Gaddafi Rusli

Gaddafi Rusli

Scaling design for better

product experiences.

Scaling design for better

product experiences.

I’m a hands-on product design leader with experience designing a wide variety of consumer products & scaling high-performing design teams. I work with founders and product leaders to turn complex business ideas into pragmatic yet delightful user experiences.


I’m currently heading the product design team at Setel, working on various mobility & fintech projects across multiple interfaces. I grew the team from 5 to 20+ designers, set the foundation for design system and operations, drive the holistic design strategy and work with the stakeholders on the future of our products.


It has been an exciting journey to be able to continuously improve the product experience at a fast pace yet rewarding environment. Before Setel, I led design (as manager or solo-designer) at Kaodim, Fave, KFit, and few others startups in Malaysia — where I work closely with the stakeholders & founders to bring design perspective into their vision.


Outside of work, I enjoy building simple tools & products as an excuse to continue my passion in coding & to learn new technology. I also advises other local founders and design teams on improving their products & experiences.

I’m a hands-on product design leader with experience designing a wide variety of consumer products & scaling high-performing design teams. I work with founders and product leaders to turn complex business ideas into pragmatic yet delightful user experiences.


I’m currently heading the product design team at Setel, working on various mobility & fintech projects across multiple interfaces. I grew the team from 5 to 20+ designers, set the foundation for design system and operations, drive the holistic design strategy and work with the stakeholders on the future of our products.


It has been an exciting journey to be able to continuously improve the product experience at a fast pace yet rewarding environment. Before Setel, I led design (as manager or solo-designer) at Kaodim, Fave, KFit, and few others startups in Malaysia — where I work closely with the stakeholders & founders to bring design perspective into their vision.


Outside of work, I enjoy building simple tools & products as an excuse to continue my passion in coding & to learn new technology. I also advises other local founders and design teams on improving their products & experiences.

Case studies

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Improving feature discovery on a super app homepage

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Improving feature discovery on a super app homepage

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The evolution of Setel visual identity over the years

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The evolution of Setel visual identity over the years

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Structuring a growing design team operations

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Structuring a growing design team operations

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Setel brand refresh

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Setel brand refresh

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Designing the new Kaodim

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Designing the new Kaodim

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Coaster for Unsplash

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Coaster for Unsplash

Highlights

Accelerating your product design career: Reflecting on the harsh truths

medium.com

Design taste

I received some interesting responses & questions about the topic of “design taste”. So, I thought I could share a bit more here …

linkedin.com

What I learned about growing a design team

I received some interesting responses & questions about the topic of “design taste”. So, I thought I could share a bit more here …

medium.com

2024

An enhanced mobile app experience with Setel

Jan

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Organiser & co-host · Setel · Jun 2023

2024

Show & tell

Jan

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Panelist · CoinGecko · Feb 2023

Engagements

2024

The Journey to Senior Designer: Skills, Insights, and Experiences

Feb

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Panelist, Friends of Figma KL

Becoming a designer: Navigating competitive lansdscape

Jan

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Speaker, UTM Skudai HCI Day

2023

Scaling design system: Fostering efficiency and consistency

Oct

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Speaker, Design Leadership KL

Friends of Figma KL, June Meetup

Jun

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Organiser & co-host, Setel

Product Design Sharing

Feb

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Panelist, CoinGecko

From Concept to Creation

Jan

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Speaker & panelist, JOMWEB Johor

2022

Growing as a product designer

Sep

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Speaker, Yezza

Hey designers, let’s help your developers out

Jun

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Speaker, Friends of Figma KL

2020

What the heck is a design system?

Oct

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Speaker, Setel Engineering Brownbag

Other design works

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