Malaika Powell
A dynamic product designer, aligning user needs with business goals through collaboration, foresight, and curiosity
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Testimonials
“Malaika has been an incredible addition to the team. She has stepped boldly into complex spaces with fearlessness and a bias towards action. Her craft is more than solid (especially for a designer starting out! Wow!). She recently presented to Ann in our monthly share up and was graceful, clear, and impactful. She has a bright future in Product Design and it's my plan to have our paths cross again someday.”

Leon Baham
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika has been an incredible addition to the team. She has stepped boldly into complex spaces with fearlessness and a bias towards action. Her craft is more than solid (especially for a designer starting out! Wow!). She recently presented to Ann in our monthly share up and was graceful, clear, and impactful. She has a bright future in Product Design and it's my plan to have our paths cross again someday.”

Leon Baham
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika has been an incredible addition to the team. She has stepped boldly into complex spaces with fearlessness and a bias towards action. Her craft is more than solid (especially for a designer starting out! Wow!). She recently presented to Ann in our monthly share up and was graceful, clear, and impactful. She has a bright future in Product Design and it's my plan to have our paths cross again someday.”

Leon Baham
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika has been an incredible addition to the team. She has stepped boldly into complex spaces with fearlessness and a bias towards action. Her craft is more than solid (especially for a designer starting out! Wow!). She recently presented to Ann in our monthly share up and was graceful, clear, and impactful. She has a bright future in Product Design and it's my plan to have our paths cross again someday.”

Leon Baham
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika provided a strong UX design for our vaccine solution that we are expecting to help contribute to the goal of doubling our vaccination goals for this year. She also worked on background Design Library components, adding confidence to reusability and consistency across Kroger Design platforms. She is fearless when it comes to trying something new, learns quickly, and asks questions when necessary to get to value quickly.”

Ann Weisman
Director of Product Strategy for Health & Wellness @ Kroger
“Malaika provided a strong UX design for our vaccine solution that we are expecting to help contribute to the goal of doubling our vaccination goals for this year. She also worked on background Design Library components, adding confidence to reusability and consistency across Kroger Design platforms. She is fearless when it comes to trying something new, learns quickly, and asks questions when necessary to get to value quickly.”

Ann Weisman
Director of Product Strategy for Health & Wellness @ Kroger
“Malaika provided a strong UX design for our vaccine solution that we are expecting to help contribute to the goal of doubling our vaccination goals for this year. She also worked on background Design Library components, adding confidence to reusability and consistency across Kroger Design platforms. She is fearless when it comes to trying something new, learns quickly, and asks questions when necessary to get to value quickly.”

Ann Weisman
Director of Product Strategy for Health & Wellness @ Kroger
“Malaika provided a strong UX design for our vaccine solution that we are expecting to help contribute to the goal of doubling our vaccination goals for this year. She also worked on background Design Library components, adding confidence to reusability and consistency across Kroger Design platforms. She is fearless when it comes to trying something new, learns quickly, and asks questions when necessary to get to value quickly.”

Ann Weisman
Director of Product Strategy for Health & Wellness @ Kroger
“And through it all, Malaika has stayed super engaged and inquisitive! She is a talented designer, extremely hard working, and really enjoyable to collaborate with! Her impact is invaluable to the work our team has been doing. A rising star this one 💫”

Janice Newland
Product Designer @ Kroger
“And through it all, Malaika has stayed super engaged and inquisitive! She is a talented designer, extremely hard working, and really enjoyable to collaborate with! Her impact is invaluable to the work our team has been doing. A rising star this one 💫”

Janice Newland
Product Designer @ Kroger
“And through it all, Malaika has stayed super engaged and inquisitive! She is a talented designer, extremely hard working, and really enjoyable to collaborate with! Her impact is invaluable to the work our team has been doing. A rising star this one 💫”

Janice Newland
Product Designer @ Kroger
“And through it all, Malaika has stayed super engaged and inquisitive! She is a talented designer, extremely hard working, and really enjoyable to collaborate with! Her impact is invaluable to the work our team has been doing. A rising star this one 💫”

Janice Newland
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Your creative ideas make work so much FUN and help me see beyond Kroger's limits. Your love for Product Design is totally contagious!”

Kristin Slotnick
Senior Managing Product Designer @ Kroger
“Your creative ideas make work so much FUN and help me see beyond Kroger's limits. Your love for Product Design is totally contagious!”

Kristin Slotnick
Senior Managing Product Designer @ Kroger
“Your creative ideas make work so much FUN and help me see beyond Kroger's limits. Your love for Product Design is totally contagious!”

Kristin Slotnick
Senior Managing Product Designer @ Kroger
“Your creative ideas make work so much FUN and help me see beyond Kroger's limits. Your love for Product Design is totally contagious!”

Kristin Slotnick
Senior Managing Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika, I love seeing how you jumped into our team critique and presenting your work as part of team since day one, and I really enjoy your energy and collaboration! I can really see you as a 'fashion-designing architect who also designed video games' (still can't get over that one in your portfolio ). And, you almost got me to start playing NYT games!"

Jen Law
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika, I love seeing how you jumped into our team critique and presenting your work as part of team since day one, and I really enjoy your energy and collaboration! I can really see you as a 'fashion-designing architect who also designed video games' (still can't get over that one in your portfolio ). And, you almost got me to start playing NYT games!"

Jen Law
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika, I love seeing how you jumped into our team critique and presenting your work as part of team since day one, and I really enjoy your energy and collaboration! I can really see you as a 'fashion-designing architect who also designed video games' (still can't get over that one in your portfolio ). And, you almost got me to start playing NYT games!"

Jen Law
Product Designer @ Kroger
“Malaika, I love seeing how you jumped into our team critique and presenting your work as part of team since day one, and I really enjoy your energy and collaboration! I can really see you as a 'fashion-designing architect who also designed video games' (still can't get over that one in your portfolio ). And, you almost got me to start playing NYT games!"

Jen Law
Product Designer @ Kroger
“We’re sad to see her go. We had hoped she could stay with us longer. Malaika has seamlessly integrated in the AX space and excelled in the AX Scheduler area. She is an incredible designer, and her design work is of exceptional quality (beyond intern level). It has truly been a pleasure working with her.”

Vrinda Trivedi
Product Designer @ Kroger
“We’re sad to see her go. We had hoped she could stay with us longer. Malaika has seamlessly integrated in the AX space and excelled in the AX Scheduler area. She is an incredible designer, and her design work is of exceptional quality (beyond intern level). It has truly been a pleasure working with her.”

Vrinda Trivedi
Product Designer @ Kroger
“We’re sad to see her go. We had hoped she could stay with us longer. Malaika has seamlessly integrated in the AX space and excelled in the AX Scheduler area. She is an incredible designer, and her design work is of exceptional quality (beyond intern level). It has truly been a pleasure working with her.”

Vrinda Trivedi
Product Designer @ Kroger
“We’re sad to see her go. We had hoped she could stay with us longer. Malaika has seamlessly integrated in the AX space and excelled in the AX Scheduler area. She is an incredible designer, and her design work is of exceptional quality (beyond intern level). It has truly been a pleasure working with her.”

Vrinda Trivedi
Product Designer @ Kroger
Meet the Designer
Hi — I’m Malaika!
I'm a skilled and caffeine-fueled product designer with a passion for UX and UI Design. My teammates have described me as a ✨rising star with ✨a crazy, dope work ethic, ✨a strong craft, and ✨a bias for action. I deliver value with my creative thinking, curiosity, and drive to innovate.
Childhood Dream Job: Fashion-designing-architect who also designed video games
Current Dream Job: Using design to bring people joy, wonder, or relief while I work in a field with endless learning opportunities.
Copyright © Malaika Powell 2025
Copyright © Malaika Powell 2025
Copyright © Malaika Powell 2025
Copyright © Malaika Powell 2025