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Narek Kurghinyan

@narekkurghinyan

Product designer turning AI capabilities into intuitive experiences through research, strategy, and scalable design systems.

Armenia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can own end-to-end product design—especially AI features—pair strong UX research with clear interaction models, and build scalable design systems that help engineering ship faster.

I’m a Product Designer with 5+ years shipping AI-powered and 0-to-1 products, specializing in translating ambiguous machine-learning capabilities into intuitive product experiences. I consistently work end-to-end across research, strategy, and craft in fast-moving, cross-functional environments.

Most recently, at Magical Labs, I architected a 20+ component design system from scratch for an AI text-to-music tool—establishing scalable, reusable UI patterns that accelerated feature delivery by ~75% and supported a beta launch reaching 500+ active professional musicians. I also led 30+ semi-structured contextual interviews, synthesized insights into 5 core domain pain points, and embedded daily with 5 AI engineers to define how non-deterministic generative model outputs should surface in the UI.

Earlier, on a founding 2-person team, I owned two 0-to-1 products end-to-end and built a unified 30+ component design system shared across apps and web, reducing design-to-dev handoff cycles by ~90%. At Picsart, I earned 3 promotions in 3.5 years and co-led the ground-up creation of a unified design system (70+ components), while contributing to the ground-up redesign of the video editor and shipping AI features from blank canvas through QA handoff.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Designer

Current

Magical Labs

May 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Architected a 20+ component design system for an AI text-to-music tool and led structured user research with professional musicians to define core interaction pain points. Embedded with AI engineers to translate non-deterministic generative model behavior into predictable, musician-intuitive UI, accelerating feature delivery (~75%) and supporting a beta launch (500+ active professionals).

Design Systems User Research Interaction Design

Middle Product Designer

Picsart

Oct 2020 - Feb 2024 (3 years 4 months)

Co-owned end-to-end design for AI features shipped to 150M+ users and helped standardize UI at scale with a 70+ component library adopted across 5 product teams, reducing cross-team design inconsistencies (~60%). Contributed to a cohesive video editing experience and supported AI integration handoff (HTML/CSS) with ML engineers.

Design Systems Service Design Data Analysis Usability Testing HTML CSS ML Engineering Interaction Design Motion Design

Associate

Picsart

Oct 2020 - Feb 2024 (3 years 4 months)

Started at Picsart as an Associate and was promoted to Product Designer within the first 6 months based on measurable contributions to the video editor redesign.

Product Design Usability Testing User Research

Product Designer

Picsart

Oct 2020 - Feb 2024 (3 years 4 months)

As a Product Designer at Picsart, co-led the ground-up creation of a unified design system and contributed to the video editor redesign by coordinating alignment across stakeholders and engineering pods.

Design Systems Interaction Design User Research Usability Testing Stakeholder Management Motion Design

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Uxcel

Professional Certification Track

2023 -

Activities and societies: 5+ courses/topics across Product Design, Design Thinking, Dynamic User Experience, Native Mobile Design, Service Design, and Apple Human Interface guidelines.

Ongoing Professional Certification Track coursework listed in the provided education text.

Uxcel

Interaction Design Foundation, Interaction Design

2024 -

Activities and societies: 15+ courses/topics across Product Design, AI workflow integration; usability testing and emotional design; dynamic UX; native mobile design; service design; Apple Human Interface guidelines.

Ongoing Interaction Design Foundation coursework and certification track listed in the provided education text.