
ABOUT AKEEMA /AH-KEY-MAH/
A Caribbean designer making things for the future.
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
A LITTLE OF THE HUMAN
Talks, teams, the in-between.
COMPANIES + COLLABORATORS
Selected clients + collaborators











