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Muhammad Al-Saifi

About

A little about me and how I work.

I am Muhammad Al-Saifi. I started designing when I was young and never really stopped. Over the years I have come to care most about the purpose behind the work, and about doing it with sincerity and care.

How I started

I started designing very early, long before I had a name for what I was doing. I moved through several fields along the way: graphic design, video, visual work, animation, and most of what sits around them.

In 2017 I found user experience design, and it pulled everything together: the visual side I already loved, an interest in how people behave, and a quiet habit of watching how they deal with the world around them. I began as a freelancer, passed through a few roles and teams, and today I work as an independent product designer.

How I work

I care about the real purpose and value behind a product, and I try to leave some meaning in the things I make. I value responsibility, ownership, clarity, and a high standard, both in how people are treated and in the quality of the work itself.

I prefer working with people who genuinely care about what they're building. I try to find what's useful and beautiful in feedback, even when it's hard to hear.

What I hold to

More than anything, I want to do the work with sincerity, responsibility, and excellence, mindful of Allah in what I make. It is a quiet intention, but it sets the standard I hold myself to.

I am drawn to deep understanding, honest work, and real needs.

Outside work

Outside work I make room for family and friends, for walking, writing, reading, and quiet reflection. I read literature and biographies, and a novel now and then. I keep recording ideas as they come, and I like to learn the craft and the industry behind any project I take on.

I am glad to help people who are just starting out, anyone trying to build an idea, and anyone I can genuinely be of use to, even when there is no budget. I am also open to charitable work, in design and beyond it.

Experience

  1. Independent Product Designer · Working with founders

    2025

    Designing products with founders and small teams, from the first flows to launch.

  2. Senior UX Designer · Elithair · Türkiye

    2024–25

    Auditing and redesigning landing pages and the main site, and building a design system for faster prototyping.

  3. Senior Product Designer · Sola Salons, via Outliant · United States

    2024

    Reworking the search and booking experience with the product and engineering team.

  4. Product Designer · Outliant · United States

    2021–24

    Designing 20+ products: a proposal tool, dashboards, internal platforms, and shared design systems.

  5. Visual & Web Designer · ReporTech · Saudi Arabia

    2019–21

    Building websites for clients across the MENA region, and designing reports and infographics for a major publication.

  6. Computer & Systems Engineering · Zagazig University

    2017–22

    Studying engineering while teaching myself design on the side.

Right now

  • Working independently with founders
  • Building an inheritance calculator
  • Reading literature and biographies
  • Writing notes more regularly
  • Walking, and keeping a notebook close

Focus areas

Product design, UX research, Design systems, Interaction design, Web design, Landing pages, UI animation, Visual design

Elsewhere