About Akhil Jayakumar · Vancouver, BC
I’m Akhil, a multidisciplinary creative in Vancouver. I combine design thinking, visual communication and content creation with a first-hand understanding of how audiences behave, because I’ve built one myself.
Proof, in public
No ads and no shortcuts on @wakeupakhill. Just real people deciding, in a few seconds, whether something deserved their attention.
30K+
Followers, grown organically from zero
20M+
Organic views across short-form video
1M+
Views on multiple individual videos
The short version
I started on the structured side of digital work: a Master of Computer Applications at Amrita University, then a Post Degree Diploma in Web and Mobile App Design and Development at Langara College.
It gave me the foundations: UX process, interface design, visual systems, and an understanding of how things actually get built.
UX/UI · Product design · Web & mobile · Front-end
Then I started creating as @wakeupakhill and grew it organically from zero to 30,000+ followers, with 20M+ views and multiple videos passing a million.
No brief and no client. Just real people deciding in a few seconds whether something deserved their attention. That feedback loop changed how I design.
Short-form video · Storytelling · Social strategy · Audience growth
Now I work across both worlds: designing products and brands with an instinct for what makes people engage, and making content with a designer’s sense of structure.
AI-assisted workflows help me explore and produce faster, while the thinking and the taste stay human.
Brand · Content strategy · Web · AI-assisted workflows
What I bring
Each skill sharpens the others. Content instinct improves the UX, UX thinking improves the brand, and the brand gives the content a voice.
Research, flows, wireframes and polished interfaces.
Identity systems, typography, layout and art direction.
Short-form storytelling built for how people actually watch.
Formats, hooks and consistency that grow an audience organically.
Web design, front-end and digital marketing, with AI-assisted workflows.
Education
Post Degree Diploma
Langara College, Vancouver
Master’s degree
Amrita University
Elsewhere
Want to see how this thinking shows up in real work, or build something together?