Mona Farahat

Senior Product Designer with 5+ years of experience across B2C and B2B products. I work across discovery, product strategy, interaction design, and experimentation to help teams solve real user problems and drive measurable business outcomes.

My experience spans marketplace growth, internal tools, and scalable design systems, with a strong focus on clarity, collaboration, and decision-making.

  • 5+ Years in product design
  • B2C + B2B Marketplace and SaaS systems
Portrait of Mona Farahat
Berlin, Germany Product design, systems, and strategy

How I work across product and systems.

Product discovery workshop and planning visuals

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End-to-end product design

I help teams identify the right opportunities before jumping into solutions. My approach combines user insight, behavioral data, and business context to frame problems clearly and reduce guesswork.

AI-ready design system tokens and components

Structure + tokens

Design Systems

I build and scale an accessible tokenized design system to speed up delivery and ensure consistency across teams, enabling faster adoption for AI optimization.

Customer voice interview session

Interviews + Product discovery

Owning Customer Voice

I turn user research and behavioral data into clear, actionable insights that inform product decisions. Identifying key friction points across journeys and translating them into measurable opportunities, ensuring product decisions are grounded in real user needs.

My 5 years career journey.

Design roles across SaaS, AI, marketplaces, and brand systems.

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LyRise

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

UI/UX Designer

  • Designed a web-based SaaS platform for recruiters, improving how AI talent is searched, reviewed, and shortlisted.
  • Improved the layout and hierarchy of the main dashboard to show open roles, top matches, and next actions in one place.

03

Vocus

2021 - 2023

Visual Designer

  • Produced brand identities, marketing assets, and digital designs tailored to the needs of +20 accounts in different markets.
  • Collaborated with teams to deliver culturally relevant design solutions for varied industries.

How strategy turns into product outcomes.

These case studies show how I approach product problems from insight to outcome, with a focus on user behavior, prioritization, and measurable impact.

Education

Foundations that shape how I design.

Degree

Design Major, Applied Arts

Academic foundation in visual communication, design craft, and form-making.

Course

Google UX Course

Structured learning in UX process, research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability.

Course

Interaction Design Foundation

Ongoing self-learning in UX, interaction design, and product thinking.

When I'm not designing

Outside of design,

I paint, make digital collages, and explore new cities. Personal creative work keeps me curious, observant, and connected to craft.

A collage of Mona's paintings and personal creative work

Let’s make something great.

Open to product design roles and thoughtful collaborations.