SKYLAR FARAH

UX / Graphic Designer

skylarfarah.com

248-404-0769

Sefarah@umich.edu

Skills

Education

University of Michigan - Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design

August 2021 - August 2025 | Ann Arbor, MI


GPA: 3.85/4.00
Minor: User Experience Design 


Relevant Coursework: Product Design, UX Design, Graphic Design
Awards/Honors: University Honors 2021-2023, James B. Angell Scholar 2023, Dean’s List 2021-2022

Experience

Talk360 - UX Design Intern


June 2025 - July 2025 | Amsterdam, NL                       

  • Improved cross-functional collaboration by updating and organizing Figma design libraries, streamlining implementation for the tech team and ensuring consistency across the platform 

  • Conducted user research to identify pain points in onboarding process, leading to design proposals aimed at improving user retention and first time experiences 

  • Designed and tested simplified user checkout flows using A/B testing, resulting in a clearer user paths and data-driven insights into users preferences

Rave - Visual Designer


August 2024 - Present | Remote                       

  • Built a unified Figma component library to streamline design consistency and speed up team collaboration across app features

  • Created interactive, animated icons using Rive to product lightweight, easily implementable Lottie files, enhancing visual engagement and improving design-to-dev handoff 

  • Conducted competitive analysis of top-performing apps to identify industry best practices, providing strategic insights to improve product presentation

General Motors - UX Design Intern


May 2024 - August 2024 | Warren, MI                       

  • Faced with an in-vehicle flyout design issue, developed and presented multiple solutions, resulting in the adoption of my design for further refinement;  utilized Figma to iterate until the solution addressed all original problems, which led to its approval for implementation in the next vehicle update

  • Tasked with evaluating navigation bar designs for a new website concept, conducted a thorough analysis of various designs and placements on other websites, presented my findings to the NET team, and advised on the options that would best align with their goals and enhance the user experience

  • Worked to improve UX and branding consistency, conducted UX research and redesigned key pages using Figma and Sketch, created visual designs for apps and web pages, developed experimental icons for in-vehicle designs, and transferred components from Design System to Figma

Stellantis - Student Program, Feature Planning


January 2024 - May 2024 | Auburn Hills, MI                       

  • Supported the Feature Planning team, created graphics using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop as stimuli for user testing, which helped evaluate user responses to new features and concepts to determine whether or not the team should proceed with development and production

  • Met the feature planning team's requirements, created approximately 30 graphics, presented them at weekly meetings using Microsoft PowerPoint to gather feedback, and refined the graphics before checking in again to obtain approval to send them off to be used for user testing

  • Collaborated with 2 other design teams, created graphics for concept designs that were used either in presentations to help viewers visualize the ideas or as stimuli for user testing, similar to my previous work with the feature planning team, to evaluate and refine new concept designs based on feedback

City of Ann Arbor - UX Field Research Team Member


May 2022 - June 2023 | Ann Arbor, MI                       

  • Collaborated with Ann Arbor’s Transportation Department to research residents’ opinions on how the city is handling its improvements to the bus system, bike lanes, construction, and traffic to see where there was room for improvement

  • Conducted in-person interviews, collecting detailed feedback on how transportation impacts how they “work, live, and play” in the city

  • Shared interview results with our team of 20 students and presented our findings to the city's transportation department including the feedback on the current efforts as well as providing recommendations to address the identified pain points from the interviews

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Rive

Adobe Dimensions

Jira

Sketch

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Procreate

Rhino 3D

Blender

Processing (Java)

Canva

Tools

Wireframes & Flows

Lo-fi Prototyping

Hi-Fi Prototyping

Sketching

Product Design

Usability Testing

Personas

Storyboarding

Competitive Analysis

Painting

Jewelry

Research and Design

Leadership

Arab Student Association - Choreographer


September 2022 - Present | Ann Arbor, MI

Organized and choreographed a 4-5 minute dance for the Arab Student Association's annual dance show, leading tryouts and teaching the routine to my team over a 5-month period as well as helping run other social events for the club                           

Alpha Theta Delta Multidisciplinary Design Fraternity - Director of Social Events

August 2023 - December 2023 | Ann Arbor, MI

Planned and coordinated venues for social events for the multidisciplinary design fraternity Alpha Theta Delta, managing budgets and ensuring resources were allocated for 5-6 events per semester for current and potential members

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