My name is Waleed Al‐Alami

My name is
Waleed Al-Alami

Illustrator & ux designer

Outside of work I enjoy cycling, collecting watches, taking photos on my Sony A7C, working on new tshirt designs, and creating digital illustrations on my Macbook Pro. I also love spending time with my Frenchie, Alfie.

You can reach me via email or phone:

alalami.waleed@gmail.com
+1 202 390 8096

Recent Projects

Volkswagen

Customer Financial Dashboard

VW + Audi

Multi-Factor Authentication

nine37

Passion Project

Work Experience

VW Group of America
Manager & Senior UX Designer

Dec 2019 - Present

Since joining the VW Group, my focus has shifted to user interaction design, customer research, user testing, product strategy, and management.

Currently, I lead a team that maintains consistency and implements new features across the Volkswagen and Audi owner portals (US and Canada). My role also includes facilitating design reviews with stakeholders and collaborating closely with product managers, product owners, developers, copywriters, and leadership.

Working in a scaled agile framework allows our UX team to partner alongside PMs and POs to prioritize design work, establish testing plans, and walk our dev teams through designs to make handoff as smooth as possible.

Cvent
Senior Web Designer

Jul 2014 - Dec 2019

During my time at Cvent, I’ve contributed and led projects that have made a positive impact and optimized processes across the company.

  • Modernized the static Cvent website by migrating it into a Drupal CMS
  • UX lead on the Cvent Community project - Collaborated with different exec, marketing, sales, tech, and client services teams to launch a successful community experience
  • UX lead on Cvent GDPR compliance initiative
  • Developed in-house HTML email templates for marketing campaigns

My role included developing low/high fidelity wireframes, building interactive marketing campaigns in HTML and CSS, and collaborating with teams in the US, UK, and India to accomplish projects.

Bulletin Media
Product Designer

Nov 2012 - May 2014

I worked hand in hand with the dev and engineering teams to build responsive news briefs for clients. Together we analyzed data and to refine the overall experience of the product.

  • Design lead for the company rebrand
  • Collaborated with developers and product managers to help define requirements, ship releases, and plan the overall product road map
  • Hosted “Web 101 - HTML and CSS” training sessions

Freelance Work

nine37
Startup and Passion Project

Feb 2015 - Present

  • Collaborated and freelanced with big name clients in the watch industry, including IWC, Hodinkee, and various YouTube influencers
  • Transformed my watch collecting passion into a business and learning experience

Opower
Contract Brand Visual Designer

May 2014 - Jul 2014

  • Brainstormed alongside content marketers to create impactful campaigns
  • Created branding collateral/signage for company events, adhering to strict brand guidelines
  • Worked with blog and content writers to create graphics and visuals

Certifications

Lean UX & Agile (Management)
Nielsen Norman Group

Dec 2021

Omnichannel Journeys and Experiences
Nielsen Norman Group

Dec 2021

Service Design Thinking
COPC

Mar 2022

Education

George Mason University
Bachelor of Arts - Art and Visual Technology

May 2013

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Senior Design Project

May 2013

Dean's List
Senior Year

May 2013

Professional and Technical Skills

  • 10+ years of visual, UX, and web design experience
  • HTML, CSS, SASS, and LESS
  • Prototyping in Figma, Sketch, XD, and Invision
  • Working knowledge of Javascript/jQuery (plugins)
  • Cross-browser testing and debugging
  • Responsive frameworks (Bootstrap/Foundation/Flexbox)
  • User testing, user journeys/flows, and competitive analysis research
  • Illustrator, Photoshop, inVision, Figma, Sketch, Abstract, Miro