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Aisha Sheikh

Fractional Design Leader ✨ Product, Design, Experience ✨ Agentic AI + XR

San Francisco, California, United States · 2 connections

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About

✨ I’m a Product Experience and Visual Design leader with 13+ years of experience across digital, physical, and immersive platforms—7 years leading digital products, and 6 years in experience design, education, and storytelling. My background spans AI, XR/AR/VR, developer tools, and education, with deep experience in product strategy, UX systems, design operations, and team building. I’ve worked with corporates, startups, and institutions to deliver both MVPs and scaled products that are both visionary and grounded in real user needs. ✨ Highlights: • Led an 18-designer department to deliver the largest cross-reality experience for Expo Dubai 2020 • UX Architect of an award-winning app named TIME’s Best Innovation of 2022 • Supported clients like GitHub, IDEO.org, KPMG, and Google through fractional product design leadership, UX strategy, and systems thinking ⸻ ✨ Now: I work with enterprise clients and startups in the San Francisco Bay Area and remotely as a Fractional Design Leader and Player-Coach, helping establish product design teams, UX systems, and internal enablement programs. I’m especially excited about opportunities to design and scale AI-powered products, enhance producti

Experience

Founder & Fractional Design LeaderSimplexity Labs
Aug 2016
Interim Sr. Design LeadGitHub
Apr 2024 to Mar 2025
User Experience (UX) ArchitectMagnopus
Sep 2021 to Jun 2023
Managing Design LeadMagnopus
Sep 2020 to Sep 2021
Sr. Product Designer & ResearcherMach49
Oct 2019 to May 2020
Sr. Designer & Innovation StrategistStanford University
Mar 2016 to Feb 2018
Design Instructor & Learning DesignerThe Nueva School
Aug 2015 to Dec 2017
SU Ventures IncubatorSingularity University
Sep 2017 to Oct 2017
Global Solutions Program FellowshipSingularity University
Jun 2017 to Aug 2017
Design ManagerElefint
Sep 2014 to Aug 2015
Design & Special Projects ManagerJA Worldwide
Oct 2012 to Dec 2013
Experience Designer, WayfindingEntro
Jan 2009 to Jan 2010
Undergraduate Teaching AssistantOCAD University
Jan 2009 to Jan 2010

Education

McGill University
Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
OCAD University
Bachelor of Design Graphic Design
Singularity University
Global Solutions Program Emerging Technologies
Ryerson University
Continuing Education Architecture