Working with Meghan was a pleasure, and I am grateful that she was a core part of my team. The simplest word to describe her is "balanced". She is casual yet professional; subdued yet inspired; confident yet curious; strategic yet detail-oriented; rooted yet thriving. This also translates over to UX/UI activities and deliverables, as she proves equally skilled in both—tailoring her design approach to best meet the needs of users and customers alike.

She's not afraid of trying new means and methods in order to deliver better or faster. She's a highly focused and efficient designer with solid communication skills and model work ethic. She's collaborative and professional, working directly with clients, users, designers, and developers towards intuitive solutions. She's incredibly dependable and autonomous, able to prioritize or switch gears on her own with ease. She's got some great experience behind her already, but remains hungry for the next new and interesting design problem to solve.

If I ever get the opportunity to hire Meghan again, I would NOT hesitate.

I have had the opportunity of working with Meghan Sousa over this past year in the Application Services practice at Cask, LLC. As a Product Owner on several projects with Meghan, I’ve greatly benefited from her creative problem solving, tireless work ethic, and amazing ability to translate the customer’s vision of a product into reality. It is my absolutely pleasure in recommending Meghan as a UX/UI Designer.

During the time we worked together, her skills and understanding the user experience were critical in our ability to design a viable solution while meeting all the customers’ requirements. She continually maintained her design and wireframe which allowed our development team to progress work without delay. She's a talented designer with skills the reach beyond just designs as she's always looking for ways to push the boundaries of how we can make our product better.

In addition to her impressive work ethic and abilities, Meghan is also a great team member and a humble employee. She has a great attitude and is always willing to help another colleague. I am confident she will be a great asset that will help others grow and flourish on any team she is a part of.

I hired Meghan in the summer of 2021 to expand my design team in order to support multiple user experience and interface design projects while working on the ServiceNow platform at Cask. As an early career designer, Meghan’s UX knowledge, understanding of development, and critical thinking skills consist of more maturity and skill than numerous senior designers I’ve worked with as a design professional.

I was Meghan’s manager for most of her time at Cask. She was incredibly helpful to me, the teams she supported, and the company at large. On all the projects she worked on, she always did a great job of demonstrating a multi-skilled approach to her work while still learning about ServiceNow. In meetings with clients, partners, and internal teams alike, it was wonderful to hear her contributions to larger discussions. Her work also consistently received praise from colleagues, including account executives, directors, and engagement managers. Our co-workers would often reach out to me directly to say they were impressed by her work and that she was a great hire and asset to the team.

Meghan always has a willingness to jump in, learn, solve problems, and make anything related to a design better. She was never afraid to ask questions, advocate for the user, and put the ideas and feedback I gave her into practice. Her support as a QA tester on one team was greatly appreciated, where she worked closely with developers to ensure designs were developed as intended while asking cause and effect questions that led to better experiences for end users.

Every day, Meghan gracefully navigated ambiguity and asked thoughtful questions. She was organized, committed, and cared about users through her dedication to accessibility. Whether she’s working on a user interface design, supporting QA testing, or working with users and partners, Meghan is able to fluidly move between projects and approach anything that’s assigned to her. She also demonstrated a commitment to education and as part of our team learning budget, I supported her journey in taking in-depth accessibility training and her efforts to educate her teammates about the importance of designing and developing accessible products.

As a colleague, Meghan is smart, kind, respectful, detail-oriented, honest, and an all-around collegial person. As a fellow designer, I can assure you that she will make an excellent addition to any growing team. Anyone who gets to work with her is lucky! If you wish to get in touch about Meghan, please don’t hesitate to connect with me.

I was lucky enough to work with Meghan on our web and mobile banking applications. She has a thoughtful, user-first approach to design and a great ability to balance what our customers needed with the goals of the business.

What I appreciated most was how she could take complex banking workflows and simplify them into designs that felt clear and approachable for users. She always asked the right questions, challenged assumptions in a positive way, and never lost sight of the customer experience.

On top of her design skills, Meghan was simply a great teammate — dependable, easy to work with, and always open to feedback and collaboration. She’s a talented, thoughtful designer who makes the people and projects around her better.