Samaneh Dehghanpour

I share daily tips to help junior UX designers grow in their careers | Author of "Not a Boring Portfolio" a comprehensive guide for juniors to build outstanding portfolios | Link to buy the book in bio 👇

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Hi there! I'm Sam, a dentist turned product designer. I help junior designers by sharing daily design tips. I even wrote a book for juniors to help them build outstanding portfolios. My dream is to build a vibrant community for junior designers, and to build and ship my own product one day.

Experience

  • Product Designer at Freelance
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    I help Startups and Small Businesses raise$ millions by outstanding designs.

  • UX Design Lead at Tech Fleet Professional Association
    Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Lalich Center ● Launched a conversion-optimized responsive website with +25 pages built in Framer for cult survivors with a cross-functional team of 40 designers, developers, researchers, and UX writers using Agile methodology ● Created & prioritized product roadmap with the developers, aligning the product vision with the market needs and kept the whole team on track of building the MVP according to features backlog Career Coaching Platform ● Researched the market opportunity of a career coaching platform for stay-at-home parents returning to the workforce in the product discovery phase as a part of a cross-functional team of 12 designers, researchers, and product strategists ● Delivered actionable research insights as a customer journey map, and Jobs-To-Be-Done statements by conducting user research, including in-depth user interviews with 7 parents, a survey with 44 respondents, secondary research, and competitive analysis of 11 competitors

  • UX Designer at IterateUX
    Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 · 2 mos

    ● Designed an iOS native mobile application for female solo travelers with over +200 screens ● Led a remote team of 4 UX designers in the whole cycle of building the product ● Conducted user research, including interviews with 5, a survey with 49 responses, a competitive analysis of 6 competitors, and usability tests with 5 users and delivered actionable insights ● Customized design system for font, color, and UI components ● Won f i rst place for the best-designed product among 24 teams and over 100 UX designers from around the world

  • UX Researcher at Pelle be Pelle | پله به پله
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos

    In my time in Pelle be Pelle, I was responsible for the initial phase of designing a product. What I did included: ● Researched market opportunity for a career aptitude platform by conducting exploratory research, competitive analysis of 111 competitors, user interviews with 10 participants, and analyzing a survey with 166 responses ● Delivered research insights to the stakeholders to help them make decisions about shipping the product resulting in saving the company approximately $30,000

  • Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (1 yr 6 mos)
    • General Dentist
      Oct 2021 - Jun 2022 · 9 mos

    • General Dentist
      Jan 2021 - Oct 2021 · 10 mos

      In my time as a dentist I ran a dental clinic with 1-2 staff with average rate of 15-20 patients a day. I was responsible for managing the public dental care program of 15,000-20,000 people.