
UCD
Designing services with purpose – led by insight, shaped by people.

7 GDS Projects - All Phases

20 Private Sector Projects

Certified Product Owner
SR
I’m Syed, a Service Designer & User Researcher

With over a 15 of experience, I design user-centred services that transform experiences across sectors including government (GDS), finance, retail, and technology. I combine service design expertise with Agile delivery as a Certified Product Owner, ensuring solutions are both impactful and deliverable.
I’ve led the development of key government & private sector services driving change through user insight led design and strategic product thinking – bridging the gap between user needs and business outcomes.
Strong Attributes

User-Centered Thinking
Skilled at uncovering real user needs and translating insights into meaningful design decisions.

Strategic Collaboration
Experienced in aligning stakeholders, facilitating co-creation, and navigating complex systems.

End-to-End Delivery
Confident in driving the full design lifecycle – from discovery to implementation—with a focus on outcomes.


I can help you with!

Service & Product Design

Product Management

User Research Activities

My Approach As A Service & Product Designer

1. Empathise
Gain a deep understanding of users’ needs, behaviours, and challenges through research.

2. Define
Synthesise findings to clearly articulate the problem and align stakeholders around a shared design challenge.

3. Ideate
Co-create a range of user-centred ideas in collaboration with teams and stakeholders.

4. Prototype & Test
Develop low/ high fidelity prototypes to explore ideas and test them with real users for feedback.

5. Iterate & Deliver
Refine solutions through continuous iteration and support the delivery of impactful, scalable services.


Imagine two Hotels side by side, both offering the same services on paper. Yet, only one of them consistently sees repeat customers. The difference? Service design.




My Portfolio


Mar 2023 - July 2024
DWP – UK

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
BEIS – UK

Apr 2022 - July 2022
Met Office – UK

Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
BT Global – UK
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UX Skills & Tools

Service & Product Design
Discovery Research
Ideation Workshops
Prototyping & Testing
Stakeholder Management
Process Flows
Journey Mapping
Service Blueprints
Decision Tree
Business Model Canvas
Data Visualisation
Competitive Analysis
UX/ User Research
UR Planning Workshops
1:1 Interviews
Data Clustering
Focus Group
Gorilla Testing
Journey Mapping
User Personae
User Journey Mapping
A/B Testing
Empathy Mapping
UX Tools
Miro & Mural
Figma
Sketch
Axure RP
Heroku
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe XD
Userzoom
Usertesting
Balsamiq