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Ahmed Gamal El Kahwagygoes by Cofe.

Product Designer & Project Manager · HUMAIN · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

I’m a product designer and project manager with seven years of practice and an engineer’s habit of finishing things. I started in brand identity and Arabic lettering, moved into product design through banking, and now design AI products at HUMAIN and run the projects behind them: PRDs, roadmaps, demos and launches.

I also write the Swift. MoodSpark and StoneUp are mine end to end: research, brand, interface, code, App Store, launch. That loop makes me a better designer on every team I join, because I know what it costs to build each pixel.

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Ahmed Gamal El Kahwagy

Experience

  1. Product Designer & Project Manager, HUMAIN Create

    2025 — Present

    HUMAIN · Riyadh

    • Product design for HUMAIN Create, an Arabic-first, AI-native marketing operating system unveiled at LEAP 2026.
    • Project and product management: PRDs and product specs for new modules (such as an agentic CMS and role-based permissions), roadmaps and release scope.
    • Turned client briefs into working, AI-assisted prototypes and recorded demos for client sessions.
    • Designed the Ramadan theme for HUMAIN Chat across iOS, Android and web: art direction, opt-in flows and a greeting-card generator.
    • Launch and event design for LEAP 2026 and company town halls.
    • Recognised by HUMAIN’s CEO, Tareq Amin, in 2026.

  2. Senior UX/UI Designer

    2024 — 2025

    The Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) · Riyadh

    • Redesign of the SAIB mobile banking app: UX, accessibility, visual design, prototyping, and aligning the design system with the updated brand.
    • Improved the Arabic version of the SAIB Travel app and created its original graphic assets.
    • Honoured by the bank (Aug 2025) for my contribution to the SAIB Innovate programme.

  3. Designer & iOS developer

    2026 — Present

    Independent apps · Riyadh

    • Designed, built and shipped MoodSpark (10 languages) and StoneUp (iPhone & iPhone Duo), solo, in SwiftUI. Both are live on the App Store.

  4. UI/UX Designer (intensive programme)

    Aug — Nov 2022

    Information Technology Institute (ITI) · Smart Village, Egypt

    • Three-month UI/UX track, graduated with Excellent. Case studies: Parkopedia, PillPal.

  5. Senior Graphic Designer

    May — Aug 2022

    Pimula · Alexandria

    • Created 15+ full brand identities and 30+ pitch decks.
    • Mentored two junior designers.

  6. Independent Brand & Type Designer

    2019 — 2022

    Freelance · Remote

    • Helped 50+ businesses become brands; 100+ clients served.
    • Worked with MBC and Shahid, including a title logo for a Shahid VIP drama.

Selected projects

Brand & type, 2019 — 2022

Contact

Let’s make somethingpeople actually use.

Open to senior product design roles and to collaborations on AI products and apps, in Riyadh or remote.

cofedesignstudio@gmail.com