Zeeshan Khalid
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Hi, I’m Zeeshan. Welcome to my portfolio.

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Zeeshan Khalid — Portfolio 2026

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Zeeshan Khalid

13+

Years of experience

I design with a purpose — to bridge business objectives and human needs through clear, inclusive, and scalable digital experiences that turn returning clients and startups into success stories.

Role

EMEA DesignOps & Accessibility Lead

Based in

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Bridging business goals and human needs via inclusive digital experiences.

Track record

13+

Years of successful work

  • 01$20M+ raisedFunding enabled
  • 0235M+ usersUsers served by platforms I’ve designed for (Saudi Energy)
  • 03Enterprise, Govt., EdTech, FinTech, Web3Industries served
  • 041 to 20+ designersBuilt & scaled high-performing multidisciplinary teams
  • 05Design as functionFoundation, collaboration, scalability
  • 06Design Strategy UnlockedBook author

What you get with me.

From fast-paced proofs of concept to large-scale, design-thinking-based service and product programmes, I maximise return on investment by collaboratively designing solutions that achieve business goals and exceed customer expectations.

  • 01

    Product design

    Crafting intuitive, user-centred interfaces that bridge business goals and human needs — turning complex problems into seamless digital experiences through rigorous research and precision.

  • 02

    Design operations

    Optimising the “how” of design by scaling people, processes, and tools — removing friction so teams focus on high-value innovation, not administrative overhead.

  • 03

    Digital strategy

    Defining a clear roadmap by aligning market insight with actionable product goals, so every feature serves a long-term vision and delivers measurable value.

  • 04

    Accessibility

    Making your digital ecosystem inclusive, usable, and compliant for everyone — W3C principles integrated from the ground up to expand reach and meet legal standards.

New product ideation.

I help you design and validate a concept that will disrupt your market — or prepare you for a successful pivot. My research brings a deeper understanding of your users’ needs; together we define the value proposition and lay out actionable roadmaps.

My process

  1. Step 01

    Research & explore

    Customer research, including benchmarking and analysis of the problem space.

    Ideation workshops in business modelling, value proposition, and vision alignment.

  2. Step 02

    Define & validate

    Define a minimal viable product vision, scope, and technical design.

    AI-based new product PoC creation and validation with end-users.

  3. Step 03

    Measure success

    Product feedback collection following the release of the MVP.

    Metrics validation and roadmap correction for the next growth iteration.

What my clients get

Customer & user experience

  • User modelling
  • Customer and market research
  • Value proposition
  • AI-based product PoC
  • Product customer metrics

Product management

  • Problem statement
  • Solution vision & scope
  • Functional decomposition
  • Product roadmap outline

Competitive edge & flow

  • Information architecture
  • Application flows
  • Product benchmarking
  • Competitive analysis
  • Features delivery strategy

Project governance

  • Implementation plan
  • Team composition
  • Estimations
  • Cost analysis
  • Delivery strategy

Existing product transformation.

I transform legacy systems into modern, scalable solutions and enhance market products to boost retention and growth — finding new revenue, streamlining workflows, and improving system efficiency through continuous optimisation.

My process

  1. Step 01

    Research & explore

    Technical and behavioural assessment.

    Product workflows assessment and gap analysis.

    Product benchmarking and UX / CX audit.

  2. Step 02

    Define & validate

    New product vision for custom development or enterprise apps adoption.

    AI-based new product PoC creation and validation with users.

  3. Step 03

    Measure success

    Product feedback collection following the release of the MVP.

    Metrics validation and roadmap correction for the next growth iteration.

What my clients get

Customer & user experience

  • User research
  • Usability assessment
  • Accessibility assessment
  • AI-based product PoC
  • Product customer metrics

Product management

  • Gap analysis
  • Solution vision & scope
  • Functional decomposition
  • Product roadmap outline

Competitive edge & flow

  • UX audit report
  • Information architecture vision
  • Application flows assessment
  • Product benchmarking
  • Competitive analysis

Project governance

  • Implementation plan
  • Team composition
  • Estimations
  • Cost analysis
  • Delivery strategy

Accessibility by default.

I prioritise accessibility in design, ensuring solutions meet business goals and create inclusive experiences for diverse audiences.

Accessibility standards compared by focus, benefits and the cost of non-compliance
WCAG 2.2InternationalADAUnited StatesSection 508US (federal only)EAAEuropean UnionDGA (KSA)Saudi Arabia
Core focusTechnical accessibility standards for digital contentBroad anti-discrimination; applies to physical and digital environmentsMandated digital accessibility for federal agenciesDigital accessibility as a legal requirement for public and private sectorsMandatory accessibility for government digital services and content
Who it applies toAny organisation; the global reference most laws and policies point toUS businesses open to the public, plus US state and local governmentsUS federal agencies and the companies that supply their ICTCompanies selling key digital products and services in the EUSaudi government entities and their digital services
BenefitsExpands reach, enhances user experience, and boosts SEO. Supports international compliance.Expands market reach, reduces discrimination, and builds a reputation for inclusivity.Enables access to federal markets, broadens outreach, and improves usability for all.Opens European markets, future-proofs products for compliance, and benefits all users.Aligns services with Saudi priorities, enhances usability, meets government requirements.
Non-complianceRaises legal risks, excludes disabled users, and harms brand reputation.Legal action, lawsuits, and reputational harm; possible investigations and settlements.Loss of government contracts/funding, exclusion from federal business, legal action.Legal penalties, fines, reputational loss, and potential prison for serious violations.Removal from listings, legal action, and loss of trust.

Eliminate bottlenecks. Optimise for growth.

  1. 02

    Customer metrics

    A data-driven understanding of how users interact with your product: the right KPIs, meaningful behavioural signals, and actionable insights that ground every design decision.

  2. 03

    Product assessment

    Know exactly where your product stands before deciding where it goes — an expert-led baseline of UX quality, feature completeness, and market fit that surfaces hidden risks.

  3. 04

    Product roadmapping

    Turn ambiguity into a structured path forward, aligning business goals, user needs, and technical constraints into a clear execution plan with shared direction.

The Double Diamond

  • Research & define
  • Design & validate
  • AI-accelerated delivery
  1. Discover

    Research phase

    Output

    Question, challenge & client brief

    Activities

    • Rip the brief
    • Define research areas & methods
    • Secondary research
    • Primary research
  2. Define

    Synthesis phase

    Output

    Unstructured research findings

    Activities

    • Build themes & clusters
    • Find insights
    • Deduce opportunity areas
    • Form HMW questions
  3. Design

    Ideation phase

    Output

    Final brief, HMW question & strategy

    Activities

    • Set ideas & design vision
    • Ideate
    • Elevate ideas
    • Establish hypothesis
  4. Validate

    Validation phase

    Output

    Ideas, design vision, solutions & hypothesis

    Activities

    • Prototype & test
    • A/B validation
    • Learn, iterate & repeat
  5. Deliver

    Production phase

    Output

    Answers & product solution

    Activities

    • Build, iterate & repeat
    • Release & go live
  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Define
  3. 03 Design
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Deliver

Dive deep, turn challenges into opportunities.

I facilitate collaborative sessions to understand user needs, business goals, and tech opportunities. Leveraging design thinking, user research, and cross-functional teamwork, I uncover actionable insights that drive product strategy.

01Facilitated

Human input

  • Ideation workshops
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Customer interviews
  • Observations

4 human sources →

02Agentic

Agent input

  • Market secondary research
  • Industry research
  • Benchmarking

3 agent sources →

AI agent

  • Synthesise
  • Generate
  • Validate

03

Agentic outputs

  • Autonomous
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Current user journey

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    User workflows

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Business processes & rules

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Product ecosystem

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Goals identification

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Activities roadmap

    Autonomous
  • DATA✦ Generated

    Customer segmentation

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Personas identification

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Value proposition

    Autonomous
  • DATA✦ Generated

    Competitive analysis

    Autonomous
  • TEST✦ Generated

    Business model evaluation

    Autonomous
  • DATA✦ Generated

    Cost & time estimation

    Autonomous

Powered by

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Miro
  • Figma
  • Notion
  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Define
  3. 03 Design
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Deliver

Transforming insights into product solutions.

I translate Discovery insights into actionable strategies and product requirements through problem refinement, solution ideation, and feature definition — aligning on user needs, technical feasibility, and a roadmap for execution.

01Facilitated

Human input

  • Hypothesis creation
  • Business rules & restrictions
  • Success criteria
  • Technology stack

4 human sources →

02Carried from 01 Discover

Agent input

  • User journey
  • Value proposition
  • Competitive analysis
  • Goals
  • Business processes
  • Personas
  • Product ecosystem
  • Activities roadmap
  • Information architecture

9 agent sources →

AI agent

  • Synthesise
  • Generate
  • Validate

03

Agentic outputs

  • Autonomous
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Functional requirements

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Product vision

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    System context

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    User stories

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Swimlane diagram

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Dependencies

    Autonomous
  • UI✦ Generated

    Brand style guide

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Product scope (in / out)

    Human review
  • DATA✦ Generated

    Resources & estimation plan

    Human review
  • DATA✦ Generated

    Tasks prioritisation

    Human review
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Product MVP / MMP

    Human review
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Risks & assumptions

    Human review

Powered by

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Miro
  • Figma
  • Notion
  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Define
  3. 03 Design
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Deliver

Turning ideas into practical design.

Design sessions run at distinct stages, focusing on interactions and layouts through wireframes. I establish visual guidelines and culminate in high-fidelity prototypes for a comprehensive design framework.

01Facilitated

Human input

  • Design principles
  • Accessibility guidelines
  • Inspirations

3 human sources →

02Carried from 02 Define

Agent input

  • Functional requirements
  • Product vision
  • System context
  • User stories
  • Swimlane diagram
  • Dependencies
  • Brand style guide
  • Product MVP / MMP
  • Tasks prioritisation
  • Risks & assumptions

10 agent sources →

AI agent

  • Synthesise
  • Generate
  • Validate

03

Agentic outputs

  • Autonomous
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • BUILD✦ Generated

    Proof of concept (PoC)

    Autonomous
  • BUILD✦ Generated

    Rapid prototyping

    Autonomous
  • UI✦ Generated

    Wireframes

    Autonomous
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Design documentation

    Autonomous
  • BUILD✦ Generated

    Design system

    Human review
  • UI✦ Generated

    Visual / UI design

    Human review

Powered by

  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Radix
  • Tailwind CSS
  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Define
  3. 03 Design
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Deliver

Understand how your design performs.

I systematically evaluate designs with an initial sample through usability testing — quantifying and refining the experience to ensure optimal usability and effectiveness.

01Facilitated

Human input

  • Moderated / unmoderated test results
  • A/B testing
  • Tree testing
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.2) evaluation
  • Rapid prototyping test results
  • Wireframes test results

6 human sources →

02Carried from 03 Design

Agent input

  • Google analytics
  • AI analytics
  • Other system usage reports
  • Proof of concept (PoC)

4 agent sources →

AI agent

  • Synthesise
  • Generate
  • Validate

03

Agentic outputs

  • Autonomous
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Tests analysis

    Autonomous
  • TEST✦ Generated

    Guerrilla testing

    Autonomous
  • TEST✦ Generated

    Partial accessibility evaluation

    Autonomous
  • MAP✦ Generated

    Partial heatmaps

    Human review
  • TEST✦ Generated

    Partial UX audit

    Human review
  • TEST✦ Generated

    Partial A/B testing

    Human review

Powered by

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Miro
  • Google Analytics
  • Hotjar
  • Microsoft Clarity
  • Mixpanel
  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Define
  3. 03 Design
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Deliver

Excellence lies in documentation.

A collaborative session bridging design and development — detailed specifications, interactive prototypes, and facilitated discussion for a smooth, aligned transition from design to build.

01Facilitated

Human input

  • Deliverables scope
  • Define stakeholders

2 human sources →

02Carried from 04 Test

Agent input

  • Visual / UI design
  • Design system
  • Accessibility report
  • UX audit report
  • Analytics report
  • Design sprints report

6 agent sources →

AI agent

  • Synthesise
  • Generate
  • Validate

03

Agentic outputs

  • Autonomous
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Design documentation

    Autonomous
  • BUILD✦ Generated

    Production ready design

    Autonomous
  • BUILD✦ Generated

    Development ready code

    Autonomous
  • UI✦ Generated

    Version control

    Autonomous
  • UI✦ Generated

    Design system

    Human review
  • DOC✦ Generated

    Future potential enhancements

    Human review

Powered by

  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • zeroheight
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Notion

A design system for accelerated software design.

Empowering designers to deliver scalable enterprise products and robust web applications through unified standards and reusable workshops, patterns, and components.

  • 2×

    Faster delivery

    Parallel workflows and pre-built components let design teams work simultaneously.

  • 95%

    Less rework

    Reusable patterns and components enforce standards and eliminate redundant work.

  • Unified

    Source of truth

    A unified system keeps products, teams, and touchpoints coherent at scale.

  • Enterprise

    Ready at scale

    Validated across enterprise projects with robust governance and scalability.

Isometric view of design system components: switches, buttons, sliders, a dropdown menu and a bar chart

Partnering with leaders to deliver innovative and impactful user experiences.

From airlines and energy to pharma, fintech and Web3, I partner with teams to design experiences people love and businesses grow on.

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Strategic solutions designed to maximise conversion and scale your bottom line.

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Strategic solutions designed to maximise conversion and scale your bottom line.

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Strategic solutions designed to maximise conversion and scale your bottom line.

Partner with me for more leads & revenue.

Strategic solutions designed to maximise conversion and scale your bottom line.

Design Strategy Unlocked by Zeeshan Khalid — book cover with an open interior page

Now available

Design Strategy Unlocked

The blueprint for faster, better design.

Design Strategy Unlocked redefines design strategy as a hands-on discipline based on evidence and operational clarity. It connects design craft with strategic influence, guiding designers and organisations from scattered efforts to cohesive outcomes — with repeatable processes that turn strategic intent into measurable results.

Publishing partner

Lulu

Podcast · Featured guest

Conversations on design.

Non-Billable Hour · Episode 13

How great UX turns website visitors into clients

I joined Juris Digital's Non-Billable Hour to talk about how great user experience turns website visitors into clients.

Hosted by

Juris Digital

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Available 40+ hours a week

Let’s build something people love to use.

Want to give a seamless digital experience to your target audience? Book a call or drop me a line — I’ll come back with next steps.

Based in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Experience
13+ years

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Design you will love, guaranteed.

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