# Mikail G.

> UX and design systems nerd

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mikail

Check out my portfolio: mikailmikhail.com 

I'm a product designer with a background in software development. I thrive in an end-to-end, human-centered design process and I pride myself on my ability to integrate design with engineering through my understanding of software development systems and processes.

Technology never fails to excite me, and I keep calm through meditation, NPR, and cooking. I am a passionate snowboarder, chef, and credit card point hacker.

## Work Experience
### UX Designer @ Clover Health
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Pay By Group
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA
• Overhauled a web-based group checkout solution to deliver a more usable, accessible, and beautiful product, allowing users to more frequently complete purchases. 
• Created Pay By Group’s first design system, a unified component library between Figma and Storybook.js, to speed product development by as much as 3x.
• Led a design team of myself and a remote UI/visual designer through mentorship, process improvements, and project management.

### Freelance Product Designer @ Self-employed
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Designer (contract) @ Broadly
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Desiged analytics screens for small business owners to track trends in online reputation and customer satisfaction. Iterated using an end-to-end product design process while creating Broadly's first design system components.

### Lead Product Designer (contract) @ One Billion Acts of Peace
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led a team of designers to revamp the end-to-end UX of a responsive web app. Used task flows, job stories, usability testing, and user interviews to layer fidelity before delivering a new style guide, landing page, onboarding, and act submission.

### Product Designer (contract) @ Greenlight
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Created the hiring/onboarding UX in an end-to-end product design process for an HR onboarding tool, utilizing legal research, personas, competitive analysis, task flow diagrams, and developer communication to deliver a white-label product.

### Software Developer I @ Tapestry Solutions, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Luis Obispo, California Area
• Agile software development on a team of software engineers utilizing JIRA, Git, and Gerrit
• Built back-end functionality for military logistics software running Java in a Windows environment
• Designed and built the front-end for an Android cargo scanner

### Software Engineering Intern - Webapps @ Simply Hired
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Sunnyvale, CA
•  Collaborated directly with the product management team to give valued input for future products
•  Prototyped potential products on the search engine results page, using PHP/Python and Javascript
•  User-tested the appeal and feasibility of the products in front of real job seekers

### Web Development Intern @ RE Technology Inc
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Arroyo Grande
• Web development and ad serving on a website using the Joomla framework and OpenX.
• Performed full-stack web maintenance using  JavaScript, MySQL, and PHP, ensuring site reliability

### Intern @ Overdose Caffeine
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Istanbul, Turkey
• Revamped the social media presence for a mobile game and a browser-based MMORPG, increasing their respective Facebook page impressions by an order of magnitude
• Integrated player feedback into the development process, directly improving app store ratings

### Marketing Intern @ DimeToDine Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Palo Alto, CA
• Created marketing material for restaurant advertising, resulting in user engagement growth
• Designed and managed social media campaigns on multiple sites, boosting first-time downloads
• Administrated user testing for the mobile app’s second version, removing critical bugs before launch

### UI Design Intern @ DimeToDine Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
• Designed wireframes and renders of mobile app screens to communicate design iterations and app flow
• Wrote the requirements specification document used by the software development team
• Accomplished a design that was used for over a year as the first iteration of the mobile application


## Education
### Product Design Track
Tradecraft

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

### High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Sacred Heart Preparatory

### Study Abroad
Charles University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikailmikhail
- Website: https://mikailmikhail.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23