Shiyara Yousuff Download Resume

Designing with people, purpose and perspective.

I'm interested in understanding what happens beneath the surface of an experience, including the people, processes, decisions and interactions that shape it.

I look beyond individual touchpoints to see how everything connects. By bringing together different perspectives, I work to make complex challenges clearer and uncover opportunities to create better experiences.

Experience

  1. Current

    Tribal Experience

    2025 – Present

    CX & Service Designer · Dubai, UAE

    UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA) | Service Designer

    UAE government entity

    • Contributing to a government service transformation programme spanning approximately 120 services, working collaboratively across selected service areas.
    • Conducting and synthesising insights from 12 customer interviews per research cycle, translating findings into design opportunities.
    • Developing current-state and future-state customer journeys and service blueprints, with at least 5 journeys per cohort.
    • Collaborating on ideation, stakeholder reviews and final presentations, with multiple deliverables receiving stakeholder sign-off.

    Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) | CX Designer

    Government of Dubai

    • Worked on the re-engineering of 80+ Training Institute services, covering permit issuance, renewals, amendments, cancellations and other regulatory processes.
    • Analysed and mapped service journeys and processes across complex ecosystems involving multiple government entities, stakeholders, users and integrations.
    • Designed service journeys across Training Institute services and supported service design activities for ECC, Schools, Higher Education and Vocational Training institutes.
    • Worked on the Learner Passport initiative, a new KHDA initiative, as well as learner dispute and student-related services.
    • Conducted international benchmarking and stakeholder engagements with government entities and comparable organisations in leading countries to inform future-state service recommendations.
  2. Majid Al Futtaim · Mall of the Emirates

    2023

    Luxury Shopper Experience · Service Design

    • Conducted customer interviews to understand luxury shopping behaviours, service awareness and customer experience challenges.
    • Identified awareness gaps across luxury services, including the Cle D'or Lounge, hands-free shopping and personal shopper services.
    • Analysed research findings and mapped customer journeys to identify opportunities to improve the luxury shopping experience.
    • Developed an appointment-based experience concept featuring advance bookings, virtual queues, real-time notifications and appointment feedback.
    • Explored integration of the proposed experience with the mall's digital platform and retail service operations.
  3. Freelance · UAE & International

    2020 – Present

    Visual Designer & Digital Creative · Dubai, UAE

    • Delivered multidisciplinary design and creative communication projects across retail, fashion, food & beverage and lifestyle sectors.
    • Developed brand identities, marketing campaigns, digital content and visual storytelling across digital and print channels.
    • Managed projects from concept to final delivery, collaborating directly with clients and external partners.
  4. Telal Gent's Fashion · Arab Luxury Fashion

    2021 – 2023

    Brand Designer · Sharjah, UAE

    • Developed brand communication strategies and creative campaigns for a luxury Arabic menswear brand.
    • Designed digital and print content to strengthen brand visibility and customer engagement.
    • Supported consistent brand experiences across retail, in-store and digital touchpoints.

Expertise

Service Design & CX

  • Service Design
  • Customer Experience Strategy
  • Journey Mapping
  • Service Blueprinting
  • Future-State Design
  • Service Innovation

Research & Strategy

  • User Research
  • Qualitative Research
  • Stakeholder Interviews
  • Research Synthesis
  • Service Analysis
  • Benchmarking
  • Opportunity Identification

Transformation & Delivery

  • Digital Transformation
  • Process Optimisation
  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Concept Development
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

Education and learning

  • Education

    American University of Sharjah
    B.Sc in Design Management
    Minor in Marketing

  • Certifications

    Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
    Harvard Business School Online

    Sustainable Destination Management
    UN Tourism Academy, 2024

Tools

  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • Miro
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Perplexity
  • Midjourney
  • Runway

Languages

  • MalayalamNative
  • EnglishProfessional
  • HindiIntermediate
  • ArabicBasic

Representing the UAE on an international stage.

Research and recognition, 2024, Switzerland

Global Research Competition, Sustainable Hospitality Challenge. The only team from the UAE selected to represent the country in the international competition.

Developed Dispeco, a circular hospitality oral-care service designed to reduce single-use plastic through sustainable materials, dispensing and recycling.

Explore Dispeco
30,000+
Participants
100+
Teams and projects progressing
1
Only team from the UAE