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ABOUT — ISLAM SALEH · UXSOLI

GRAPHIC DESIGNER→MOTION→FILM→PRODUCT DESIGNER

I’m a product designer who works out how a thing should behave, then builds it. Senior UI/UX Designer at Tawk.to, across web and mobile for millions of users: research, flows, interface, design systems and the front end that ships.

Islam Saleh
BASED IN KUALA LUMPURSHOT ON: 13 YEARS OF CRAFT
01 — THE STORY

I started as a graphic designer, working in grids, type and print, then moved through motion and film. Thirteen years and 150+ projects later, I design products where nothing gets lost between the design and the thing people use.

Graphic design taught me hierarchy, rhythm and restraint. Motion and film taught me that a still frame tells you very little about how something feels to use. Then came fintech and AI at Userdata, and Tawk.to after that. I work end to end in Figma and Cursor AI, prototype in code with real data, and stay in the room until it ships.

13
YEARS
150+
PROJECTS
19
RECOMMENDATIONS
7
CERTIFYING BODIES
02 — THE JOURNEY

Thirteen years,
eight chapters.

2013 → NOW · 8 STOPS
SCROLL TO TRAVEL · TAP A YEAR
2013 · VISUAL DESIGNNOW · PRODUCT DESIGN
2013 — VISUAL DESIGNERVisual Designer at DDB Egypt

Tarek Nour Advertising, one of the biggest agencies in the region: visual concepts, campaign layouts, icons and the first interface work I did. Most of what I know about hierarchy and type started there.

BRAND IDENTITYCAMPAIGNSLAYOUT
03 — HOW I WORK

Five rules I don’t break.

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04 — THE RECORD
EXPERIENCE
MAR 2025 — NOWSenior UI/UX Designer
Tawk.to
OCT 2023 — MAR 2025UI/UX Designer
Userdata · via Nityo Infotech
APR 2019 — AUG 2020Senior Visual Designer
SAK Developments · remote
JAN 2018 — APR 2019Senior Visual Designer
Artal Developments · remote
JUL 2016 — JUN 2023UI/UX Designer · freelance
Upwork · worldwide clients
FEB 2013 — FEB 2014Visual Designer
Tarek Nour Advertising · DDB Egypt
EDUCATION
2017Marketing Management
The American University
2016Cinematography and Film/Video Production
The American University
2014 — 2015Adobe Diplomas — Graphic Design & Video Motion
The American University
2013 — 2017Bachelor's, Advertising and Applied Communication
Public Relations & Media
TOOLKIT — DESIGN IN, FULL STACK OUTHOVER A NODE TO TRACE ITS PATH
ResearchINPUTFigmaDESIGNCursor AITHE STUDIOClaudeTHE STUDIOFrontendREACT · NEXT.JS · TSBackendNODE · PYTHON · APISDataSQL · PRISMA · AUTHTestsPLAYWRIGHT · VITESTProductionVERCEL · DEPLOYED
OUTPUTFigma → Cursor AI · Claude → Frontend · Backend · Data · Tests → Production: the whole product, one designer.AUTO · RUNNING
VIBE CODINGWIREFRAMINGINFORMATION ARCHITECTURETYPESCRIPTJAVASCRIPTPYTHONREACTNEXT.JSNODE.JSTAILWINDPOSTGRESQLPRISMAREST · GRAPHQLGITVERCELAFTER EFFECTSILLUSTRATORPHOTOSHOP
LANGUAGESENGLISH — FULL PROFESSIONALARABIC — NATIVE
05 — LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified through
these organisations.

Anthropic
Grow with Google
Microsoft
Adobe
Universitas Ciputra
Apple Developer Academy
The University of Sydney
2026Anthropic — Claude Code in Action, Claude Code 101, Claude 101, Introduction to Claude Cowork
2024The University of Sydney Business School — Design-Led Strategy: Design Thinking for Business Strategy
2024Microsoft — UX Design Specialization
2023Google — UX Design Specialization
2016–17Adobe — Certified: After Effects, Audition, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop
06 — BEYOND THE DESK

Graphic design gave me the grid, film taught me where attention goes.
Product design taught me what to leave out.

I still frame a screen like a shot: what you look at first, what stays sharp, what can go. Outside work it is cinema, motion experiments and writing, five articles so far.

CINEMAMOTION EXPERIMENTSWRITINGARABIC · ENGLISHFIGMA COMMUNITYGOOD COFFEE
GOOD FIT IF YOU NEEDAVAILABLE
A senior designer who ships
Research → UI → coded prototype → QA with engineers, one person.
Fintech, SaaS or AI products
Dashboards, data and automation that people have to be able to check.
Design ⇄ code fluency
Figma and Cursor AI in the same afternoon, and handoffs engineers do not dread.
Kuala Lumpur, remote-friendly
Flexible hours; replies same day.
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07 — VOICES

What people
say

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