About
Maya Maaytah is a Visual Designer and Multidisciplinary Artist based in Seattle, Washington. Her work involves bringing creative ideas to life, from brand identity and marketing to character and environment design. Maya’s passion for the arts began from childhood starting with drawing and painting. Maya has worked as a Caricature Artist at Woodland Park Zoo while she was in High school and is a Girls Who Code alumni. Maya has managed and edited the award-winning literary art magazine “Spindrift” in 2020. She holds an Associate of Arts and applied sciences in Animation and Video Production and will be graduating with a BA in Design June of 2026.
Education
Bachelor of Art, Design Major, Arts and Visual Cultural Studies Minor Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
June 2026
Technical Associate's degree - Video production and Animation Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, Washington
June 2020
Associate of Art -North Seattle College, Seattle, Washington -
June 2018
Caricature Artist
March 2016 - December 2018
Responsibilities: Customer service, creating fun, personalized Caricatures at events and private gigs. Selling frames and mats and maintaining a clean work environment.
Managing Editor for "Sprindrift"
Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122-1090
September 2018 - June 2020
Responsibilities: Guided the magazine’s artistic direction and editorial flow. Team work and management, creating agendas and setting up meetings. Layout design and editing spreads. Event setup and takedown. Designing marketing and promotional materials.
Experience
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Undergraduate Assistant and Designer
Shoreline Community College,16101 Greenwood Ave, Shoreline, WA 98133
November 2024 - June 2026
Responsibilities: Assisting the Dean’s office with social media, designing flyers and promotional posters. Managing a mutual aid center and helping with administrative and clerical work.
Woodland Park Zoo, 5500 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103
Skills
Languages
Fluent in English and Arabic
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Animate
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe InDesign
Autodesk Maya
Mudbox
MS Suite
Audacity
Figma