HASAN ALSALAMI — Senior information Technology
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HASAN AL SALAMI

Senior Information Technology & Ai expert

Crafting digital experiences at the intersection of beauty and utility. I transform complex problems into intuitive, elegant products that users love and businesses trust — with a decade of excellence at global studios.

10+ Years Experience
60+ Projects Shipped
24 Design Awards
12 Happy Clients

A designer who thinks in systems

With over a decade shaping digital products for Fortune 500 companies and ambitious startups alike, I bring a rare combination of strategic thinking and obsessive craft to every engagement.

My process is rooted in genuine user empathy — I build hypotheses, test assumptions, and design with data. But data alone never made anything beautiful. That's where instinct and taste come in.

When I'm not designing, I'm mentoring emerging designers, speaking at industry conferences, and exploring the edges of generative interfaces and AI-augmented design.

Location San Francisco, CA · Remote Open
Availability Open to Contract & Full-time
Languages English, French, Spanish
Education MFA, Design — RISD, 2014
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works — and for whom.
— Personal Manifesto

Empathy Over Assumptions

Every design decision is grounded in real user research, not gut feel dressed up as insight.

Craft as Respect

Pixel perfection isn't vanity — it's a signal to users that you care deeply about their experience.

Systems at Scale

Good design scales. I build design systems that empower teams, not constrain them.

Skills & Proficiency

A decade of practice across the full design stack — from initial discovery and research through to production-ready interfaces and scalable design systems.

Design
Figma Sketch Adobe XD Principle Framer After Effects Illustrator
Research & Strategy
User Interviews Usability Testing Journey Mapping Jobs To Be Done A/B Testing Analytics
Development
HTML / CSS JavaScript React Tailwind Storybook WordPress
Product Design97%
UX Research91%
Design Systems94%
Prototyping89%
Front-End Dev75%
Motion Design82%
Brand Identity86%
Leadership88%

Work Experience

2021 — Present Luminary Studio · San Francisco

Principal Product Designer

Leading design strategy for a portfolio of B2B SaaS products serving over 2 million daily active users. Established the company's first comprehensive design system and grew the design team from 2 to 11.

  • Directed complete redesign of flagship platform, improving activation rate by 38% and reducing support tickets by 44%
  • Built and scaled the Luminary Design System (LDS) — adopted across 6 product lines
  • Instituted continuous discovery program, running 50+ user interviews quarterly
2018 — 2021 Meridian Digital · New York

Senior UX Designer

Embedded designer on product teams building fintech and healthtech solutions. Drove 0→1 product design for three major client engagements, from discovery through launch.

  • Designed mobile onboarding flow that achieved 94% completion rate (industry avg: 67%)
  • Won agency's first international design award — Awwwards Site of the Year 2020
  • Mentored 4 junior designers, two of whom were promoted to senior within 18 months
2015 — 2018 Vantage Creative · Boston

UX / UI Designer

Joined as second design hire at a boutique agency. Worked across diverse industries including e-commerce, education, and enterprise software.

  • Designed and shipped 25+ client projects across web and mobile platforms
  • Introduced component-based design workflow that reduced project delivery time by 30%
  • Spearheaded agency rebrand, driving a 60% increase in inbound leads
2014 — 2015 Freelance

Independent Designer

Consulted for early-stage startups and established brands on product design, brand identity, and digital strategy. Developed the independent working style that still informs my practice today.

  • Worked with 8 startups in their seed stage; 5 went on to successful Series A rounds
  • Built a systematic client onboarding process, now used as a template industry-wide

Certifications & Education

Google
UX Design Professional Certificate

Comprehensive program covering design thinking, research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing at scale.

#GUX-8829-AM2022
Interaction Design Foundation
Interaction Design Specialist

Advanced certification in cognitive psychology applied to interface design, mental models, and behavioral economics.

#IDF-1104-AM2021
Nielsen Norman Group
UX Master Certification

Rigorous program spanning 17 topics in user experience, research methodology, and evidence-based design.

#NNG-7731-AM2020
AWS
Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Foundational understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure — essential for designing scalable, cloud-native digital products.

#AWS-3340-AM2023
RISD
MFA — Graphic Design

Two-year graduate program with focus on systematic visual communication, typography, and experimental media design.

Thesis: Honors2014
Figma
Advanced Design Systems Expert

Expert-level certification in building, maintaining, and evangelizing enterprise-scale design systems in Figma.

#FIG-9921-AM2024

Selected Projects

Mobile Fintech

Vera — Personal Finance App

iOS & Android app for intelligent budgeting. 94% onboarding completion, 4.8★ App Store rating, 2.1M downloads in first year.

View Case Study
Brand Web

Solstice — Luxury Travel Brand

Full brand identity and editorial website for a bespoke luxury travel consultancy. Awwwards SOTD winner, 340% increase in qualified inquiries.

View Case Study
SaaS Healthtech

Kira Health — Patient Portal

Redesigned patient engagement portal for a telehealth platform. Increased appointment adherence by 31% through informed, empathy-led UX design.

View Case Study
Design System Documentation

Aurora DS — Open Source

A production-ready open-source design system built for React applications. 4,200+ GitHub stars, adopted by 130+ companies worldwide.

View on GitHub

Get In Touch

Whether you have a project in mind, want to collaborate, or simply want to say hello — my inbox is open. I typically respond within 24 hours.

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