Layla Abdulrahman
Senior UX Designer & Design Lead
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
My work
YouTube
A banking app for a new generation
How we redesigned an entire banking app in six months. We started with more than thirty customer interviews, then built a prototype and test... Read more
Brand identity for Al Fanar Coffee
A complete identity for a specialty café in Dubai: logo, colours, menus and the online ordering experience. The logo was inspired by the old... Read more
Vimeo
Photography
A weekend hobby: workspaces, everyday objects and natural light. Read more
Services
UX design for apps and websites — from research to developer-ready designs. Bilingual (Arabic/English) design systems that work right-to-lef... Read more YouTubeInspiration
Talks I keep coming back to whenever I need a reminder of why good design matters. Read moreAbout
I've been designing clear, usable digital products for over eight years — for fintech, government and e-commerce teams across the Gulf.
Good design starts with understanding people, so I spend a lot of time on research and interviews before drawing a single screen. I especially love building design systems that work beautifully right-to-left.
(This is a demo site on Hawiya — the person and details are fictional.)
Experience
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2021 Present
Design Lead
Nakhla Tech — Dubai
Leading a team of six designers on a banking app used by 1M+ customers. We launched a bilingual design system now used by four product squads.
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2018 2021
Senior UI Designer
Sarab Digital Agency — Riyadh
Designed websites and online stores for 30+ clients in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, from concept to launch.
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2016 2018
UI Designer
Wasl Government Services
Redesigned 12 e-government services; task completion rose by 35%.
Education
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2012 2016
BSc Computer Science
King Saud University
Graduation project: an app for learning Arabic calligraphy.
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2019 2019
UX Design Certificate
Google
Skills
- User research
- Interaction design
- Design systems
- Figma
- Prototyping
- Usability testing
- Arabic typography
- HTML & CSS
- Workshop facilitation
- Leadership