Tehran · Remote worldwide · 2005—2026

Design decisions
your team can
actually ship

I coach in-house design teams and advise product organisations on usability, research practice and design process. 20+ years designing digital products; eight years building the designers who do.

Ali Babaei
20+ Years in product design
40+ Design cohorts led
15+ Product teams advised
8 Years coaching designers
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Two ways I work with you

01 / Engagements

Consulting solves a defined problem quickly. Coaching builds your team's own capability over time. Most engagements blend both.

A · Product outcomes

Moving business metrics through the user journey

  • 01Conversion rate improvement — funnel and checkout audits grounded in real user behaviour.
  • 02Retention improvement — finding where the experience quietly loses people, and fixing it.
Usability audits · heuristic evaluation · journey mapping · research practice
B · Design team coaching

Making your design team stronger from the inside

A recurring practice, worked on with your team in place — not in a workshop vacuum.

See all four areas

Teaching & mentoring

02 / Track record
2018 — Present

Amanj Academy

Lead instructor & product design mentor

Architected the curriculum and delivered 5 in-person and 17 online cohorts — the longest-running program of its kind in the market.

2017 — 2021

Rahnema College

Curriculum architect & design instructor

Designed four product design programs and taught the interaction and visual design tracks alongside a shipping product team.

2018 — 2023

Accelerators & universities

Design mentor, lecturer, thesis juror

Source, GreenTech, Noafarinan, Product Factory, Doosent, Anso; guest lecturer and thesis juror at University of Art, University of Science and Culture, Shahid Beheshti University, Al-Zahra University, Tarbiat Modares University and Qazvin's Source accelerator.

How an engagement starts

03 / Process
01

Employer request

You reach out with the situation as you see it.

02

Understanding your situation

You answer a short set of questions that shape the proposal.

03

Scope proposal

A defined scope, not an open-ended retainer.

04

Understanding your org

Current state across all four areas of help, your team, product and existing practice.

05

Planned work

Scheduled sessions against agreed outcomes.

06

Ongoing guidance

Unscheduled support as real questions come up.

Book a design consultation · First session free

Start with a free 45-minute planning call

Tell me the one specific thing you want covered — a funnel, a review, a team habit — and where a preferred window sits in your week. I reply within two working days to confirm a time and what to expect.

  • 01First session is free — a scoped, no-obligation planning call.
  • 02No slide deck — notes you can circulate the same day.
  • 03Remote, or in person in Tehran.
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