Sara Khalil

Experience

Landmark Group

Dubai, UAE

E-commerce · Retail · Loyalty | Babyshop · Centrepoint · Max · Shukran

Senior Manager, Product Design & CX

Jun 25–Present

Full-time · On-site

  • ·Led CRO and lifecycle design for Babyshop across the GCC.
  • ·Drove $15M in revenue through A/B testing and funnel analysis.
  • ·Mapped customer journeys across 7 countries. Grew basket size 7%.
  • ·Ran 2 cross-brand strategy workshops for senior leaders.
  • ·Built a group-wide persona framework. Presented it to C-level and rolled it out across teams.

Manager, Product Design & CX

Apr 23–Jun 25

Full-time · On-site

  • ·Sped up design and research workflows with AI-supported synthesis.
  • ·Redesigned the Shukran loyalty programme for 13M users across 5 GCC countries.
  • ·Built a tiered, gamified structure with full Arabic localisation.
  • ·Led a team of 4 designers and 2 PMs across CRM, marketing, and tech.
  • ·Led the Preference Center across all brands. Cut opt-out rates 11% and lifted conversion 2% in Phase 1.

Seam Labs

KSA

Transportation · AI · SaaS | BlueRide · ShopBrain

Product Design Team Lead

Mar 22–Mar 23

Full-time · Hybrid

  • ·Led product design for BlueRide, a school transport SaaS used by 15+ schools and 3,000+ students.
  • ·Shipped BlueRide and cut dismissal coordination time 31%.
  • ·Led design for ShopBrain, an AI-driven restaurant inventory tool. Ran research with 12+ partners and cut waste 23%.
  • ·Recruited and mentored a design team of 3.
  • ·Partnered with founders to shape the roadmap, from discovery to delivery.

Nexta

Cairo, Egypt

Fintech | Digital Wallet · Peer-to-Peer Payments

Product Design Lead

Aug 21–Mar 22

Full-time · On-site

  • ·Led design for the Nexta app MVP, Nexta Card, and website.
  • ·Kept the work aligned with business goals, user needs, and PCI compliance.
  • ·Built the full brand identity and managed a remote design team.
  • ·Hired the team and brought on a branding agency as a creative partner.

Hive Analytics

Cairo, Egypt

E-commerce CRO | 19 Brands

CRO & UX Design Team Lead

Jan 21–Aug 21

Contract

  • ·Built the CRO and UX team from scratch and onboarded 4 designers.
  • ·Set up a standardised CRO process for the team to work from.
  • ·Managed a team optimising 19 e-commerce accounts and apps.
  • ·Delivered a 255% conversion-rate lift for U-turn.

WUZZUF

Cairo, Egypt

Recruitment · Learning & Dev · SaaS

UX Designer & Researcher

Dec 19–Aug 21

Full-time

  • ·Designed the Wuzzuf Learning MVP for 5M+ job seekers and 200K+ companies.
  • ·Ran discovery research, built learner personas, and validated the market-fit roadmap.
  • ·Designed Wuzzuf Career Guides, Wuzzuf Badges, and the Company Page revamp with product, engineering, and content.
  • ·Helped run an internal UX programme, delivering learning sessions to upskill staff and onboard new designers.

Beyond Solution LLC

Cairo, Egypt

InsurTech · Digital Medical Services | Beyond · Digital Bridges

Freelance Senior Product Designer

May 19–Dec 19

Contract

  • ·Designed the Digital Bridges app and website, a digital insurance service for pharmacies.
  • ·Ran contextual research with users while the designs were in use, and refined them based on what I found.

Seam Labs

Cairo, Egypt

SaaS | Core Gym · Fatorty · BlueRide · ShopBrain

Senior UI/UX Designer

Apr 19–Dec 19

Full-time · On-site

  • ·Ran several UI/UX workstreams at once, working with developers and project managers to meet client needs and project goals.
  • ·Designed intuitive, visually polished interfaces for a range of software projects, keeping them consistent and user-centred across platforms.

Elaph Translation

Cairo, Egypt

Digital Products

UI/UX Designer

Mar 17–Mar 19

Full-time · On-site

  • ·Turned business requirements into wireframes, user flows, and prototypes.
  • ·Designed for web and mobile with developers, marketers, and content teams.

Education

Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor of Architecture · Faculty of Engineering

2009–2014

Very Good with Honours · Graduation Project: A

Skills

Design & Strategy

UX StrategyRoadmappingContinuous DiscoveryUser ResearchUsability TestingPrototypingUI DesignDesign SystemsCROA/B TestingData AnalysisCustomer Journey Mapping

Leadership & Ops

MentorshipDesign OpsResearch OpsStakeholder ManagementWorkshop FacilitationRecruitment

AI & Automation

AI-Assisted PrototypingAI WorkflowsTask AutomationClaude CodeCodexReplitLovablev0Magic Patternn8nMakeFigma Make

Languages

ArabicEnglish