Summary
Rizwan Javaid is a Senior User Experience Designer based in San Francisco with over a decade of experience blending product design, UX/UI, and front-end development to deliver customer-centered solutions for clients like Netflix, PayPal, Ford, and Gap. He leads UX efforts at Slalom Consulting while running Low Fidelity, where he champions sketching as a strategic tool—running workshops and speaking globally to improve team collaboration and idea clarity. Rizwan’s work spans e-commerce, B2B, retail, and transportation, and he pairs human-centered research with visual communication and illustration to drive measurable business outcomes. Trained in service design and full-stack web development, he bridges design and implementation, often prototyping by hand before bringing concepts into Sketch, Axure, and code. An unexpected strength is his commitment to sketching pedagogy—he treats quick analog sketching as a repeatable design practice that accelerates consensus and reduces rework.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Arts and Technology, Bachelors of Arts and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Full Stack Web Development Certification at freeCodeCamp
Service Design Practitioner Certificate, Service Design Practitioner Certificate at Service Design Network
Swedish