With over 7 years of hands-on experience, I have worked on numerous startups and corporates, collaborating with product managers, venture architects, and designers across diverse teams to launch impactful products. These experiences have honed my interpersonal skills, strengthened my ability to foster productive collaborations, and enhanced my expertise in delivering results in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. I specialize in end-to-end product design, from initial concept through MVP validation, and have a strong background in B2C home services, health tech, legal tech, and grocery sectors. My work integrates thorough user and market research, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and design leadership to ensure scalable, user-centric products that meet market needs.…

Mahmoud Hijazi

With over 7 years of hands-on experience, I have worked on numerous startups and corporates, collaborating with product managers, venture architects, and designers across diverse teams to launch impactful products. These experiences have honed my interpersonal skills, strengthened my ability to foster productive collaborations, and enhanced my expertise in delivering results in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. I specialize in end-to-end product design, from initial concept through MVP validation, and have a strong background in B2C home services, health tech, legal tech, and grocery sectors. My work integrates thorough user and market research, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and design leadership to ensure scalable, user-centric products that meet market needs.…

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With over 7 years of hands-on experience, I have worked on numerous startups and corporates, collaborating with product managers, venture architects, and designers across diverse teams to launch impactful products. These experiences have honed my interpersonal skills, strengthened my ability to foster productive collaborations, and enhanced my expertise in delivering results in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.

I specialize in end-to-end product design, from initial concept through MVP validation, and have a strong background in B2C home services, health tech, legal tech, and grocery sectors. My work integrates thorough user and market research, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and design leadership to ensure scalable, user-centric products that meet market needs.

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Experience Level

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Work Experience

Product Designer II at Stryber
October 1, 2023 - Present
Founding member and lead designer responsible for shaping the end-to-end user journey of Revie, guiding the product from initial concept to fully validated MVP. Spearheaded user and market research for Kilow, a weight management venture, alongside PMs, conducting interviews, surveys, and focus groups to validate feasibility, viability, and desirability of a GLP1-based weight-loss program. Collaborated closely with venture architects to validate business feasibility, resulting in USD 2.5M funding from Sanabil Investments. Further secured an additional USD 2.5M funding after MVP success. Managed Stryber's photography and branding to ensure consistent visual language across channels and built the landing page, aiding in AI-powered product validation tools leveraging GPT/Gemini. Worked with PMs and venture architects on deep dives, design workshops, and brand identity for Stryber ventures.
UX/UI Manager at Soror
August 1, 2023 - August 22, 2025
Led the complete design process for Soror's suite of products including a customer app, a worker app, and a manager's portal focused on B2C home services. Supervised a team of two UX designers, instilling design best practices and driving a user-centric culture. Improved average daily orders by 125% through UX enhancements, streamlined onboarding, and targeted customer experience improvements. Oversaw due diligence with Maharah Human Resources, creating a detailed product roadmap and collaborating with the technical co-founder to ensure product scalability. Contributed to Soror's partial acquisition by Growth Avenue, enabling further expansion and investment.
UX/UI Designer at Markit Beirut
December 1, 2021 - August 22, 2025
Led the full product design cycle for the mobile app and CMS. Devised a global cart process enabling multi-store orders under one checkout, boosting order conversions by 24% within six months. Managed Mixpanel analytics and supervised a junior designer responsible for social media campaigns and brand consistency.
Lead UX/UI Designer & Design Manager at Toothpick SAL
December 1, 2021 - August 22, 2025
Led the design process at Toothpick, building mobile user apps, driver apps, and retail sales apps. Redesigned mobile and web experiences from scratch with rigorous user testing and iterative design. Developed the “Smile Now, Pay Later” program (Toothpay), streamlining dental payments across Lebanon, Egypt, and Dubai, increasing patient access and sales.
UX/UI Designer at Ostaz (previously Synkers)
January 1, 2020 - August 22, 2025
Owned the user research process, conducting interviews with teachers, students, and parents to inform iterative interface designs for the e-learning platform. Increased new-user conversion from 4% to 18% by revamping onboarding. Collaborated with product and marketing teams to align feature sets with market needs, impacting overall product roadmap.

Education

Bachelors Degree in Visual Communication and Design at Lebanese University Beirut
October 1, 2015 - June 1, 2018

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Industry Experience

Education, Healthcare, Retail, Consumer Goods, Software & Internet