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Dubai, UAE · Open to Singapore

Hi, I'm Kiara.

Product Designer · 5 years experience

I'm a Product Designer specialising in ecommerce and digital products with a particular focus on the GCC market. I've spent 5 years working with brands like GUESS, Tanagra, Faces, Gap, and Athleta, designing experiences that balance user needs with the operational realities that businesses actually face.

My approach is practical by instinct. I adapt the design to how the business works, rather than expecting the business to reorganise itself around what I build. That means understanding constraints early, designing for edge cases, and shipping things that actually get built the way they were intended.

I've worked across the full product design lifecycle user research, information architecture, interaction design, design systems, and handoff and I'm equally comfortable in fast-moving freelance environments and structured in-house product teams.

I also run DesignDrop, a design consultancy focused on ecommerce UX and conversion optimisation.

Skills & Tools

Design

UX Research Information Architecture Interaction Design Design Systems Prototyping RTL / Arabic Design Conversion Optimisation

Tools

Figma FigJam Framer Maze Notion Zeplin

Domains

Ecommerce Luxury Retail SaaS GCC Markets Mobile-first

Experience

Founder & Lead Product Designer
DesignDrop
Running a boutique UX consultancy focused on ecommerce, working with clients including GUESS, Tanagra, Faces, Gap, and Athleta across the GCC.
2021 – Present

Certification

Baymard UX Professional Tier 2

Completed Baymard Institute's professional ecommerce UX programme, covering 60% of their core large-scale usability research across homepage & category, on-site search, product lists & filtering, product pages, cart & checkout, and accounts & self-service. Applied directly in the GUESS checkout redesign project.

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