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I’m Malik Malik, a dedicated self-starter and user-obsessed designer with over five years of experience shaping B2B SaaS, e-commerce, technology, and government-facing digital experiences. I own the design, strategy, and usability for multi-brand programs, crafting elegant customer journeys that stay true to brand while delivering measurable value.
I drive end-to-end product design using user-centered principles, leverage data analytics to optimize development, and advocate for users by understanding their core needs. I routinely use interactive prototyping, wireframes, usability testing, journey mapping, and storytelling to propel conversions, engagement, and meaningful outreach. I’m a trusted teammate who mentors cross-functional teams and loves collaborating with top performers to create impactful portal experiences and measurable improvements through analytics and feedback.
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Work Experience
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 31, 2025 - July 24, 2025Contracted by TekSystems to support all B2B functions of the Microsoft FastTrack administrative experiences. Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences from concept to release, maintaining design system consistency. Collaborated cross-functionally with product, design, research, and engineering teams to craft user-centered, accessible, and responsive design solutions focused on problem-solving and improving user workflows. Utilized user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to align stakeholder needs and drive impactful results.
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 31, 2025 - July 24, 2025Contracted by TekSystems to support all B2B functions of the Microsoft FastTrack administrative experiences. Owned, designed, and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences with strong familiarity of design systems and visual consistency. Collaborated closely with product, design, research, and engineering to create a compelling vision that meets user and business goals. Advocated accessible solutions and translated complex user needs into intuitive responsive designs, optimizing user interactions and supporting troubleshooting flows and self-help. Utilized design processes including user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to align stakeholder and audience needs, driving problem-solving focused on end users.
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft admin customers from concept to release. Partnered with product, design, research, and engineering to craft a compelling vision with measurable outcomes, ensuring technical feasibility while advocating for user-centered design. Translated customer research into optimized interactions, including error states and self-help resources, and created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that aligned stakeholder and user needs to drive end-user impact.
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft administrative customers from concept to release. Partnered with product, design, research, and engineering to craft a compelling vision with measurable outcomes, ensuring technical feasibility while advocating for user-centered design. Translated customer research into optimized interactions, including error states, troubleshooting flows, and self-service resources to empower partners and admins. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that aligned stakeholder and audience needs to drive end-user value.
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft FastTrack administrative customers. Partnered with product, design, research, and engineering to define goals with measurable outcomes, ensuring technical feasibility while advocating for user-centered design. Translated customer research into optimized interactions, including error states, troubleshooting flows, and self-help resources. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that merged stakeholder and user needs, driving end-user conversions, engagement, and adoption.
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft administrative customers from initial concept to release. Partnered with product, design, research, and engineering to craft a compelling vision that helps users and the business meet goals and broaden opportunities, defining goals with measurable outcomes to ensure technical feasibility while advocating for optimal UCD principles. Helped bridge the gap in conversations spanning design, technology, data science, and product, collaborating with engineers, product, and design to implement accessible solutions. Distilled and translated customer research results into optimized user interactions, including designing for error states, troubleshooting flows, and self-help resources that empower partners and admins to resolve integration issues. Utilized the design process to create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that merged stakeholder and audience needs, driving the team to think bigger about the pro
Product Designer at Microsoft
July 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft administrative customers from concept to release. Collaborated with product, design, research, and engineering to craft a compelling vision that aligns user needs with business goals, defining measurable outcomes and ensuring technical feasibility while advocating for accessible, user-centered design. Translated customer research into optimized interactions, including error states and self-help resources to empower admins to resolve issues. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that integrated stakeholder and audience needs and pushed the problem space toward scalable, user-friendly solutions.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 30, 2023 - July 24, 2025Contracted by Kforce, Inc. to support the Microsoft Viva Topics administrative experience. Owned and designed end-to-end administrative experiences for AI customers, partnering with product, design, research, and engineering teams to set goals and produce measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while rapidly iterating and conducting research sessions under tight deadlines. Maintained customer focus through qualitative and quantitative studies.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 30, 2023 - July 24, 2025Contracted by Kforce, Inc. to support Microsoft Viva Topics administrative experience. Owned and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences for AI customers from concept to release using Figma. Partnered with cross-functional teams to define goals with measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes merging stakeholder and customer needs. Rapidly iterated and conducted research sessions to meet tight deadlines while maintaining the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative studies.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025Owned and designed end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft Viva Topics AI customers. Collaborated with product, design, research, and engineering to define short-, mid-, and long-term goals with measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes, rapidly iterated, and conducted staggered research sessions to meet tight deadlines while maintaining the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative studies.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft Viva Topics AI customers from concept to release. Collaborated with product, design, research, and engineering to define short-, medium-, and long-term goals with measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that merged stakeholder and customer needs. Engaged in rapid iteration and research sessions to meet deadlines and maintain the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative studies and design feedback.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft Viva Topics AI customers. Designed concepts in Figma and collaborated with product, design, research, and engineering to define short-, mid-, and long-term goals with measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that consolidated stakeholder and customer needs; rapidly iterated through studies to meet tight timelines while maintaining the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative feedback.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated new end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft Viva Topics AI customers from initial concept to release, designing and conveying concepts within Figma. Partnered with product, design, research, and engineering to craft a vision that helps users and the business meet goals, defining short-, medium-, and long-term goals with measurable outcomes. Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that merged stakeholder and customer needs. Rapidly iterated and conducted staggered research sessions to meet tight deadlines efficiently. Maintained the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative studies and design feedback sessions.
UX Designer at Microsoft
September 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025Owned, designed, and ideated end-to-end administrative experiences for Microsoft Viva Topics AI customers from concept to release. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define short-, medium-, and long-term goals with measurable outcomes. Used the design process to create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that merge stakeholder and customer needs. Iterated rapidly and conducted staggered research sessions to meet tight deadlines. Maintained the voice of the customer through qualitative and quantitative studies and design feedback sessions. Designed flows and self-help resources to empower users and admins.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 31, 2022 - July 24, 2025Supported all marketing website functions and company rebrand for Tripwire, a cybersecurity and compliance automation software company. Directed redesign and rebrand initiatives across multiple properties, unifying user journeys and revamping brand approach. Presented concepts to C-suite, contributed to the design system, and led cross-department design efforts, including complex integrations like onboarding and self-service. Guided redesign discovery to enhance adoption, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
UX Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025Led redesign and rebranding of marketing properties to unify user journeys and update brand updates across touchpoints. Guided inter-property rebrand initiatives with department managers to ensure a unified approach to onboarding and self-service capabilities, contributed to the design system, and communicated UX value to leadership to drive adoption and efficiency.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025Led redesign and rebrand of the marketing website and company properties to unify user journeys and update brand systems. Presented rebrand concepts to the C-suite for omnichannel redesigns across touchpoints and stakeholders; contributed to the design system; led inter-property rebrand initiatives for onboarding and self-service experiences; guided site redesign discovery and documentation of objectives to drive adoption and satisfaction.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025Supported all functions of the marketing website and company rebrand to unify user journeys. Led redesign concepts presented to the C-suite for an omnichannel partner journey across touchpoints, systems, and stakeholders. Contributed to the design system, aiming for world-class UX, and led an inter-property rebrand to ensure a unified approach to onboarding, onboarding, and self-service capabilities. Guided redesign discovery to drive adoption, efficiency, and satisfaction.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025Supported all functions of the marketing website and company rebrand, unifying user journeys and revamping system updates to the brand approach. Designed and presented rebrand concepts to the C-suite, approved for omnichannel redesign for end-to-end partner journeys across touchpoints, systems, and stakeholders. Contributed to the design system and communicated the value of UX to stakeholders. Led an inter-property rebrand initiative to ensure a unified approach to user journeys, including the partner portal with complex onboarding and self-service capabilities. Guided redesign team during site redesign discovery, plotting user interactions and documenting objectives to drive adoption and satisfaction.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025Led redesign and rebrand of the marketing website and system updates to unify user journeys across touchpoints. Designed omnichannel partner journeys and contributed to the design system to deliver world-class product experiences. Led an inter-property rebrand initiative with department managers to align user journeys, including the partner portal and onboarding / self-service capabilities. Guided the site redesign discovery by plotting user interactions and documenting stakeholder, business, and user objectives to drive adoption, efficiency, and satisfaction.
UX/UI Designer at Tripwire
March 1, 2022 - July 24, 2025Supported marketing website functions and company rebrand for Tripwire, a cybersecurity and compliance automation software company. Directed redesign and rebrand initiatives to unify user journeys and update brand strategy. Presented rebrand concepts to the C-suite, contributing to design systems and advocating for world-class product experiences. Led inter-property rebrand efforts including partner portals and complex integrations like onboarding and self-service capabilities. Guided redesign teams in discovery, plotting user interactions and documenting objectives to drive adoption, efficiency, and satisfaction.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - September 29, 2025Delivered user-centered design work for freelance/remote engagements, focusing on usability, rapid iteration, and contributing to foundational UX deliverables across projects.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - September 29, 2025Early-career UX design role focusing on user-centric design and rapid iteration in a remote setting.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - September 29, 2025Early career role focusing on UX design fundamentals and project delivery in a remote setting.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - September 29, 2025Early-career UX design role at Avant Gardist, focusing on user-centered design in remote settings.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - July 24, 2025Provided UX design services remotely.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
December 31, 2020 - July 24, 2025Engaged in UX design functions supporting digital experiences remotely.
UX Designer at Avant Gardist
January 1, 2020 - September 29, 2025Early career UX designer contributing to freelance/remote projects (year 2020).
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Created branding and visual design assets for student-led startups, contributing to posters, presentations, and marketing materials.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Designed visual assets and information architecture to align branding with user needs, improving site navigation and content organization for Waldron HR.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Graphic design support for club activities and branding initiatives.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Visual design and information architecture work supporting branding and content organization.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Provided graphic design support for club activities and branding efforts, contributing to a cohesive visual identity.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Created visual design concepts and information architectures for internal HR projects, focusing on clarity and accessibility.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Contributed graphic design support for branding and promotional materials for WWU's Students and Startups Club.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - September 29, 2025Designed visual systems and information architecture for HR-focused initiatives, collaborating with product and marketing teams to improve usability and branding.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - July 24, 2025Designed graphics for the club.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - July 24, 2025Performed visual design and information architecture tasks.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
December 31, 2019 - July 24, 2025Contributed graphic design support for student organization in Bellingham, WA.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
December 31, 2019 - July 24, 2025Provided visual design and information architecture services in Seattle, WA.
Graphic Designer at Western Washington University Students and Startups Club
January 1, 2019 - September 29, 2025Created graphic assets and branding materials for the WWU Students & Startups Club.
Visual Designer & Information Architect at Waldron HR
January 1, 2019 - September 29, 2025Provided visual design support and information architecture for client projects, collaborating remotely to deliver clear, impactful information design.
Education
B.S. at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018B.S. at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018Coursework toward B.S. in Psychology, UX Design minor at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design at General Assembly
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019Bachelor of Science at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in UX Design at General Assembly
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019B.S. Coursework toward Psychology Major, UX Design Minor at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design at General Assembly
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019Bachelor of Science in Psychology, UX Design Minor at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design at General Assembly
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019Bachelor of Science in Psychology, UX Design Minor at Western Washington University
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design at General Assembly
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019Qualifications
Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019Certificate in UX Design
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019Bachelor of Science in Psychology
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019B.S. Coursework toward Psychology Major, UX Design Minor
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Government, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Education, Healthcare
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