully sold out run, supported by a creative residency at Velocity Dance Center. Notable credits include Amazon Prime Day, Seattle Mariners, ESPN Monday Night Football, Seattle Pridefest, Paper Magazine, etc.
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Creative Director & Dancer
Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
Lead designer for multiple teams including Customer Reviews, Mobile & App Navigation, Profile, Social Gamification, Shop by Interest, etc. Led vision work and research studies, designed Amazon-wide systems and UI components, launched new products in close collaboration with business and development. Was an established thought leader in social gamified experiences, ethical design, mobile patterns, and defining future visions. (Connected with previous role reflecting internal promotion.)
Greater Seattle Area
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UX Designer II
Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
Created social experiences involving digital identity and community interaction. Supported Amazon Profile, Follow, and Social Gamification as part of the Engagement Design Group.
Greater Seattle Area
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UX Designer I
Carnegie Mellon University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/carnegie-mellon-university
Carnival is Carnegie Mellon's biggest alumni event. As part of my role on the executive board, I advised our chair on overall strategy and ran a committee which executed our marketing campaign. I designed the 2015 wordmark, website, and marketing materials, as well as launched the first Carnival fundraiser supporting Habitat for Humanity Pittsburgh.
Greater Pittsburgh Area
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Head of Design & Marketing: Spring Carnival
Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
Created a design proposal for interfaces in the games section of the Kindle Fire tablet, including both UX and UI/visual design. Focus was on motivating consistent gameplay and discovery thru community engagement. Designed and conducted a research study supporting the final proposal.
Seattle, WA
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UX Design Intern
National Flag Foundation
- Conceptualized the ideas of the organization into a visual language and identity.
- Developed a powerful wordmark, website, posters, and stationery package.
- Presented a final brand guideline which allowed for further expansion.
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Identity Designer
Vanessa German & Steeltown Entertainment
- Worked with artist Vanessa German and Steeltown Entertainment to crowdsource over $13,000 to start a local art-based community center for children.
- Designed the branding of the campaign and carried it through various media (print, web, and social).
- Managed multiple social media platforms (Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter).
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Design & Social Media Intern
Carnegie Mellon University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/carnegie-mellon-university
- Produced informational pamphlets and posters to communicate the services provided.
- Merged student priorities with staff resources to improve communications.
Greater Pittsburgh Area
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Art & Design Assistant
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
Communication Design
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Carnegie Mellon University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/carnegie-mellon-university/
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Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts Dean's List
Showcase of recent work from various projects. Work encompasses book design, web design, mobile design, animation, kinetic typography, publicity design, information design, and photography.
Design Portfolio
http://www.aahmedsam.com
An installation show on "stress culture," a term that refers to an environment where students take on too much, and view high levels of stress as normal. The show displays hundreds of comments by CMU students taken from social media, news articles, interviews, and surveys. How do we define success? How does that begin to affect our relationships with one another?
My Heart Is In the Work
https://aahmedsam.com/work/my-heart-is-in-the-work
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beanicolas
Everett, WA
Beatriz Nicolas
Designer at Zulily
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-godfrey-07502317
Miami, FL
Anna Godfrey
Senior Principal Designer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleeabbott
Seattle, WA
Kylee Abbott
Senior UX Designer at Expedia Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suprithasuresh
Redmond, WA
Supritha Suresh
Making Zulily more personalised for you!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferctse
Greater Seattle Area
Jennifer Tse
Analytics Manager at Zulily
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliyabaran
Seattle, WA
Yuliya Baran
Senior UX Designer at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-kim-17192827
Portland, OR
Alicia Kim
Senior Director of Product at HOMER
https://www.linkedin.com/in/achong
United States
Adrian Chong
Design Leadership @ Shopify
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-shapiro-ux
Seattle, WA
Rebecca Shapiro
Director Of User Experience at Indeed.com | ex-Amazon, Nordstrom
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashant-jattepalli-1828296b
Everett, WA
Prashant Jattepalli
Senior Software Engineer at zulily
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacky-boehm-99b16898
Brooklyn, NY
Jacky Boehm
Digital Graphic Designer at GAP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromezhong
Pittsburgh, PA
Jerome Zhong
Product Design at Cash App
https://www.linkedin.com/in/madisonzeller
San Francisco, CA
Madison Zeller
Innovation + Design at Silicon Valley Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/constance-chin-93940b3a
Seattle, WA
Constance Chin
Design Manager at Google—I'm hiring!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivy-t-6367a33a
Portland, OR
Ivy T.
Senior Manager - Customer Support
https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-vasquez-97731a14
Phoenix, AZ
Victor Vasquez
Graphic Design Professional
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrod-larson
Greater Seattle Area
Jerrod Larson
Sr. Manager, User Experience @ Google
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yingyanwang
Greater Seattle Area
Samantha Wang
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterychau
Atlanta, GA
Peter Chau, MBA
Product Leadership | Agile Coach | Director at MyFitnessPal
https://kr.linkedin.com/in/peter-kim-17a78b2
Seoul, South Korea
Peter Kim
Design at Shopify · Hiring. Interested?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samahmed4440
New York, NY
SAM AHMED
|US Citizen| As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, with over 8 yrs of Manual and Automation experience in agile development environment Expert in Java, Selenium, BDD ,TDD, Hybrid, UI, Database, API and Mobile validation
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/sam-ahmed-9426a034
Singapore
Sam Ahmed
Digital Commerce|Fintech|HBS Alumni|Scaling with a mission
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-ahmed-0388461ab
Dallas, TX
Sam Ahmed
Undergraduate student at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sam-a-5ba2a5b3
London
Sam A.
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Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
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Carnegie Mellon University
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CMU School of Design: Official Alumni Group
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