The designer behind the pixels
Design is mynative language.
I'm Shijina Jalal — a Dubai-based designer blending modern aesthetics with advanced web technologies, crafting immersive, animated, high-performance websites for brands that want to stand out globally.

7+
years in Dubai's design scene
The short version
Precise. Artistic. Obsessed with the last 2%.
Dubai taught me that 'good enough' doesn't exist here. In a city building the future on a deadline, I learned to design experiences that match that ambition — websites that feel less like pages and more like places.
I work as a one-woman studio: you get my eyes on everything, from the first moodboard to the final Lighthouse audit. No account managers, no handoffs, no 'that's not my department'. Just design decisions made by the person who answers your messages.
Fluent in English and Arabic, at home in Figma and the terminal, equally comfortable art-directing a hotel's gold-leaf palette or architecting a fintech's design tokens.
7+
Years designing in Dubai
85+
Projects delivered
40+
Brands elevated
100%
Handcrafted, no templates
Craft & tools
A full-stack design arsenal.
Strategy to ship: research, identity, interfaces, motion, code, and search — every layer owned end-to-end.
UI/UX Design
97%Web Design & Development
95%GSAP & Scroll Animation
94%Next.js / React
92%TailwindCSS
95%Three.js / WebGL
85%SEO · AEO · GEO
90%Brand Identity
92%The Journey
2019 → today.
- 2019
Started the freelance journey
First clients, first all-nighters, first pixels shipped from a Dubai café with a borrowed laptop.
- 2020
Specialized in UI/UX
Formal UX training, 15 product dashboards, and the realization that clarity is the ultimate luxury.
- 2021
Introduced advanced animation
GSAP, WebGL and scroll-driven storytelling entered every project. Bounce rates fell; awards pages noticed.
- 2022
Dubai's go-to designer for luxury brands
Hotels, couture houses and real-estate groups — brands that sell feeling started calling.
- 2023
Brand + build studios unite
Expanded from websites into full identity systems so every touchpoint speaks one visual language.
- 2024–26
Award-level digital experiences
Motion-first, AI-search-ready websites featured across design galleries — and a growing waitlist.