# Zade Kaylani > product design @ replit ⠕ Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zade today ⠕ product designer @ replit → helping create the next 1 billion software creators before 🔵 product designer @ basic.space → reimagined the social commerce experience school 📚 university of southern california, viterbi school of engineering → bachelor of science in astronautical engineering ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Replit Jan 2024 – Present | Foster City, California, United States Working on Replit Agent and the mobile app – the future of accessible software creation. ### Lead Product Designer @ Mako Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 • Designing Mako (FKA A2 Labs) AI inference infrastructure Web App, set to launch in Fall 2024. • Using HALA, their AI assistant, Mako makes it easy to deploy scalable AI infrastructure in any cloud, VPC, or on-prem data center, using any hardware. • HALA leverages the most price-efficient hardware for your AI workloads. ### Lead Product Designer @ daylyy Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 • Redesigned the existing daylyy iOS app with over 50,000+ active users to launch daylyy 2.0 this Fall • Created design system, color palettes, typography system, branding elements, and UI component library for development handoff ### Product Designer @ Basic.Space Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States Founding designer of the new iOS app live on the Apple App Store, with 60,000+ active users. Created the iOS and web design systems. Shipping and QAing new builds with the developer team weekly. Also, worked on a site-wide UX overhaul of the desktop and mobile interfaces of www.basic.space. Bringing a new shopping experience to users-focused digital social interactions. ### Product Designer @ Koop Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Koop allows users to fractionalize NFTs and create an investment DAO with other users or friends. I conducted a full redesign of their website and chrome extension: overhauling existing features and adding new interactions like submitting proposals and chatting with DAO members. Worked closely with the developers who were building the product as I was designing. (twitter.com/koopxyz) ### President @ SEDS USC Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Vice President @ SEDS USC Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, CA Oversee all production done by the Marketing and Communication committees. This includes curating technical workshops that ready students with the skills needed for a job in the space industry, reaching out to guest speakers, and promoting SEDS activities to the USC student body. Additionally, as Vice President, I represent the USC chapter of the nationwide SEDS organization. ### Director of Marketing - Graphic Designer @ SEDS USC Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Rebranded SEDS USC with a new logo and style guide, website, and social media pages. This also included all emails sent out to the student body used to promote the club and its events. ### Managing Director @ Roski Mag Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area Editor-in-Chief of digital and print product. Run weekly executive board and general member meetings. ### Director Of Design @ Roski Mag Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, CA Develop branding and style guides for all Roski Mag events as well as our printed magazine. Additionally, I lead the discussion and delegate production of all design projects taken on by Roski Mag. ### Graphic Designer @ Roski Mag Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, CA Worked on all physical and digital branding for our university-wide art and live music event: Roski Mag IRL. ### Product Designer @ BUILD Finance DAO Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Designed and prototyped the web and mobile interface for the new BUILD Finance website which is live @ build.finance today. ### LavaConnect Design Mentor @ LavaLab Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States Provide 1-on-1 product design guidance for those looking to start projects focusing on social impact. Currently helping with a digital product looking to streamline the process of finding missing persons. ### Product Designer @ LavaLab Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States Design and conduct research for the user experience of a digital product on a team of one product manager and two engineers. Created the product 'nibble' with my team which was chosen to be the judges' choice winner for LavaLab's Spring 2020 cohort. ### User Experience Design Intern @ Borrow - JoinBorrow.com Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States Completed a full redesign of Borrow's website that has been handed off to developers and will be implemented later this year. Worked directly with the user researcher and creative director to ensure the redesign was productive within the customers' interests. ### Product Designer @ Nibble Eats Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States Working directly with the developers and product manager to build the nibble mobile app. Designing both the customer and business mobile applications and the company website. ### Product Design Intern @ Kiwi Studios Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Wireframe, design, and prototype web and mobile app interfaces for early-stage startups. Ensure that these interface designs align with the startup's brand identity. Strong focus on interaction design, visual design, and knowledge of product. ### Head Of Design (UI/UX and Graphic) @ Alco Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Newport Beach, CA Fully rebranded Alco to reflect the charm of a vintage American business with a modern and technical twist. Currently developing and designing the user interfaces for Alco's two mobile applications and website. Testing app prototypes with customers and gathering data from their interactions to better curate the digital product. ### Director of Marketing @ Alco Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Newport Beach, CA Directing the launch campaign aiming to reach customers in the OC/LA and New Brunswick, NJ area. This includes creating all company merchandise and curating a new social media presence to reflect the identity of the rebrand. ### General Member @ AIGA USC Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, CA Selected to be an AIGA USC member by a portfolio-based application. Attend hands-on design workshops and connect with the LA Graphic Arts community. ### Logo/Branding Designer @ Substrate Capital Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Worked directly with the CEO to understand the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Used this newly gained knowledge to create a brand identity for the startup. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Astronautical Engineering University of Southern California ### Corona Del Mar High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zadekaylani - Website: https://www.zade.design - Website: http://www.zadiohead.com - Website: https://relatle.io --- Source: https://flows.cv/zade JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zade/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05