Personal portfolio / ZirahIdeas across disciplines

Ideas.
With impact.

Zirah in a black outfit with headphones and sunglasses
Creative mind. Curious by nature.

A meeting point for visual thinking, research, and meaningful work. Explore a perspective that connects the creative and the analytical.

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DESIGN RESEARCH IDEASDifferent disciplines. A connected perspective.
01 / A space for the work

Selected work.

Product @UB Product ChallengeWALK-
A-BULL
2nd place
Explore the project & watch the demo

Walk-a-Bull

Product development · Product @UB Product Challenge

I designed and coded this campus walking-buddy prototype, awarded second place in the Product @UB Product Challenge.

Explore the VIA case study above. Explore earlier visual work in the 2025 design archive and three publications in Research & writing.

Research & writing

Questions worth
exploring.

Conference paper / May 2026

Automation Without Alienation

A Human Impact Measurement Framework for AI-Driven Process Optimization

A conceptual framework for examining the human consequences of AI-driven process optimisation alongside traditional operational performance measures.

Zirah Migioni · International Business Analytics Conference 2026 · SUNY Fredonia
Read on ResearchGate
Preprint / November 2025

The Walls Are In Our Minds

An Informal Analysis of Social Integration and Ideological Disintegration in “Attack on Titan”

An essay exploring how inherited narratives shape identity, group belonging, and moral boundaries through the world and characters of Attack on Titan.

Zirah Migioni · Cultural analysis
Read on ResearchGate
Coauthored conference paper / November 2023

Betr Selektr

A University Program Recommender System Utilising Personality Type and Academic Results

A recommender system designed to help students make informed university program choices using their personality profiles and academic results.

The Barcelona Conference on Education 2023
DOI: 10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2023.55
Read on ResearchGate
Currently exploring

On the workbench.

Projects in progress
In progress

MotaHQ

A product in development for car owners and drivers in Zimbabwe. Designed to bring remittance records, vehicle costs, mileage, and maintenance into one place while keeping owner and driver finances private.

In progress

Splitmate

A shared-expense application exploring how roommates can record costs, split expenses, and understand who owes whom.

React · TypeScript
In progress

Bright Hire

A job-search application in development, with areas for profiles, résumés, job discovery, cover letters, and application planning.

React · TypeScript
In progress

Project263

A website and commerce platform in development for the Zimbabwean diaspora.

Website · Commerce

These projects are evolving. Features and scope may change as development continues.

02 / The person behind the work

Always
curious.

Close-up portrait of Zirah outdoors

I’m Zirah Migioni. I build digital products, design visual work, and explore how people interact with the systems around them.

I’ve always been fascinated by how people think, work, and operate. That curiosity shapes the systems I build and the research I pursue. Design comes from the same restless creativity: my mind is always developing something, whether it becomes an app, a visual identity, or a new question to investigate.

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Experience

  • Spiritus Agentic Solutions

    Co-founder

    2025–present
  • University at Buffalo School of Management

    Marketing and Communications Student Assistant — Web Operations

    Oct 2025–present
  • Visually Impaired Advancement (VIA)

    Process Improvement / IT Systems Consultant

    Jan–May 2026
  • The Dentist Entrepreneur Organization (DEO)

    Graphic Designer / Instructional Media Specialist

    Apr 2024–Jul 2025
  • Instant Art Zimbabwe

    Director / Co-founder & Digital Operations Lead

    Apr 2019–present
Visual thinkingResearch & inquiryCommunicationCreative exploration
Credentials & development

Learning in practice.

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Beyond the cover

Out in the world.

Presenting. Exploring. Moving forward.

Zirah presenting at International Education Week at the University at Buffalo
International Education Week · University at Buffalo
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Zirah at his master’s graduation at the University at Buffalo
Master’s graduation · University at Buffalo
Zirah presenting the Human Impact Measurement Framework to a panel at IBAC 2026
Presenting HIMF to a panel · IBAC 2026
03 / The next conversation

Let’s make
something matter.

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