Get To Know Me
Hi, I am Shaeeka (Shy-kaa); in case you are wondering how to pronounce my name! 😊
I am a UX designer who likes to create and deliver design mockups, wireframe, High fidelity, prototype to the product managers, front end & back end developer and stakeholders. I give priority to analyze Usability testing results and to come up with design solutions for products. I enjoy brainstorming with groups of UX designers, ensuring we solve any issues and deliver them on time as a team.
My entire career has been about understanding people, organizations and solving problems and improving systems for them. Whether working as a salesperson at Coach Inc. and getting million dollar sales every year. Or working as a Quality Control Analyst at a pharmaceutical company and initiating at least one Continuous Improvement Project, completing them each year and getting promoted within the first year.
While exploring my interest in understanding customers and problem solving, I discovered the field of UI/UX design. To gain the skills I needed to work in this area, I joined Springboard – an intensive UX/UI bootcamp – which provided me with the skills and knowledge required, and also gave me the chance to experience the UX design process from end–to-end by creating real-world conceptual designs.
On a personal level, my priority is to balance my role as a mother, wife, and a successful career woman. I feel that I have found a profession that I'm passionate about, and I can strike the balance successfully in this role.
Leaders & Peers Feedback
“In the time Shaeeka has worked as the UI/UX lead of the TDM calculator program, she has been an excellent and effective leader, and has done extensive and impressive design work on many new features. Shaeeka came onboard directly after a round of user testing and immediately stepped in to lead a group of new designers. In this role she worked with product management to turn user feedback into concrete features, created designs for all of our top priority items, and worked directly with front end development to ensure features came out as envisioned. I have been extremely impressed by both Shaeeka's design work and her leadership skills, and would highly recommend her.”
-Product Manager
“Shaeeka was a pleasure to work with and helped us conceptualize a solution for our startup. She got the idea really quickly, run with it and delivered great looking output that aligned 100% with what we wanted.
She communicated very efficiently and run the meetings on an organized & structured way. She was incredibly determined and stayed on top of tasks during our engagement. She made sure we understood the trade-offs what was feasible vs. not, and helped us achieve what we wanted to accomplish. We could not have done it without her!”
-UX/UI Client
“I've worked with Shaeeka on a project for the Los Angeles Dept of Transportation for the last several months. She has done a great job taking over as a lead UI/UX designer on a project staffed with part-time UI/UX volunteers with different experience levels. She is able to negotiate among the product managers, developers and customer representatives to develop design solutions that work for everyone. She has been able to lead a small team of designers to close design issues that previously lingered for lack of direction - significantly advancing the usability and overall quality of the project.”
-Project Technical Lead
“I had the pleasure of mentoring Shaeeka on her journey to becoming a UX Designer. Shaeeka is a hard-working designer and very capable of delivering high-quality work. Shaeeka was always receptive to my feedback and did her very best to improve her skills. I was impressed with her enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and with her ability to produce great work on time. I believe she would be a great asset to any team.”
-UX/UI Mentor
“Shaeeka is an incredibly determined and empathetic leader. Her support and encouragement throughout my onboarding and integration into the organization was instrumental in helping me to find my feet. Any issues or concern I had, she would approach with a careful balance of understanding and action. Thanks, Shaeeka! You made my time at Hack for LA an amazing one.”
-UX/UI Designer
“Shaeeka is very good at driving projects to completion. She is effective at soliciting feedback and running with the information. She communicates well with project and task challenges. She is very comfortable in the Work Flow Lead role especially while on the day shift. She manages her time efficiently and is great delegating tasks. She is very hands on and sets a great example for the team.”