# Alen

**UX & Typeface Designer · United Kingdom**

UX & Visual Designer with over 3 years of experience specializing in accessibility, typography, and visual design. Actively seeking new opportunities as a UI/UX Designer.

Profile: https://path.cv/alen

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## Experience

### Independent Designer at Freelance
*Sep 2022 – Present*

Expanding language support for a modern typeface for a UK-based foundry.
Designed and published a bilingual typeface.
Optimized UX for the FedCorp Banking app, increasing downloads by 15%. 
Created data visualization components for the CarQ platform.

### UX Designer at Zen Internet
*Oct 2024 – Dec 2025*

Developed and maintained the design system in Figma, reducing developer handoff time by 10%. Designed user journeys and optimized UX for new digital services.

### UX and Visual Designer at YUJ Designs
*Aug 2021 – Aug 2022*

Redesigned the Tata FleetEdge B2B Platform, increasing platform onboarding from 100,000 to 150,000 customers. Strategized visual design and conducted user research.

### UX Intern at Cognicor technologies
*Oct 2018 – May 2019*

Developed design system components for an AI conversational assistant platform to ensure design consistency.

### Graphic Design Intern at Campper.com
*Jun 2018 – Sep 2018*

Designed social media campaigns and marketing materials that drove a 25% increase in engagement. Supported the Rebuild Kerala campaign through design outreach.

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## Skills

Figma · Framer · Adobe XD · Illustrator · Photoshop · After Effects · HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Webflow · Glyphs · ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Lovable · Bolt

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## Projects

### Elim text typeface

Designed and published a bilingual text typeface supporting Latin and Malayalam scripts.

### FedCorp Banking App Redesign

Redesigned UI to meet WCAG standards and improve accessibility.

### Tata FleetEdge B2B Platform

Redesigned platform interface and strategy, increasing customer onboarding.

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## Education

### MA in Typeface Design
*University of Reading*
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### MDes in Communication Design
*IIT Bombay*
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
*Mahatma Gandhi University*
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017