About
Tahreem is a software designer and daydreamer alike, who is driven by curiosity and wonder to craft engaging software that is simple, useful and human.
She enjoys in working with ambitious, collaborative and open-minded teams working on interesting problems.
Currently she's running around Toronto, Canada bridging together her own little community of designers, builders and thinkers to exchange ideas and work with.
Projects
An end-to-end physical and digital service designed for students to run their own thrift store during school hours, to teach them about lowering carbon emissions and not feel too intimidated to participate.
Generative research to dive deeper into uncovering the difficulties and financial considerations that are faced by international students who are new to Canada.
Payroll is hard. Dealing with multiple systems is harder. I made it easier for millions of small-business owners to add on new employees to their payroll + make sure they avoid any tax mistakes.
Side Projects
experimenting with different areas of design. some 3D, UI, Presentation Design, Visual Design etc.
photos I've taken both on film + digital
a GPT or AI Assistant that helps your source vintage clothing pieces for the best price. It sifts through popular reselling platforms such as TheRealReal, Stockx, Grailed, Vestaire and more.
generate moodboards from images sourced directly from your tumblr archive. :)
Cover art illustrations for Sam Austins new singles on Tidal.
Education
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
President and Co-founder of OCADU Upcycled Club
Work Experience
Freelance web and brand design for clothing company Gyaltsen Earth.
crafted an end-to-end, climate action mobile service for Canadian high-schoolers.
usability testing, card sorting and generative research across 25+ projects for personal and commercial banking platforms.
designing end-to-end payment and invoicing tools for small-business owners.
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Certifications
8-week program that teaches UX design and building design systems. Submitted a mini-capstone project within 8 weeks.
Awards
Finalist for creating a prototype for an application that enables refurbishing companies to use Microsoft AI products to track reusable materials.
Volunteering
coaching soccer for kids ages 6-14 :)