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Zayn Ali

first product designer at Instacart

Instacart’s first product designer and a former design lead at Y Combinator.

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Key facts

Roles
Instacart, first product designer
Previously
Y Combinator, led design

Career

  1. Instacartcurrentas of May 2022
    first product designer
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  2. Y Combinatorpast
    led design
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How we verify
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  1. as of May 2022Career
    Zayn Ali previously at Y Combinator
    led design
    “previously led design here at YC” 0:19
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. as of May 2022Career
    Zayn Ali is first product designer at Instacart
    “He was the first product designer at Instacart” 0:19
    Unverified1 source· Talk

Talks 1

23:12
Critiquing Startup Websites
Zayn Ali

Instacart’s first product designer, Zayn Ali, and a host review landing pages from three Y Combinator startups: Hokali, Requestly, and Verdin. They explain how clear headlines help visitors quickly understand what a product does and whether it is for them. The critiques also cover pop-ups, visual hierarchy, calls to action, screenshots, customer proof, and reducing clutter. A recurring lesson is to describe products in the language customers use and focus on the problems they solve.

May 10, 2022· 23 min 0:19