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I help product teams design and build faster: design to repo workflows, design teams and design systems.

Based in Cairo, working with teams anywhere.

AbdelRahman Atif, black and white portrait

services

Design workflows

I connect the design file to the codebase. Tokens and components are defined once, exported as data, reviewed in the repository and shipped as a versioned package, so handoff ends in a pull request instead of a meeting.

  • An audit of how design reaches code today, and where it breaks.
  • Tokens exported from the design tool as data and versioned in your repository.
  • Checks in CI that catch drift between design and code before it ships.
  • A workflow your designers and engineers both use, documented and handed over.

see madagent, Idaratech ERP

Design teams

I build design teams from the first hire: the hiring plan, the roles, the rituals and the way design work reaches engineering. At Idaratech I grew the team from one designer to seven, including two product design leads.

  • A hiring plan in the order your product needs it, and help with the interviews.
  • Roles, ownership and career paths that hold up as the team grows.
  • Critique, review and handoff rituals that keep quality without slowing delivery.
  • Coaching for your first design leads.

see Idaratech ERP

Design systems

I design and build design systems that teams actually install: tokens, accessible components, usage rules and a release process, for web and mobile, right to left included.

  • One design language across products and brands, defined as tokens.
  • Accessible components in design and in code, documented with when to use them.
  • Right to left and Arabic support from the start, not as a later port.
  • Versioned releases with a changelog, so product teams know what changed.

see madagent, Idaratech ERP

cv

I've spent 10+ years in tech startups, currently managing a team of seven at Idaratech, where I built the design department from the ground up. My work involves building design systems that scale across multiple brands and platforms, automating the handoff between design and development, and leading the design of complex 0→1 modules and cross-platform systems.

experience

  1. 2024 to now

    Product Design Manager at Idaratech

    ERP system, SaaS. Promoted from lead to build and oversee the entire design function.

    • Built the product design team from scratch, scaling from the sole founding designer to a team of 7 designers, including 2 product design leads.
    • Built a cross-system design language for 5 different modules, automating the handoff between design and the design system GitHub repo.
    • Built and launched 2 comprehensive design systems for web and mobile that inherit the unified design language.
    • Shipped 3 complex modules from 0→1 (CRM, project management and supply chain) and delivered the brand-new mobile app v2.
  2. 2024

    Product Design Lead at Idaratech

    • Joined as the first designer and established the foundational design infrastructure.
    • Built the design strategy for the ERP suite, ensuring scalability across multiple functional modules.
  3. 2023 to 2024

    Senior Product Designer at Moneyfellows

    Fintech

    • Led the credit assessment project, implementing an ML model with the data science team, for a 12% reduction in default rates and a 56M EGP decrease in exposure.
    • Facilitated workshops to mentor designers, align engineers with the Figma workflow and design system, and introduce new experiences to stakeholders.
    • Improved the design system and its usability, increasing designer satisfaction by 60%.
  4. 2022

    Senior Product Designer at Zyda

    E-commerce, SaaS

    • Redesigned Zyda's white-labeled storefronts, increasing the conversion rate by 23%.
    • Designed the dine-in mobile app (DYNE), increasing customer acquisition by 8%.
    • Built the SaaS delivery system (VERD) for faster order tracking, increasing task completion by 13%.
  5. 2020 to 2021

    Senior Product Designer at Dailymealz

    Food delivery

    • Partnered with C-level executives to revamp the consumer app experience, enhancing customer engagement.
    • Built a SaaS system for partner companies, increasing customer acquisition by 17%.
    • Redesigned the official website, increasing the conversion rate by 4%.
  6. 2019 to 2020

    Senior Product Designer at Bosta

    Logistics

    • Built a B2B vendor portal from 0 to 1, achieving a 100% automated tracking process.
    • Revamped Bosta's official website and contributed to the new courier app experience.
  7. earlier

    Product Designer at Hawaya (Match Group)

    • Redesigned the mobile app and brand identity, leading to the acquisition by Match Group.
  8. earlier

    Creative Manager at Iqraaly

    • Revamped the mobile app after a 2-year App Store removal, honored with "App of the Day".

skills

leadership
design management, team scaling, mentorship, design ops, strategic design thinking
craft
design systems, interaction design, prototyping, Framer, icon design, UX writing
research
user interviews, usability testing, human-centered design, user research, user flows

education

  1. 2016

    Faculty of Engineering, Minia University

    Undergraduate coursework in engineering

selected clients

  • TBS eg
  • 30 North eg
  • Itqan sa
  • Mutlaq Studio ae
  • Athlefy eg
  • Numo ERP sa
  • Mawj AI sa
  • Kaaf sa
  • Falak sa
  • Brandworx eg
  • VitaCare sa
  • The Shura Council sa
  • OVU. jo
  • Digital Egypt eg

Tell me what you are building.

arahman.atif@gmail.com