Riyaz Shihabdeen

Experience

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  EWadi FZ LLC - Dubai Internet City

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

  Senior Web Designer

  Responsibilities & Achievements• Communicated with clients, collected the specs, and created the briefs for the projects.• Done all the conceptualization and wire-framing of the websites.• Creating flat PSD mock-ups, UI designs and presented to clients for approvals• Designed the User Interface of the site with XHTML/HTML and CSS• Created required visual elements and UI of websites.• Manipulated/ edited the images and color corrected & optimized them for web publishing.• Coordinated & collaborated with backend developers in the final stages of the development for the CMS, and backend integration of the sites. Show less

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  Online Associates

  Mar 2008 - Jan 2010

  Senior Web Designer / Brand Manager

  Responsibilities & Achievements• Created the company Brand, Brand specifications, and Brand colors.• Developed all the offline and online materials for the Brand (Business cards, Letterheads, Brochures, White papers, Technical manuals, etc.)• Designed the website of the main company, and subsidiaries and created UI for the Control Panel of the SMS gateway.• Communicated with clients when required, and created the creative/project briefs.• Conceptualized, and drafted wire-frames and prototypes of the clients’ websites• Created mood boards, color schemes, PSD mock–ups and visualization of the sites.• Developed layouts with XHTML markup and styled the site with CSS2.• Did the scripting using jQuery (Javascript Library) when required.• Created flash animations & simple Flash-based applications (such XML based slide show) using ActionScript 3.• Developed WordPress themes, CMS Made Simple templates, and all required UI elements & Visual components when required. Show less

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  PixelDesigners

  Dec 2009 - Jun 2010

  Founder / Creative Director

  Responsibilities & Achievements• Managed the projects among the developers & Designers• Handled the wireframes & Prototypes• Worked as Senior designer & UI developer

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  Mystrata Pty Ltd

  May 2010 - May 2013

  Senior Web Designer / Frontend developer

  • Created the brand new product ‘MyCommunity’ which was an online portal product for Owners & Managers.• Visualized, drafted wireframes, and produced visually appealing interfaces for the MyCommunity Application.• Designed & Developed the complete User Interface of the application using cutting edge technologies like. HTML5, CSS3, LESS (CSS preprocessor), Bootstrap (Twitter UI framework), jQuery + Ajax (XML, JSON based).• Created the Portals' user interface (Catalyst templates) and integrated with the Catalyst application framework.• Worked closer to the Catalyst framework developers for the project, assisting them in creating the ‘View’ part of MVC architecture• Created corporate CMS-based websites for the subsidiary companies (PRD nationwide & Novus Community Management etc.) using WordPress.• Developed blogs, RSS, Social media integration (WordPress-based custom templates).• Designed & developed full-fledged community portal websites for MyCommunity premiere clients like:□ Emaar properties (Created the custom community portal website for ‘Burj Khalifa’).□ ALDAR properties (Created 6 Custom community portal websites for them).□ The Wave, Muscat (The leading property company in Muscat, Oman).□ StrataLME (Jamaican Property management company).□ Expertease property managers. (Dubai) Show less

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  New York University Abu Dhabi

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2020

  Frontend Web Developer

  Responsibilities & Achievements• Collaborated with stakeholders during development processes to confirm creative proposals and best practices of design & UX.• Used site analytics and metrics to define and monitor success.• Used and contributed to style guides and other design documentation to maintain coherent information and interaction design patterns of NYUAD.• Rapidly developed and iterated product and feature prototypes from conceptual demonstrations.• Worked closely with the Public Affairs & UX team on WordPress blogs and social media marketing for various departments of the University.• Contributed and moderated department Wiki pages that facilitated up-to-date information around products & services.• Conducted usability testing and post-deployment evaluations to measure user experience & development success.• Worked in an Agile-driven environment to effectively maintain project timelines and utilize available resources.• Reviewed and tested customer-facing prototypes before deployment, applying best practice diagnostic techniques to verify usability.• Designed and updated layouts to meet usability and performance requirements.• Pinpointed user experience issues to device targeted suggestions for improving user experience.• Reviewed code to validate structures, assess security as well as verify browser, device, and operating system compatibility.• Conceived and built optimized landing pages in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) integration with cross-browser compatibility, to support the public presence of the University.Used technologies: Responsive/ Adaptive Grid systems, CSS3, HTML5, Javascript (jQuery), LESS & SASS for rapid development, Foundation & Bootstrap frameworks, Vagrant, NPM, Git, Agile development etc. Show less

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  Pixel2Perfection

  Oct 2022 - Mar 2024

  Senior Frontend Developer, CEO, Founder