Labib Jaffar — Head of Design

I am Labib Jaffar, an award winning designer and a Master Judge @CSSDESIGNAWARDS with over 14 years of experience delivering successful projects for AAA clients in MENA and UK regions. With a strong background in visual design, art direction, and extensive knowledge in design systems I help clients meet their desirable objectives making sure I prioritize the needs and wants of the users. I’m honored to have helped charities like MuslimAid, Muslim Hands and Afrikids raise £2M+ in donations in the UK for reliefs and emergencies. I have also helped companies and agencies ship over 3 products (200k+ downloads) and 65 projects including e-commerce, charity platforms, UK Government projects including city council websites. As a senior visual designer, I love jumping in and trying out new designs tools and trends, I am skilled in Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Invision Studio, Principle making sure my workflow and design process is smart, not hard. I have been in the industry for just over 12 years across multiple verticals, working for startups, local and international agencies leading teams of junior/mid-weight UI designers and motion designers making sure the communication is open and clear between the design and the development team for delivering every project with finesse. A few of the companies I’ve worked for include House of Comms, Crowd, i3MEDIA, Impact Proximity and many more with direct collaboration between agencies and I delivering successful products for Dubai Airports, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Mubadala Health, Marriott MoreCravings, Emarat, Starbucks, ENOC, Adidas, Under Armour, Elie Khoury and many more. My expertise lies in UI/UX and Visual Design, but not limited to and I am confident that I can be an excellent addition to the team across departments. If given the opportunity, I would be glad to take you through my creative process for the projects and products I have worked on in collaboration with others. You can always reach out to me on labib.jaffar@gmail.com

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior UI/UX Designer with expertise in high-impact digital marketing and design.

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Experience: 17 yrs 9 mos

Skills

User Interface Design
Visual Design
Leadership
Graphic Design
Team Leadership
Design
Graphics

Career Highlights

Award-winning designer with 14 years of experience
Helped raise over £2M for charities
Led teams for high-impact digital projects

Work Experience

House of Comms

Senior Visual Designer (3 yrs)

CSSDA

Master Judge (6 yrs 1 mo)

This is Crowd

Senior Creative Designer (2 yrs)

i3MEDIA

UI Lead (6 yrs 9 mos)

Ovrlod

Creative Team Lead (10 mos)

HireLabs SG

Motion Designer / Senior Web Designer (10 mos)

Omnix

Graphic / Multimedia Designer (1 yr 4 mos)

The Design Firm

Web Designer (3 mos)

Education

at The Westminster School, Dubai

Labib Jaffar

Head of Design

Dubai, United Arab Emirates17 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Award-winning designer with 14 years of experience
Helped raise over £2M for charities
Led teams for high-impact digital projects

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior UI/UX Designer with expertise in high-impact digital marketing and design.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Interface DesignVisual DesignLeadershipGraphic DesignTeam LeadershipDesignGraphics

Other Skills

Mobile ApplicationsWordPressWeb DesignTypographyFigma (Software)WireframingArt DirectionUser Experience DesignTeam ManagementAdobe PhotoshopAdobe XDMentoringUser ExperiencePrototypingExperience Design

About

Experience

17 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

House of comms

Senior Visual Designer

May 2020 – May 2023 · 3 yrs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

Lead and mentor the UX and Design team – Ensuring uphold of best practices
Authored over 6 design systems for projects, a multi-site project to an app with 200k+ downloads
Secured 22 projects out of 25 high quality pitch designs for projects in a fast-paced environment
Coordinate with front-end development teams and core development teams to attain usability targets
Establish creative direction, laying the foundations for consistency with style and design methodology
Deliver high quality visuals for pitches and projects in a high pressure, fast paced environment
Wireframe and user interface visualisation across multiple platforms – Mobile, Desktop, Physical
Produce brand consistent visual direction across client projects through their development
Engage in usability testing throughout the span of the project
Explain and champion design decisions to stakeholders, with strong empathy for the user
Ideate and build designs that are simple despite system complexity
Work as an independent executor as required, taking on ambiguous goals and projects with special requirements

Mobile ApplicationsWordPressWeb DesignTypographyUser Interface DesignFigma (Software)+8

Cssda

Master Judge

Apr 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Remote

A master judge with the honor of judging over 2000 websites since 2020

This is crowd

Senior Creative Designer

May 2018 – May 2020 · 2 yrs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Serve as the senior creative designer for a global digital marketing agency leading a team of 2 designers
Managed client meetings, wire-framing and designing products and campaigns on over 28 projects
Collaborated closely with 7 developers & social team to produce high quality 13+ ad campaigns for the MENA region
Key role in ensuring success of projects through close collaboration with 3 other teams in the agency in both Dubai and London offices

Graphic DesignTypographyUser Interface DesignFigma (Software)Visual DesignArt Direction+4

I3media

UI Lead

Aug 2011 – May 2018 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Karachi · On-site

Mentored a junior team of 4 and s senior team of 2 to ensure successful project deliveries, while ensuring adherence to best practices
Meeting deadlines on daily basis and resource balancing as UI Lead for 2 teams
Won 29 out of 36 design pitches for projects in a high-pressure setting
Took on new client briefs and see the digital campaigns through execution on over 16 projects

Team LeadershipWeb DesignAdobe XDUser Interface DesignMentoringDesign+4

Ovrlod

Creative Team Lead

Jul 2010 – May 2011 · 10 mos · Karachi · On-site

Led a team of 3 Flash animators and 2 UI Designers at a satellite office for Impact Proximity BBDO (Dubai).
Guided art direction for over 12 interactive banner campaigns in MENA
Designed marketing material across platforms and channels for 8 AAA clients in the Middle East

Team LeadershipGraphicsTypographyMentoringDesign

Hirelabs sg

Motion Designer / Senior Web Designer

Sep 2009 – Jul 2010 · 10 mos · Karachi

Developing ideas and providing art direction for extensive walk-through videos and webinars for their product ProfileSense, a skills and behavior pre-employment testing platform. Key roles included storyboarding and developing ideas for motion design. Redesigned the brand giving it an overhaul
for the web and physical.

Design

Omnix

Graphic / Multimedia Designer

Dec 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Primarily focusing on vision and delivering high quality design for implementation. Branding and identity design, web design, print work for the parent company and the brands under the umbrella. Creative direction and implementation of promotional materials, email campaigns. Key role was to conceptualize & implement complete interactive guest management systems for Burj Al-Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Atlantis the Palm.

Design

The design firm

Web Designer

Feb 2007 – May 2007 · 3 mos · Karachi

Shadowing the Creative Head, conceptualized and designed websites and multimedia experiences for banks and investment groups. Primarily focusing on delivering highly usable, interactive experiences to multiple audiences.