# Sazzad Hossain > Lead Designer @ Aktiv Learning (acquired by Top Hat) Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sazzad Sazzad is a User Experience Developer from the beautiful New York City. He works with talented people in re-inventing the way users look at a software and the web. Sazzad graduated from RIT where he learned of his passion for understanding how people behave and their interests towards the world wide web. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Top Hat Jan 2020 – Present | Toronto, Ontario, Canada As a product designer at Top Hat, I work closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including product managers, developers, and educators, to shape the design vision and execution for the Aktiv Learning platform. I take a leadership role in driving the end-to-end design process, from conceptualization to delivery, ensuring our solutions align with both user needs and business goals. My responsibilities include creating and maintaining robust design systems and guidelines that promote consistency, accessibility, and scalability across our product ecosystem. I specialize in designing mobile-first, user-centered interfaces tailored for iOS, Android, and web platforms, with a focus on delivering seamless, intuitive, and engaging user experiences. Additionally, I collaborate with the team to conduct user research, gather insights, and iterate on designs based on feedback and data-driven decisions. By balancing creativity and practicality, I aim to create products that are intuitive, engaging, and valuable for educators and learners. ### Lead Designer @ Aktiv Learning Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States Acquired by Top Hat As the lead designer at Aktiv Learning, I collaborated closely with stakeholders to build and manage the design department. My responsibilities included creating and implementing design guidelines to ensure consistency across products and designing mobile-first, user-friendly interfaces for iOS, Android, web applications, and email. Beyond product design, I led efforts in marketing design, branding, and the development of promotional materials, playing a key role in shaping Aktiv Learning’s visual identity and user experience. By balancing creativity and strategy, I contributed to the company’s growth and helped deliver impactful solutions for educators and learners. ### Chief Design Officer & Co-Founder @ BeeBack Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | Flushing, NY As the cofounder of BeeBack, an augmented reality application that helps merchants connect with consumers, I led all design efforts across web and mobile platforms. I was responsible for shaping BeeBack’s visual identity by creating sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes, as well as defining and executing the brand’s look and feel. In addition to product design, I managed branding and marketing design, creating assets that communicated our vision and resonated with our audience. I conducted user testing to refine the experience and collaborated closely with designers, developers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver a cohesive and engaging platform. My work ensured the design and user experience aligned seamlessly with both user needs and business goals. ### Head of User Experience @ BinaryBros Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States At BinaryBros, a full-service digital agency, I collaborated with external teams to enhance their products by conducting user research, improving overall user experiences, and driving increased interaction. My day-to-day work involved designing wireframes and creating high-fidelity interfaces using Sketch and Figma, then translating these designs into code using clients’ preferred front-end languages. I worked on projects for high-profile clients, including Apple, NursingCE, Google, WildAtHeart, and Stock Streaks, delivering solutions that aligned with their unique goals and brand identities. My role required a balance of creativity, technical expertise, and close collaboration with stakeholders to create impactful and engaging digital experiences. ### Senior UX Designer @ PayCertify Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area PayCertify is a payment processing company that became the standard for preventing fraud and chargebacks. At PayCertify, I worked with talented engineers in crafting the new interface and user experience for their consumer platform. Using Sketch and Figma, I created wireframes and high-fidelity designs based on analytics and user research that was collected through multiple sources. I later migrated from the UX team to the UI engineering team to code, conduct tests and present bug fixes and improvements to QA testers and stakeholders. Furthermore, I worked on the Sunflower team in creating the company’s own design system and front-end framework to increase efficiency by 70%. ### Lead UX Designer @ Evolution Company Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Kalamazoo, Michigan Area Evolution Company is a subsidiary and the software division of the Reedy Group. I worked with the Staffax team and oversaw all infrastructure related research and then migrated to the production/front-end development process. I conceptualized and designed user experiences for a wide variety of user stories, improvements, and upgrades. I also gathered and synthesized feedback from consumers and stakeholders that led to more user interaction on finished product. ### Chief Product Officer @ Gravit GmbH Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New York, NY Gravit is an online design tool that allows designers to collaborate through the browser. At Gravit, I worked with lead development and design team in creating new user interfaces based on customer feedback. I moderated design and development workload based on reported bugs and backlog. I engaged with our user base to gain valuable feedback to improve product usage and interaction. I also conducted user research to further improve and enhance the design product. ### Lead UX Designer @ Online Residental Inc Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Financial District, New York OLR is the most widely used resource for residential brokerage firms in NYC. I worked collaboratively with product, engineering and customer support teams to improve overall effectiveness and visual appeal of company products using agile development method. I also crafted and implemented design system to increase overall efficiency and UI components following industry-leading practices. ### Chief Technical Officer @ Fleech Media Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY - Manage and train a team of professionals, evaluating the effectiveness of these individuals in carrying out information and objectives. - Plan, develop and implement security policies and procedures employing an understanding of security business controls, strategies and methodologies to ensure ongoing security protection and client satisfaction. - Review various operational reports including, overtime and budget reports providing recommendations for improvements. - Provide weekly reports to team regarding operational issues and updates. - Facilitate weekly client meetings. - Work closely with design and development team to ensure that projects are on schedule, contains accurate information and meets deadline. - Work with a high sense of urgency, managing multiple projects and prioritizing to meet tight deadlines. - Create and implement excellent designs in HTML/CSS. - Create the most engaging and rewarding work experience for our team members. ### Design Engineer (Intern) @ Dreamco International Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 - Design, dimension and tolerance products using AutoCAD and Solidworks software to be distributed throughout New York State. - Bring old schematics and drafts up to date. Make sure it's compatible with Solidworks and AutoCAD. - Overlook production of our factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh ### Design Engineer (Intern) @ RocCity Services Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Create CAD drawings using Solidworks and related softwares and create prototypes based on those designs. Co-op ### Creative Director @ Jorsek LLC, Publishers of easyDITA Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Jorsek is the world’s only DITA CMS with a fully collaborative XML editor. I designed and implemented software interfaces with the development team. I also crafted high-quality designs to meet client satisfaction and advocated for an improved user experience. ### Designer @ Torkia International Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 Design Spreadsheets to be used for taking orders. ## Education ### BS in Design Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology ### College Now Program in Statistical Studies Hunter College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sazzadhossain - Website: http://www.sazzad.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/sazzad JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sazzad/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23