Hi, I’m Nahla Niavarani — a user-centered designer with 5+ years of experience crafting seamless, accessible, and responsive digital products across SaaS, AI-driven, and e-commerce platforms. I specialize in end-to-end design, from discovery and user research through journey mapping, prototyping, and collaboration with developers. I excel at designing data-heavy dashboards that balance clarity with usability, and I thrive in Agile, cross-functional teams while building scalable design systems and bridging design with implementation through frontend knowledge.

Nahla Niavarani

Hi, I’m Nahla Niavarani — a user-centered designer with 5+ years of experience crafting seamless, accessible, and responsive digital products across SaaS, AI-driven, and e-commerce platforms. I specialize in end-to-end design, from discovery and user research through journey mapping, prototyping, and collaboration with developers. I excel at designing data-heavy dashboards that balance clarity with usability, and I thrive in Agile, cross-functional teams while building scalable design systems and bridging design with implementation through frontend knowledge.

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Hi, I’m Nahla Niavarani — a user-centered designer with 5+ years of experience crafting seamless, accessible, and responsive digital products across SaaS, AI-driven, and e-commerce platforms. I specialize in end-to-end design, from discovery and user research through journey mapping, prototyping, and collaboration with developers. I excel at designing data-heavy dashboards that balance clarity with usability, and I thrive in Agile, cross-functional teams while building scalable design systems and bridging design with implementation through frontend knowledge.

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Experience Level

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Web and Multimedia Designer, Freelance at TAV Construction and Design
October 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Redesigned and optimized the company website, improving CTAs, visual hierarchy and page speed, resulting in a 147% increase in average engagement time per session over 3 months. Maintained website design, functionality, and security across platforms, ensuring compliance with web standards and content accessibility (WCAG). Designed and publish SEO-optimized content and marketing assets, using web analytics to refine strategy, boost brand visibility, and improve engagement.
Founding Product Designer, Contract at Old Fashioned Interactive
May 1, 2025 - October 28, 2025
Researched and designed the MVP of an AI-powered marketplace mobile app, delivering information architecture, wireframes, and developer-ready documentation that established the product foundation within 4 months. Shaped core features, monetization flows, and AI-driven recommendation tools, aligning product strategy, user experience, and business goals. Built and maintained a scalable design system and UI, creating reusable components and visual guidelines to ensure consistency, scalability, and future cross-platform expansion. Defined data analytics strategy and user-facing insights, designing visualizations and recommendation logic that balance clarity with usability for non-technical users.
Founding Product Designer at Old Fashioned Interactive
May 1, 2025 - Present
Researched and designed the MVP of an AI-powered marketplace mobile app, delivering information architecture, wireframes, and developer-ready documentation that established the product foundation within 4 months. Shaped core features, monetization flows, and AI-driven recommendation tools, aligning product strategy, user experience, and business goals. Built and maintained a scalable design system and UI, creating reusable components and visual guidelines to ensure consistency, scalability, and future cross-platform expansion. Defined data analytics strategy and user-facing insights, designing visualizations and recommendation logic that balance clarity with usability for non-technical users.
Founding Product Designer, Contract at Old Fashioned Interactive
May 1, 2025 - Present
Researched and designed the MVP of an AI-powered marketplace mobile app, delivering information architecture, wireframes, and developer-ready documentation that established the product foundation within 4 months. Shaped core features, monetization flows, and AI-driven recommendation tools, aligning product strategy, user experience, and business goals. Built and maintained a scalable design system and UI, creating reusable components and visual guidelines to ensure consistency, scalability, and future cross-platform expansion. Defined data analytics strategy and user-facing insights, designing visualizations and recommendation logic that balance clarity with usability for non-technical users.
Founding Product Designer, Contract at Old Fashioned Interactive
May 1, 2025 - Present
Researched and designed the MVP of an AI-powered marketplace mobile app, delivering information architecture, wireframes, and developer-ready documentation to establish the product foundation within 4 months. Shaped core features, monetization flows, and AI-driven recommendation tools to align product strategy, user experience, and business goals. Built and maintained a scalable design system and UI to ensure consistency, scalability, and future cross-platform expansion. Defined data analytics strategy and user-facing insights, designing visualizations and recommendation logic that balance clarity with usability for non-technical users.
UX/UI Designer, Contract at SAM Medical
February 29, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Led the design and development of a responsive, accessible e-commerce website for medical equipment, aligning with client goals and user needs, and launched the first version within 2 months. Conducted client consultations, user research, and competitive analysis to design intuitive user experiences. Developed a custom WordPress theme and design system, ensuring consistent UI patterns, accessibility compliance, and smooth content updates to support long-term usability.
UX/UI Designer, Contract at SAM Medical
February 1, 2024 - February 1, 2024
Led the design and development of a responsive, accessible e-commerce website for medical equipment, aligning with client goals and user needs, and launched the first version within 2 months. Conducted client consultations, user research, and competitive analysis to design intuitive user experiences. Developed a custom WordPress theme and design system, ensuring consistent UI patterns, accessibility compliance, and smooth content updates to support long-term usability.
UX/UI Designer at SAM Medical
February 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Led the design and development of a responsive, accessible e-commerce website for medical equipment, aligning with client goals and user needs, and launched the first version within 2 months. Conducted client consultations, user research, and competitive analysis to design intuitive user experiences. Developed a custom WordPress theme and design system, ensuring consistent UI patterns, accessibility compliance, and smooth content updates to support long-term usability.
UX/UI Designer, Contract at SAM Medical
February 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Led the design and development of a responsive, accessible e-commerce website for medical equipment, aligning with client goals and user needs, and launched the first version within 2 months. Conducted client consultations, user research, and competitive analysis to design intuitive user experiences. Developed a custom WordPress theme and design system, ensuring consistent UI patterns, accessibility compliance, and smooth content updates to support long-term usability.
Department Assistant Manager at London Drugs Limited
September 1, 2023 - Present
Leading a team of 7 to deliver high-quality photo products and personalized customer service. Optimized workflows by creating and maintaining visual documentation, quick-reference guides and troubleshooting materials, resulting in higher team efficiency and a 14% increase in department revenue. Observed customer behavior across ordering platforms, identified usability issues, and reported findings to relevant teams to improve the customer experience.
Web and Multimedia Designer at TAV Construction and Design
January 1, 2023 - Present
Redesigned and optimized the company website, improving CTAs, visual hierarchy and page speed, resulting in a 147% increase in average engagement time per session over 3 months. Maintained website design, functionality, and security across platforms, ensuring compliance with web standards and content accessibility (WCAG). Designed and published SEO-optimized content and marketing assets, using web analytics to refine strategy, boost brand visibility, and improve engagement.
Web and Multimedia Designer, Freelance at TAV Construction and Design
January 1, 2023 - Present
Redesigned and optimized the company website, improving CTAs, visual hierarchy and page speed, resulted in a 147% increase in average engagement time per session over 3 months. Maintain website design, functionality, and security across platforms, ensuring compliance with web standards and content accessibility (WCAG). Design and publish SEO-optimized content and marketing assets, using web analytics to refine strategy, boost brand visibility, and improve engagement.
Web and Multimedia Designer at TAV Construction and Design
January 1, 2023 - Present
Redesigned and optimized the company website, improving CTAs, visual hierarchy and page speed, resulting in a 147% increase in average engagement time per session over 3 months. Maintained website design, functionality, and security across platforms, ensuring compliance with web standards and content accessibility (WCAG). Designed and published SEO-optimized content and marketing assets, using web analytics to refine strategy, boost brand visibility, and improve engagement.
Product and Service Designer at Farayand BME
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Led the design of a workflow management SaaS for a medical equipment service company, increasing data entry speed by 70% and reducing service failure by 25%. Conducted user interviews and usability testing, translating insights into product strategy, service blueprints, information architecture, and prototypes to align stakeholders. Designed the end-to-end service workflow, mapping customer touchpoints, communication flows, and entire technical service processes. Partnered with the technical manager and outsourced accounting team to streamline repair operations and integrate quotes and invoices into the workflow software.
Product Designer at Farayand BME
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Led the design of a workflow management SaaS for a medical equipment service company, increasing data entry speed by 70% and reducing critical errors by 25%. Conducted user interviews and usability testing, translating insights into product strategy, service blueprints, information architecture, and prototypes to align stakeholders. Designed the end-to-end service workflow, mapping customer touchpoints, communication flows, and entire technical service processes. Partnered with the technical manager and outsourced accounting team to streamline repair operations and integrate quotes and invoices into the workflow.
Product Designer at Farayand BME
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Led the design of a workflow management SaaS for a medical equipment service company, increasing data entry speed by 70% and reducing critical errors by 25%. Conducted user interviews and usability testing, translating insights into product strategy, service blueprints, information architecture, and prototypes to align stakeholders. Designed the end-to-end service workflow, mapping customer touchpoints, communication flows, and entire technical service processes. Partnered with the technical manager and outsourced accounting team to streamline repair operations and integrate quotes and invoices into the workflow management software.
Product Designer at Farayand BME
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Led the design of a workflow management SaaS for a medical equipment service company, increasing data entry speed by 70% and reducing critical errors by 25%. Conducted user interviews and usability testing, translating insights into product strategy, service blueprints, information architecture, and prototypes to align stakeholders. Designed the end-to-end service workflow, mapping customer touchpoints, communication flows, and entire technical service processes. Partnered with the technical manager and outsourced accounting team to streamline repair operations and integrate quotes and invoices into the workflow software.
Product and Service Designer at Farayand BME
July 1, 2020 - July 1, 2022
Led the design of a workflow management SaaS for a medical equipment service company, increasing data entry speed by 70% and reducing service failure by 25%. Conducted user interviews and usability testing, translating insights into product strategy, service blueprints, information architecture, and prototypes to align stakeholders. Designed the end-to-end service workflow, mapping customer touchpoints, communication flows, and entire technical service processes. Partnered with the technical manager and outsourced accounting team to streamline repair operations and integrate quotes and invoices into the workflow management software.
UX/UI Designer at MFA Group
June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2020
Contributed to the iterative design, development, and testing of workflow automation software, achieving 90% staff onboarding within 18 months. Conducted usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and field observations, and monitored system performance and user behavior to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities. Analyzed usability data to propose design enhancements during sprint reviews, translating insights into wireframes, user flows, and UI components that supported scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
UX/UI Designer at MFA Group
June 1, 2020 - September 30, 2025
Contributed to the iterative design, development, and testing of workflow automation software, achieving 90% staff onboarding within 18 months. Conducted usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and field observations, and monitored system performance and user behavior to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities. Analyzed usability data to propose design enhancements during sprint reviews, translating insights into wireframes, user flows, and UI components that supported scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
UX/UI Designer at MFA Group
June 1, 2020 - September 30, 2025
Contributed to the iterative design, development, and testing of workflow automation software, achieving 90% staff onboarding within 18 months. Conducted usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and field observations, and monitored system performance and user behavior to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities. Analyzed usability data to propose design enhancements during sprint reviews, translating insights into wireframes, user flows, and UI components that supported scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
UX/UI Designer at MFA Group
June 1, 2020 - September 30, 2025
Contributed to the iterative design, development, and testing of workflow automation software, achieving 90% staff onboarding within 18 months. Conducted usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and field observations, and monitored system performance and user behavior to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities. Analyzed usability data to propose design enhancements during sprint reviews, translating insights into wireframes, user flows, and UI components that supported scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
Web and Multimedia Designer at MFA Group
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Redesigned company website to improve visual appeal and user experience, increasing conversion rates by 12%. Cross-browser and device compatibility testing. Provided technical support and collaborated with marketing to align website updates with brand strategy.
Web and Multimedia Designer at MFA Group
January 1, 2019 - September 30, 2025
Redesigned company website to improve visual appeal and user experience, increasing conversion rates by 12%. Conducted cross-browser and device compatibility testing to ensure consistent performance. Provided technical support and collaborated with marketing to align website updates with brand strategy.
Web and Multimedia Designer at MFA Group
January 1, 2019 - September 30, 2025
Redesigned company website to improve visual appeal and user experience, increasing conversion rates by 12%. Cross-browser and device compatibility testing; Provided technical support and collaborated with marketing to align website updates with brand strategy.
Web and Multimedia Designer at MFA Group
January 1, 2019 - September 30, 2025
Redesigned company website to improve visual appeal and user experience, increasing conversion rates by 12%. Conducted cross-browser and device compatibility testing to ensure consistent performance. Provided technical support and collaborated with marketing to align website updates with brand strategy.
UX/UI Designer at MFA Group
November 1, 2018 - June 1, 2020
Contributed to the iterative design, development, and testing of workflow automation software, achieving 90% staff onboarding within 18 months. Conducted usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and field observations, and monitored system performance and user behavior to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities. Analyzed usability data to propose design enhancements during sprint reviews, translating insights into wireframes, user flows, and UI components that supported scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
Web and Multimedia Designer at MFA Group
June 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Redesigned company website to improve visual appeal and user experience, increasing conversion rates by 12%. Conducted cross-browser and device compatibility testing to ensure consistent performance. Provided technical support and collaborated with marketing to align website updates with brand strategy.

Education

Post Degree Diploma, Web and Mobile App Design and Development at Langara College
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Post Degree Diploma, Web and Mobile App Design and Development at Langara College
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Langara College Capstone Showcase – Learnium Award
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Patent, The Design and Prototype of a Pharmacy Assistant Robot
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Post Degree Diploma, Web and Mobile App Design and Development
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Award: Langara College Capstone Showcase – Learnium: AI-Powered EdTech App
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Patent: The Design and Prototype of a Pharmacy Assistant Robot
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Post Degree Diploma, Web and Mobile App Design and Development
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
Post Degree Diploma, Web and Mobile App Design and Development
January 11, 2030 - February 17, 2026
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering
January 11, 2030 - February 17, 2026
Langara College Capstone Showcase – Learnium: AI-Powered EdTech App
January 11, 2030 - February 17, 2026
Patent, The Design and Prototype of a Pharmacy Assistant Robot
January 11, 2030 - February 17, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Healthcare, Education, Retail