Professional Experience

Adam Alaraj

Human centered UX designer with a background in youth development, leadership, music production and community engagement. Experienced in understanding user needs, facilitating groups, creating meaningful experiences and working with people from diverse backgrounds.

Work Experience


Fritidsassistent | Göteborgs Stad


2014 – Present

  • Youth development and mentoring

  • Community engagement and inclusion

  • Music studio activities and creative projects

  • Event planning and project coordination

  • Leadership and relationship building


Operatör & Mentor | Pågen AB


2009 – 2011

  • Quality control

  • Production line operations

  • Mentoring new employees

  • Process improvement


Resesäljare | Stena Line


2004 – 2006

  • Travel sales and bookings

  • Customer service

  • Ferry and hotel reservations

  • Passenger check-in


Restaurangchef | Khau Geng AB


2002 – 2004

  • Daily operations management

  • Staff coordination

  • Purchasing and planning

  • Customer relations



Education


UX Design

Noroff
2024 – Present

Areas of study:

  • UX Research

  • Information Architecture

  • User Flows

  • Wireframing

  • Prototyping

  • Usability Testing

  • Accessibility (WCAG)

  • Design Thinking


Fritidsledarutbildning


Göteborgs Folkhögskola / Nya Varvet

Focus areas:

  • Human Development

  • Group Psychology

  • Group Dynamics

  • Leadership Development

  • Communication

  • Conflict Management

  • Learning Processes

  • Social Inclusion

  • Youth Development

  • Project Management


Songwriter Academy

2006 – 2008

  • Songwriting

  • Music Production

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Marketing

  • Copyright & Contracts

  • Creative Collaboration




Additional Experience


Artist & Music Producer

1997 – Present

  • Music production

  • Songwriting

  • Live performances

  • Studio work


Music Course Leader

  • Music production education

  • DJ training

  • Youth coaching


Study Circle Leader (NBV)

  • Educational workshops

  • Group facilitation

  • Community development


Football Coach

  • Youth leadership

  • Team development

  • Mentoring


Skills


UX & Design

  • Figma

  • Wireframing

  • Prototyping

  • User Research

  • Accessibility (WCAG)

  • Information Architecture


Professional

  • Leadership

  • Group Facilitation

  • Communication

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Mentoring

  • Project Coordination


Languages

  • Swedish (Native)

  • English (Fluent)

  • Arabic (Fluent)