[About]

Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Frank Lloyd Wright

[About me]

Hey! I'm Ali Tajer, a product designer based in Manchester. Iโ€™ve spent the last 4+ years working across EdTech, marketplaces and PropTech, taking products from early research through to something people can actually use.

I trained as an architect, which still shapes how I think about products. I look for structure, understand how the pieces connect, then simplify. Over time, Iโ€™ve also moved beyond designing screens and started building what I design.

Right now, Iโ€™m designing and building internal software and AI automations for Majella Properties, including an AI agent for property maintenance.

Outside work, I help run Natter Manchester and have coached around 70 designers. Iโ€™m also a Certified Product Designer on Uxcel, ranked #1 in the UK and #5 globally.
Iโ€™m at my best when the problem is still messy and the answer isnโ€™t obvious yet.

Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Frank Lloyd Wright

[What Can I Do]

Start with the real problem

I run the research, map the workflow, and test assumptions before anything gets designed. That way the team builds what actually matters, not just the first idea on the table.

An AI native way of building

I turn designs into working software with Claude, Cursor and Bolt.new, so people test the real product instead of slides.

Design the system, not just screens

I design clear flows and reusable component systems that stay consistent as a product grows and let a small team move fast. Structural thinking from my architecture background, applied to digital products.

[Experience]

Majella Properties

Product Design & Automation Consultant

Feb 2026 to Present

Manchester, UK

Building an agentic maintenance-triage tool with six tools, consequence-scoped autonomy, approval surfaces, run logs, and an evaluation harness.

Designing and building a custom internal web app for leases, invoices, management dashboards, compliance, maintenance, and calendars.

Mapping operations across 200+ tenants at three sites, then applying AI automation where it adds the most value.

MarziUXD

AI Design Mentor (Part-time)

Aug 2025 to Jan 2026

MidShift

Product Designer (EdTech SaaS)

Mar 2024 to Jul 2025

Nodemon LLC

Product Design Consultant (AI Hiring Platform)

Dec 2023 to Mar 2024

TNQ

Duty Manager & Product Designer (Part-time)

Nov 2021 to Jan 2026

Karchidari

UX/UI Designer (Home Services Marketplace)

May 2021 to Oct 2022

Khaneh Sarmayeh

UX/UI Designer (FinTech Education Platform)

Feb 2021 to Apr 2021

Earlier Experience

Multimedia, AR/VR Product & Interior Design

2018 to 2021

Majella Properties

Product Design & Automation Consultant

Feb 2026 to Present

Manchester, UK

Building an agentic maintenance-triage tool with six tools, consequence-scoped autonomy, approval surfaces, run logs, and an evaluation harness.

Designing and building a custom internal web app for leases, invoices, management dashboards, compliance, maintenance, and calendars.

Mapping operations across 200+ tenants at three sites, then applying AI automation where it adds the most value.

MarziUXD

AI Design Mentor (Part-time)

Aug 2025 to Jan 2026

MidShift

Product Designer (EdTech SaaS)

Mar 2024 to Jul 2025

Nodemon LLC

Product Design Consultant (AI Hiring Platform)

Dec 2023 to Mar 2024

TNQ

Duty Manager & Product Designer (Part-time)

Nov 2021 to Jan 2026

Karchidari

UX/UI Designer (Home Services Marketplace)

May 2021 to Oct 2022

Khaneh Sarmayeh

UX/UI Designer (FinTech Education Platform)

Feb 2021 to Apr 2021

Earlier Experience

Multimedia, AR/VR Product & Interior Design

2018 to 2021

Majella Properties

Product Design & Automation Consultant

Feb 2026 to Present

Building an agentic maintenance-triage tool with six tools, consequence-scoped autonomy, approval surfaces, run logs, and an evaluation harness.

Designing and building a custom internal web app for leases, invoices, management dashboards, compliance, maintenance, and calendars.

Mapping operations across 200+ tenants at three sites, then applying AI automation where it adds the most value.

MarziUXD

AI Design Mentor (Part-time)

Aug 2025 to Jan 2026

MidShift

Product Designer (EdTech SaaS)

Mar 2024 to Jul 2025

Nodemon LLC

Product Design Consultant (AI Hiring Platform)

Dec 2023 to Mar 2024

TNQ

Duty Manager & Product Designer (Part-time)

Nov 2021 to Jan 2026

Karchidari

UX/UI Designer (Home Services Marketplace)

May 2021 to Oct 2022

Khaneh Sarmayeh

UX/UI Designer (FinTech Education Platform)

Feb 2021 to Apr 2021

Earlier Experience

Multimedia, AR/VR Product & Interior Design

2018 to 2021

[Toolbox]

How work moves through my stack

I love finding new tools and pushing them until they break or earn a spot. This lineup is what survived real projects.

Claude Cowork covers everything between design and build. Notes turn into plans, plans into working features, and nothing gets lost in the copy-paste between apps.

Half of this stack didnโ€™t exist two years ago. Thatโ€™s the part I enjoy most.

01

Research

Market context and desk research before anything gets drawn.

02

User research

Interviews, session notes, synthesis.

03

Design

Flows, design systems, prototypes. Claude sits in the loop from the first sketch.

04

Build

Design intent becomes a working product. No handoff gap.

05

Automate

The repetitive work runs itself.

06

Measure

What happened after launch feeds the next round.

[Speaking & Community]

[Fun Facts]

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