Qusai Akoud

Designer & Engineer

I’m a designer and engineer based in Boston, creating thoughtful digital experiences and brands. With a background in visual design and computer science, I’m always exploring new ways to bring ideas to life through design, technology, and experimentation.

Over the past decade, I’ve collaborated with notable clients like Harvard University, Waverley Street Foundation, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Beacon Capital Partners, Davidson College, Zildjian, and Sarah J. Maas.

My work has been featured on platforms like SiteInspire, Typewolf, and Brand New.

Got an interesting project or want to hear more? Get in touch.

Capabilities

  • Visual Design
  • Brand Design
  • Creative Direction
  • Front-End Development
  • CMS Integration
  • Creative Coding
  • Prototyping
  • Motion & Animation
  • User Research

Technologies

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Javascript
  • GSAP
  • P5.js
  • HTML
  • CSS/SCSS
  • Contentful
  • Prismic
  • Shopify
  • Craft CMS
  • Figma
  • After Effects
  • Premier Pro
  • Photoshop
  • InDesign
  • Illustrator
  • Spline
  • Blender3D

Work

  • Waverley Street Foundation
  • Emerson Collective
  • Climate Science Fair
  • The Suite
  • LAist
  • Phillips Exeter Academy
  • Davidson College
  • Riveted
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Solugen
  • Hum
  • Harvard Business School
  • Beacon Capital Partners
  • Hashed
  • NEO.LIFE
  • Zildjian

Beacon Capital Partners

I led the design and front-end development for Beacon Capital Partners, collaborating with the talented team at Upstatement to rethink their digital presence from the ground up. I guided the brand strategy, defined the visual identity, and art directed a new library of brand photography. We launched two custom websites—corporate and tenant-facing—and I built a flexible design system that now powers their growing portfolio of property sites. Built with Contentful, Next.js, and React, the system brings creativity, consistency, and scalability to Beacon’s digital ecosystem.

Role

  • Lead Designer
  • Lead Front-End Developer

What I Did

  • Website design
  • Brand strategy & design
  • Art direction

Tools

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Contentful
  • Figma
  • Bynder
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring typography and image layout.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring a profile page with elegant typography and imagery.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring a laptop mockup showing a property page topper.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring portfolio index page showing featured properties.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring a beautiful grid layout balancing typography and imagery.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring the properties index page showing natural language filtering approach and a few portfolio properties.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring ESG commitment page on a light green background and clean layout.
Website design for Beacon Capital featuring part of the home page showing elegant layout with clean typography and image layouts.
Brand slide showing typography and color palette.