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Hazlami Hayeedorloh

UX/UI Designer & Experience Researcher

Experience

UX Designer / Researcher

Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Inter IKEA | Malmö, Sweden
  • Mapped end-to-end user journeys (e.g. kitchen planning) to uncover spatial user needs and decision-making patterns, establishing reusable journey frameworks applicable across digital product experiences.
  • Defined 3D spatial navigation, feature logic, and material/texture interactions to ensure intuitiveness around room rotation, product customization, and seamless add-to-cart flows.
  • Translated research data into actionable design recommendations by explaining root causes of user friction, validating product team hypotheses, and guiding next steps for interaction design and feature optimization.
  • Co-established and structured a centralized UX Repository and Knowledge Bank in MyInsights, synthesizing cross-planner research and video highlights to easily share insights across teams and global IKEA stakeholders.

UX Researcher Consultant

Mar 2021 – Dec 2025
Inter IKEA | Malmö, Sweden
  • Managed bi-weekly moderated and unmoderated usability testing sprints across product planning teams to evaluate 3D spatial capabilities and core user flows.
  • Advised cross-functional teams on study scoping, test planning, and hypothesis formulation across early-phase exploration and post-launch validation.
  • Authored structured research reports and led feedback sessions with product teams to ensure research recommendations directly drove iterative tool updates.

Founder & Lead Designer

Jul 2024 – Present
Hay Studio AB | Lund, Sweden
  • Independent design practice delivering digital product design, UX/UI interfaces, and design system components.
  • Integrated front-end prototyping (HTML/CSS/JS) and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate design exploration, refine UI interactions, and build functional web tools.

User Experience Intern

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020
Inter IKEA | Malmö, Sweden
  • Researched and prototyped omnichannel concepts for the IKEA app and physical stores, designing guided buying journeys that combined ready-made home furnishing solutions with interactive advice.

Design Engineer Consultant

Jun 2018 – Jun 2020
Circalle / AFRY | Malmö, Sweden
  • Configured and modeled 3D modular furniture layouts in SolidWorks and Visualize, combining seating series, acoustic leaf-lamp trees, recycling units, and USB power integrations for high-traffic public and commercial spaces (airports, transit hubs, educational facilities).
  • Generated technical assembly drawings, mounting documentation, and photorealistic 3D sales materials for manufacturing teams, site installers, and trade shows.

Creative & Visual Designer

2018 – 2020
Freelance (Haz Design) | Sweden
  • Delivered complete brand systems, print-ready assets, venue layouts (DWG), and guidelines for commercial clients, specifically for Oh Poké (scaled to 16+ locations) and LAX Sushi & Poké (concept acquired within 6 months).
  • Created custom digital web experiences, photography, and brand identity frameworks for startups and established firms.
  • Produced Google Business View 360° HDR virtual tours and built custom WordPress sites to showcase interactive Google Maps views for commercial clients.

Photographer

Dec 2016 – Dec 2019
Eslövs kommun | Skåne, Sweden
  • Captured event, corporate, and editorial photography for municipal PR and press releases (e.g. MyNewsdesk), building a media bank and getting work published in national press (Svenskt Näringsliv, Skånska Dagbladet).

About

Experience Designer and Senior UX Researcher with 5+ years of dedicated expertise within Inter IKEA’s global digital planning suite. Specialized in 3D spatial configuration, rapid research sprints, and mapping scalable user journeys, converting complex insights into clear UI requirements, design system components, and live product optimizations.

Capabilities

3D Spatial Configuration 3D Interaction Design Rapid Research Sprints End-to-End Journey Mapping Usability Testing Design Systems Brand Identity & Web AI-Assisted Workflows

Tools

Figma Adobe CC Affinity Miro Research Tools Blender SolidWorks Fusion360 AI-Assisted Tools (Gemini / LLMs)

Education

Product Design
Malmö University (2013–2016)

Graphic Design for Print
Högskolan Kristianstad (2016)

Linux Systems Specialist
EC Utbildning (2011–2012)

Languages

Swedish: Native / Professional

English: Full Professional