Zahra Izzah Othman

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Design Manager at Sony | ex-Lenovo

Sony
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · MYT (UTC+8)
8+ years experience
INSEAD Singapore
English, Malay
Co-founder
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Overview

8 years in product design, the last 5 at Sony, where I lead the mobile team. Brought the mobile flows to WCAG 2.2 AA. Ran 125 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository. Most at home with iOS and Android. Board member at a local non-profit.

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Skills
FigmaiOSAndroidprototyping
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
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Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for returns management for university students

The idea
Returns management for university students
Stage
Customer interviews
I bring
14 years in mobile design
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Kuala Lumpur or remote

I bring 8 years of mobile design (currently Sony). Ideally you've built ML systems in production. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · remote OKiosprototypingfigma
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Experience

  1. Design Manager
    Apr 2022 - Present
    Sony · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Brought the mobile flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Shipped the mobile redesign that lifted task completion 12%.
    • Ran 124 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  2. UX Researcher
    Dec 2018 - Apr 2022
    Lenovo · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Cut support tickets about mobile by 27% with clearer copy and states.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from mobile
2025

What went wrong and what worked while scaling mobile design.

Open-source prototyping toolkit
2024

A small library for mobile design that 478 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Singapore
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. University of Indonesia
    BSc, Visual Communication
    2013 - 2017

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