Ali Al-Janabi Ali Al-Janabi 💀

Ali
Al-Janabi

Founding Product Designer

About

Technically integrated Senior Product Designer and Operations Leader with 12+ years of experience delivering 0-to-1 and scaled ecosystems for B2B SaaS, fintech, and complex enterprise platforms. Expert in bridging the gap between conceptual design and technical execution by leveraging modern AI workflows (Cursor, Claude) and treating code as the ultimate source of truth. Proven track record of accelerating time-to-market, building scalable design systems, and driving measurable business outcomes—including +25% user satisfaction metrics—through rigorous engineering partnerships and strategic product vision.

B2B SaaS Fintech Information Architecture High-Fidelity Prototyping Design Systems Operational Strategy

Tool Set

Product Strategy & UX

B2B SaaS Wireframing Agile Operational Strategy

Design Systems & Tools

Figma FigJam Miro Design Tokens

Technical Execution & AI

Cursor Claude GitHub Copilot HTML/CSS

Status

Working on MarketPlate

Open to the right opportunity. I work best with teams that move fast, think in systems, and care about craft as much as outcomes.

Education

2011 – 2014

Humber College

Advertising & Graphic Design, Advanced Diploma
Web Design Typography Colour Theory Consumer Behaviour Marketing Strategy Digital Marketing Email Marketing Brand Identity Visual Hierarchy Print Production Campaign Planning Media Buying Copywriting Photography & Image Editing
courses taken at Humber

Years of Experience

0
and counting
Companies 40+
Projects shipped 100+
Est. coffee cups

Experience

2024
Now

Blank Space Corp.

Operations Manager & Product Design Lead
2023
2024

SendNow Email Marketing

Co-Founder & Product Designer
2021
2023

Demand Science

Senior Product Designer
2017
2021

Intuit Canada

Senior UX/UI Designer — TurboTax, ProFile

Other Clients

Curbngo Live
Food pickup experience, reimagined.
VISR Acquired
Helping families safely navigate social media.
GivePear Live
A charity platform for giving tribute.
Zave Unknown
Digital highlighter technology for professionals.
Paymentus Acquired
North America's fastest growing payment platform.

Agency Referrals

Seta & Satin Live
Handcrafted menswear branding.
Tanya Ricketts Live
Personal development life coach.
Winukor New Chapter
Canadian tax filing guru.
Spectrum Aesthetics Rebranded
Aesthetics & beauty clinic.
Blogging Wizard Closed
Content marketing platform.
Zumizu Unknown
A social media platform.

Real talk

Ali has a natural talent for translating complex problems into clean, intuitive designs. His ability to balance user needs with business goals made every project a success.
Sarah M.
Senior Product Manager · DemandScience
Working with Ali at Intuit was a standout experience. He brought clarity to ambiguous briefs and consistently delivered polished, well-considered design solutions under tight deadlines.
James T.
Engineering Lead · Intuit Canada
Ali elevated our product's UX from the ground up. His redesign of CapEx drove measurable improvements in user satisfaction and set a new bar for design quality across our team.
Lena K.
Director of Product · GFL Environmental

Get in Touch

Let's work together

Got a project, a role, or just a wild idea? I'd love to hear it.
Let's make something worth making.

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Location Toronto, Canada
Response Time Lightspeed — try me
Stack
HTML · CSS · Vanilla JS No frameworks. No build tools. No npm. Just vibes.
Typeface
IBM Plex Sans IBM Plex Mono
Toolchain
Designed in Figma Built from scratch Deployed via FTP curl 0 npm packages
Infrastructure
Hosted on cPanel CDN & SSL by Cloudflare Analytics — GA & PostHog Version control — Git
Built from scratch with unreasonable attention to detail · Analytics via GA & PostHog · WCAG 2.1 AA ·