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Identified and tackled core usability issues, driving a 25% increase in product adoption by making the experience significantly more accessible for analysts."},{"name":"Engima AI","position":"Founder & AI Product Designer","url":"https://pdfai.io","startDate":"2023-10-01","endDate":"2025-10-01","summary":"AI research assistant for researchers and students, reached 50K users organically"},{"name":"adplist.org","position":"Design Mentor","url":"https://adplist.org","startDate":"2022-09-01"},{"name":"Black Valley","position":"Design Mentor","url":"https://blackvalley.co.uk","startDate":"2022-01-01","endDate":"2023-01-01"},{"name":"Microlabs","position":"Product Designer","url":"https://withpanda.co.uk","startDate":"2021-12-01","summary":"Recent freelance projects • Collaborated with a Fintech company to enhance user adoption through new feature development increasing product adoption by 24% • Redesigned the landing page for a proptech company to showcase their growth and new mission. • Advising startups on hiring talent and ways of working"},{"name":"Nando's UK & IRE","position":"Senior Product Designer (Contract)","url":"https://nandos.careers","startDate":"2021-11-01","endDate":"2023-11-01"},{"name":"Bayzat","position":"Senior Product Designer","location":"Dubai, United Arab Emirates","url":"https://bayzat.com","startDate":"2021-04-01","endDate":"2021-09-01"},{"name":"Pickr","position":"Senior Product designer & Strategist","startDate":"2021-01-01","endDate":"2021-04-01"},{"name":"Aventus","position":"Product Designer","location":"Greater London, England, United Kingdom","url":"https://weareaventus.com","startDate":"2019-09-01","endDate":"2020-12-01"},{"name":"Ask Jeffery","position":"UX Designer","startDate":"2018-09-01","endDate":"2020-05-01","summary":"• Designed MVPs for startup to secure funding and attract initial investors and customers. • Aligned stakeholders to ensure project success and meet business objectives."}],"education":[{"institution":"The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)"},{"institution":"University of Westminster","studyType":"Computer Science and Software Engineering"}],"projects":[{"name":"AI Research Assistant","description":"Built independently in spare time, demonstrating ability to take a product from concept to meaningful scale. 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