I'm a PMP-certified professional and freelance executive assistant helping founders, partners, and small teams reclaim their calendar, ship projects, and grow without the chaos. I genuinely enjoy working closely with people — understanding how they work, building trust, and becoming the one person they can count on.
Background in onboarding, customer operations, and process improvement
PMP-certified; real estimates, written plans, and strong follow-through.
Experienced building relationships across cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
Regular communication is important to me, so let's keep in touch.
Canada based B2B-focused UX Designer specialising in turning napkin sketch ideas into 💥 ready-to-launch 💥 products • I'm skilled at starting, testing, scaling and managing design-focused projects • I have worked with multiple tech-brands as UX Designer (Senior/Lead/Manager) for 10+ years.
I've worked closely with teams of all shapes & sizes:
🏠 Early stage startups — I've worked closely with the founding team to launch MVPs
🏢 Small & Medium enterprises — I can integrate myself into existing teams to help start/complete projects
I can help you with:
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✅ Minimum Viable (and Loveable) Product
✅ Design audits
✅ Wireframing & prototyping
✅ High-fidelity mockups
✅ Design system support
✅ Usability testing & idea validation
✅ Product design coaching
✅ Design processes
✅ Design documentation
My strengths:
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💪🏼 Experience working with the founding team — I can understand business objectives
💪🏼 Strong development background — I can closely collaborate with Engineers
💪🏼 I believe in fast iterations and quick feedback cycles — I won't go radio-silent for days
My experience:
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✅ I’ve founded startups in the past. I understand lean methodologies and what it takes to build and launch Minimum Viable (and Loveable) Products
✅ I’ve worked with dozens of small/medium enterprises and growth-scale startups
🤙 I am available via Email & Phone. I can be available at Eastern or Pacific time zones at your convenience.
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The 🏆 Reviews 🏆 below will give you an idea of what it's like to work with me:
"As a designer, Jas is well versed with the User Centred Design process and has a knack for solving complex design problems by coming up with simple yet innovative solutions that have a huge impact on a product’s usability. The fact that he is a competent Front-end Developer too, is an icing on the cake."
"I had the pleasure of hiring and working with Jas for several years. He is a joy to work with, always a smile ready and happy to take on all tasks. He provides a balance of personal insight, business acumen, technical understanding, and persistence to understand difficult challenges and generate great user experiences.”
"Jas has really helped with off the cuff creative solutions and encouraging others [on the team]. He has an infectiously kind and happy personality. When it comes to design feedback, he's able to spot small nuances and call them out."
"Jas has been a big help to complete our internal projects, such as the development of our Design Annotation Kit, and setting guidelines for the Design System. These initiatives have been successful because of Jas' determination, hard work, his ability to accept feedback, and his openness to working together."
I help EdTech / E-learning businesses become #1 in their niche with services to help them grow, keep students coming back, and make learning fun.
From designing and building platforms to keeping students engaged and marketing your courses, I offer everything your business needs to succeed.
Our Services:
Learning Management Systems Design & Development
☑️ UX/UI Design & Development: Creating easy-to-use, engaging platforms that make learning better for students.
☑️ Custom Development: Building unique solutions with ready-made parts to speed up development.
☑️ On-Shelf Solutions: Improving platforms like Learndash, BuddyBoss, and Moodle to fit your needs.
Engagement & Retention
☑️ Gamification: Adding fun, interactive activities to motivate students and improve learning.
☑️ Student Retention & Engagement: Making strategies to keep students active and enrolled.
If you want to turn your E-learning platform into a product that students love, let’s talk and help your business grow!
After 7 years of designing, I have:
- Designed 100+ dashboards
- Designed and developed 3 dozen websites
- 1000+ social media visuals
- 10k+ hours of designing
Results achieved because of designs:
- 25% increase in online sales post-redesigning
- 17% increase in engagement and retention for SaaS
My magical process to deliver designs:
1. Discovery Call: We kick things off with a call to understand your goals and requirements.
2. Design in Figma: Your ideas are brought to life in a detailed, interactive design.
3. Client Approval: We refine the design based on your feedback until it’s perfect.
4. Development: The approved design is built on your preferred website platform.
5. Testing: We ensure your website is responsive, fast, and bug-free.
6. Handover: The finished site is delivered, along with guidance to manage it effortlessly.
No BS, months long designing delivery.
Simple, to the point, design delivery in weeks, not months.
Let's redesign your business's online image. One design at a time.
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