# Omar Yacoubi > Product/UX Designer with strategic leadership and design ops for high-growth startups and change/values-driven organizations, enterprise. I’m a #globalcitizen ⭕️ Location: Palo Alto, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/omaryacoubi I like to make new, scalable things that solve problems thoroughly in elegantly simple, predictable ways at the intersection of design and business—or in other words: Blending æsthetic, technical and business perspectives, I work cross-functionally to seek out new roads in software products, mobile apps & other interactive features while balancing capability, usability, and craft. My favorite projects involve deep domain knowledge and problem-solving, including enterprise SaaS, computer networks, supply chain, fintech, and cross-platform experiences, including service design. I have also used service design and design ops to match design efforts with business, branding and strategic growth goals, improving delivery and ensuring positive brand touchpoints throughout the company ecosystem (including the team!) Designing for mobile since 2011, I'm good friends with Android & iOS design patterns. My strengths include interaction design (IxD), mobile-first & responsive designs, information architecture (IA), workflow analysis (user journeys), brand architecture, and data visualization. My pseudocode maps have improved error handling and helped developers plan logic before coding begins. Lately I’ve been learning about color theory and design ops, including design systems built on atomic design principles A T-shaped, systems thinker with an analytical approach informed by user research, data architecture, and business processes (service design), I work best on empowered, results-oriented teams willing to execute quickly on best practices to engage in continuous learning—nailing the basics with first principles before standing on the shoulders of giants! Working with product managers and developers on timelines and feasibility, I’ve seen meaningful, affordant experiences perform best in user testing—and maybe even spark some joy: “We build things we like to use, and we hope the rest of you like them too.” —Steve Jobs (paraphrased) ______ Note: in these divided times, while I use my social media accounts to share news & opinions to promote civic awareness and engagement, I do not use my employers’ time to discuss them at work. (Maybe over drinks afterward!) ## Work Experience ### UX Designer / Strategist / Consultant @ omyk.co db/s Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Full-stack product designer & strategist with a focus on empowering teams as an individual contributor with design ops methods. When crafting products, I tend to focus on user journeys, heuristics and information architecture before moving on to the prettier bits (visual design and design systems), an approach consistently validated in user testing Well-versed in human factors (user-centered design), I collaborate with developers, product managers, business analysts and creative directors to translate big design dreams into the smaller real-world steps needed to get there, and the rationale needed for alignment ### UX Designer @ KinderCare Learning Companies Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | United States Helped an internal operations team with custom-built web-based tools for billing, accounting, risk management and business impact analysis, while using existing designs to generate an updated design system for future collaborations ### Senior Interaction Designer @ Unisys Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Foster City, California, United States Reporting to the division VP of a large financial firm, worked with a director-level team on the release strategy for a new product on an accelerated timeline, recommending incremental, team-centered approaches with strategic long-term benefit ### UX Designer @ LinkedIn Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States Worked with a crack team of developers on an experimental design system update and interactive concepts for site reliability engineering (SRE) tools for observability and devops/IT (on assignment with Harvey Nash) ### UX Designer @ Instrumental Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States Developed conceptual interfaces & related design system for AI/ML workflows on manufacturing quality control and monitoring ### UX Designer @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States Worked with an interaction designer and other product stakeholders on dashboard feature ideation, design system enhancements, and usability improvements for YouTube BrandConnect on Google Ads (on assignment with Akkodis) ### Mobile UX Designer @ Halliburton Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote Worked with product managers and a fellow designer in Figma to refine interfaces related to performance monitoring and incident prevention on desktop Web and a mobile iOS app. (On assignment with TLSAI Consulting) ### Senior Product Designer @ Originate Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote Provided visual design, workflow improvements & general technical consulting for a SaaS furniture design collaboration platform ### UX Designer @ Night Market Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote Worked with a business analyst & creative director on responsive marketing landing pages and educational tools for a national mortgage lending company. Mostly interaction design with a dash of visual here and there (on assignment with 24 Seven) ### Senior UX Designer @ Photon Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote Provided visual + interactive updates for media search and browsing software for places of learning on native mobile and responsive Web ### UX Designer (on-call) @ NextBit Technologies Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Remote Worked on an ad-hoc basis remotely for Washington, DC-area-based client as an independent contractor. Projects included school infrastructure monitoring and small business fintech ### Contract UX Designer @ Ivanti Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California Provided workflows and wireframes for MobileIron division (then independent) for SSO access and mobile-based, password-free biometric login cloud apps, for consumers and IT admins ### UX Designer @ Apple Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale, California Provided supply chain monitoring and predictive UI solutions for internal business division as an independent contractor ### UX Designer @ Cisco Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Jose, California Worked with lead engineers, architects, product managers, and fellow designers on software-defined networking (SDN), SD-WAN, WAN optimization, automation, and topology visualization/configuration solutions ### UX Designer @ Moving Brands Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California Worked with product manager, creative director & visual designers on mobile, tablet, and desktop flows & layout for a marketing microsite ("product vertical") for First Republic Bank (on assignment with Talent Avenue) ### UX Designer @ PagerDuty Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California Helped provide the permissions model for the enterprise version of the product, working mainly with developers and product managers. Also provided concepts for scheduling improvements & infrastructure monitoring on mobile and Web (on assignment with Talent Avenue) ### UX/UI Designer @ Glassdoor Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Optimized flows & transitions for employer product signup ### Interaction Designer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Worked on adaptive Web site for home mortgage shopping tool; filled in for another interactive designer while he was away (on assignment with Randstad) ### UX Designer @ Cisco Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked with developers and product owners on Web-based graphical interfaces for network configuration, virtualization, load monitoring, security and cloud demand optimization for data centers. Some mobile app prototyping ### UX Designer @ Kaiser Permanente Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked with stakeholders (business analysts, developers and product managers) on a variety of regional projects for desktop and mobile with a dash of print … iOS, Android, responsive mobile Web. It's all good! (On assignment with Matrix Precise consulting) ### Interaction Designer @ Freelance Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 With a renewed focus on interaction design, worked with a SoMa-based design firm on the information/brand architecture and early wireframes for a beverages client's site redesign, an East Bay design firm's site redesign with some visual elements, and the Windows desktop product of a software security services firm in Mountain View ### UI/UX Designer @ LinkedIn Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Provided consumer-quality, hard-coded CSS3 styling and design specs for internal-facing apps, including Orion, a location-aware mobile app. Implemented Twitter Bootstrap styling using a LESS Grails plugin with an eye toward responsive design (on assignment with Aditi Consulting via Workforce Logic). ### UX Designer @ Electronic Arts (EA) Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 On assignment with The Creative Group (Robert Half), worked with product managers and developers, provided workflow analysis to help define Facebook integration strategy for Origin, EA's mobile gaming platform. A little visual design on the side. ### Graphic/UI Designer @ Freelance Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Odd jobs, and not-so-odd ones here and there—e-commerce Web site redesign, worked with a SaaS startup in Washington, D.C., and completed a graphic design project for a Bay Area nonprofit involving their annual report. ### User Experience Engineer @ Salsa Labs Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Working closely with fellow engineers, laid the foundation for Salsa Labs' UI redesign of their flagship product, a Web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) customer relations management (CRM)/mass e-mail client. Provided other interface enhancements with an eye toward usability to help nonprofits and advocacy groups organize and engage their supporters online. ### Web/UI/Graphic Designer @ ManTech Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 Worked on an information sharing platform to help federal agencies collaborate using geospatial environmental data. Provided UI assets and deliverables including mockups and wireframes. Also provided Web/graphic design and communication services as needed for government reports and other public communications. ### Electronic Publishing Intern @ Tampa Bay Times - Times Publishing Co Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Assisted with nightly update of TampaBay.com section fronts and presentation of multimedia content and special features (including "World in a Snap" international slideshow), adjusting layout, repackaging stories for online audiences and adding interactivity where possible. ### Production Chief @ The Commonwealth Times Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 Set layout for twice-weekly edition of campus newspaper, placing articles and advertisements in InDesign; assisted in magazine-like redesign from traditional newspaper format. Created campus map from scratch for summer edition welcoming incoming freshmen. ### Opinion Editor @ The Commonwealth Times Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 Created "Opinion in Brief" section for quick-hit editorials; renamed letters to the editor section "Your Turn" to encourage informal submissions to increase reader engagement. ### Marketing/Communications Intern @ Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 As part of Commuter Connections traffic demand management (TDM) division, prepared text for print and broadcast purposes, including production of annual customer satisfaction survey report for Guaranteed Ride Home program, and summary presentation to stakeholders representing the area's local government agencies. Provided Web design input, telephone customer service and database quality control. ### Intern @ U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Jan 2001 – Jan 2001 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States Helped a chemist digitize his library of books into an electronically accessible format and learned about spectrometry in the process. Became a lifelong reader of New Scientist magazine, the only publication available in the building library ## Education ### BA in French Virginia Commonwealth University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/omaryak - Portfolio: https://portfolio.omaryak.net --- Source: https://flows.cv/omaryacoubi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/omaryacoubi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13