ABOUT AKEEMA /AH-KEY-MAH/

A Caribbean designer making things for the future.

Mandeville, JM10+ years in designFintech · SaaS · B2B · Mobile · Web

I'm Akeema. I grew up in Kingston, self taught designer, and spent the last ten (10) years shipping product across Caribbean fintech, B2B SaaS, and a couple of side projects I'm proud of.

My work tends to start in research and end in code review. I like flows that get shorter, copy that gets clearer, and interfaces that don't fail to be useful. I care a lot about who the product is for, especially when "who" includes people the rest of the tech world routinely forgets.

Right now I'm building Mirus Labs, a company that helps build great experience for Caribbean products whether it's a web/native app or website. I'm also open to senior or staff product roles or consulting.

EXPERIENCE
2025 — now
Founder & UI UX Designer
Mirus Labs
Building the best experiences for companies within and outside of the Caribbean
2021 — 2025
Senior Product Designer
NCB Financial Group (Lynk)
Created Jamaica's first and largest fintech wallet (600k+ users).
2020 — 2021
Lead UI Designer
Vertis Technology (c/o Digicel Group)
Led a 3-person design team delivering UI/UX for DigicelBiP
2018 — 2020
UI UX Designer and R&D Associate
Innovate 10X
Brand, visual, web and app designer for early-stage Caribbean startup.
SKILLS · INTERESTS · SPECIALIZATIONS

Things I carry, in motion.

What I do
  • Interaction design
  • End-to-end product design
  • Design systems
  • Information architecture
  • Prototyping
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.1)
  • Usability testing
  • User journey mapping
  • Heuristic evaluation
  • Design Operations
  • Lean UX
  • Design Thinking
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Team mentorship
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Agile
  • Design critiques
  • Team culture building
  • User research
  • A/B testing
  • Behavioral analytics (UX Cam)
  • Remote usability testing (Maze)
  • Data-driven iteration
What I use
  • Figma
  • Adobe CS
  • Miro
  • Maze
  • Webflow
  • Framer
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • React
  • Next.js
  • AI-assisted dev
  • GitHub
  • Supabase
  • Firebase
Where I work
  • Fintech
  • Digital banking (retail + B2B)
  • Payments
  • CBDC
  • Remittances
  • KYC / onboarding
Off the clock
  • Arsenal
  • Travelling
  • Football & outdoor sports
  • Gaming
  • Gardening & landscaping
  • Reading
  • Always learning
COMPANIES + COLLABORATORS
Selected clients + collaborators