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About me

I'm Farah Abu-Arja, a Senior Product Designer focused on growth, personalization, and platform UX. I believe that good design is rigorous, outcome-oriented, and grounded in real-world constraints.

With over a decade of experience, I've led end-to-end design for global platforms, significantly improving user acquisition, activation, and retention through continuous validation and system-level thinking.

Capabilities

User Acquisition, Identity, Conversion Optimization, A/B Testing, Growth, Personalization, Design Systems, Platform UX, Enterprise UX.

Find me on LinkedIn, use the form below, or hit me up via email at abuarja.farah@gmail.com.

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Experience

Senior Product Designer

McKinsey & Company — Minneapolis, MN                                                           07/2020–present

Senior Product Designer

Wayfair — Boston, MA                                                                     06/2019–06/2020

Experience Design Research Associate

MIT Design Lab — Cambridge, MA                                                                     07/2017–06/2019

Web & UX Designer

Boston Digital — Charlestown, MA                                                                     01/2016–07/2016

Product Designer

Playable Innovative Technologies Lab — Boston, MA                                          01/2014–07/2017

Education

Masters in Interactive Design

Northeastern University — Boston, MA                                                                         2014–2016

B.Sc Computer Graphics & Animation (Top Honors)

PSUT — Amman, Jordan                                                                     2009-2013