UX/UI Designer

Nara Soltani

UX/UI Designer (Open to Relocation)

PORTFOLIO • Miami, FL • 650-***-**** • ***********@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/nara-soltani/ • U.S. Citizen WORK EXPERIENCE

UX/UI Designer Sep 2022 – Present

PNC Financial Services, Remote

● Designed enterprise-level solutions, including the Capital Markets Portal, Client Web Portal, and Derivative Products Group platforms, supporting banking operations and enhancing customer interactions

● Redesigned the Fixed Income Relationship Management application, transforming an outdated system into a modern, intuitive experience that improved usability and functionality

● Utilized Pendo to monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and develop in-app guides to enhance user experience. Tagged features and pages to gather user behavior data, driving product optimization efforts

● Communicated design ideas and concepts to stakeholders by creating workflow diagrams, mockups, and interactive prototypes for new features, and enhancements of existing products UX/UI Designer Oct 2021 – Sep 2022

Instra.Ai, Remote

● Conducted user research and collected quantitative and qualitative data to develop site maps, user flows, journey maps, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi mockups, and prototypes for an AI-medical company’s mobile app, saving surgery room staff’s time on restocking by 35%

● Accelerated wireframing by creating a design system, and components library with variants in Figma for mobile, web, and desktop applications, saving 50% of the designers’ time

● Converted the lo-fi mockups to Ant Design components, increasing the developers’ efficiency by 60%

● Redesigned the company’s website and implemented Web UI and Interaction Design into Webflow for a responsive, accessible website, reducing bounce rates by 30% Architectural Designer Sep 2020 – Dec 2020

Kodorski Design, San Mateo, CA

● Designed multi-family housing and commercial buildings in San Francisco and created floor plans, facades, and 3D models of the projects using Sketchup, Revit, and AutoCAD

● Collaborated with local government agencies and urban planners to gather spatial data on building regulations, height restrictions, and setback requirements, ensuring compliance with city codes Architectural Designer Dec 2016 – Sep 2020

Kastrop Group Inc. Architects, Redwood City, CA.

● Leveraged GIS data and site surveys to create 3D models and visualizations, enabling clients and stakeholders to better understand proposed architectural designs in their spatial context

● Collaborated cross-functionally with project manager, clients and engineers to perform ongoing detailed design coordination checks and Construction Document reviews using AutoCAD and Revit

● Discussed zoning laws, fire regulations and building codes with city and county government agencies EDUCATION

Thinkful Immersive Bootcamp Feb 2021 – Jul 2021

UX/UI Design Certificate

Islamic Azad University Sep 2011 – June 2014

Master of Architecture

SKILLS

Toolkit: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Miro, Jira, Pendo, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, Adobe XD, AutoCAD, SketchUp Design: Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, Information Architecture, Design Systems, Personas, User Flows, User Stories, Journey Mapping, Storyboarding, Rapid Prototyping, Interaction Design, Wireframes Research: User Interviews, Survey Composition, Usability Testing, Heuristic Evaluation, Competitive Analysis

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