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I'm passionate about helping businesses grow and solve problems through thoughtful design.

Shahriyar Mohammadi — Product Designer

Background

I'm Shahi, a Product Designer with a career full of innovation, resilience, and a love for creating user-friendly experiences. My journey has been pretty unconventional, fueled by a mix of entrepreneurial spirit and strong technical skills. Every challenge along the way has helped me get to where I am today.

Origin and Passion for Creation

My love for the digital world started when I was a teenager. By 14, I was already playing around with recreating websites in Dreamweaver and exploring Photoshop CS3. These hobbies not only sparked my interest but also led to my first tech role as a site admin. Those early years were key—they got me into digital creation and showed me how fun it is to bring ideas to life with code and design.

Work

Launching my first startup

In 2016, my curiosity and love for technology resulted in the development of Goody.ba during my final year of university, what started as a project for my iOS development course turned into a unique gamified loyalty platform called Goody.ba. It was the first of its kind in our region, letting users earn digital coins, scratch cards, and win prizes from local businesses. Goody.ba quickly gained 60,000 MAU and partnered with over 100 companies, including big names like Panasonic, Swarovski, Four Seasons, and many more. I later sold Goody.ba to a Swiss agency.

After Goody.ba, I pursued a Master’s in Computer Science, where I wrote a thesis on extending loyalty programs with gamification, further sharpening my skills and theoretical understanding of user engagement. This period of reflection and academic achievement transitioned me into a career in product design, where I now thrive on solving complex design problems, enhancing user experience, and driving product strategies that lead to tangible results.

Design should be simple

In design, just like in life, I aim for simplicity, clarity, and effectiveness. Product design is not as complex or as challenging as it's often made out to be. I believe that effective design should be straightforward and clear, with a practical focus on enhancing business growth.

Mentorship and Teaching

Teaching and mentoring have always been deep passions of mine. Over the course of eight years as a teaching assistant at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, I guided new minds through courses in Data Mining, Web Design and Development, and Human Computer Interaction. In addition to my academic contributions, I have mentored over 100 engineers and designers, helping them develop their skills and advance their careers.

Speaking

I love public speaking as It allows me to influence and motivate people.

IEEE 2018 - Launching a startup and building products

Sarajevo Shapers - Startup and product design panel

Network interview - Launching a digital product in Bosnnia & Herzegovina

Tools and equipments

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

  • Figma

    My favorite tool for brainstorming, designining, collaborating and creating beautiful products.

  • Webflow

    A powerful no code tool that enables me to create beautiful custom landing pages.

  • React

    My favorite JS framework that was made by Facebook and is constantly evolving and being used by more and more companies

  • Next js

    Next.js allows me to develop websites quickly and easily while still providing the high-quality standards they demand from their project

  • Tailwind CSS

    I love Tailwind because it offers a built in design system which makes it easy to design and scale applications

  • Notion

    I use notion as my planner, which includes the year, monthly weekly, daily goals, and tasks.

  • Adobe Suite

    Ive been using Adobe apps for over a decade, and I love how seemlessly compatible with each other.

  • Marvel

    Marvel has everything you need to bring ideas to life and transform how you create digital products with your team.

  • Loom

    I love async communication, as it helps me to be more productive and efficient