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Designer
Location
London, ON, Canada
Toptal Member Since
July 28, 2022
Bismark is a user experience designer, manager, leader, and web developer with over ten years of experience in the design industry and six years of experience designing products and services across several sectors and all consumer platforms. He contributed to the consumer user experience of thousands of people through his work at Seamfix, Testsoothe, and Sterling Bank. His mission and passion are to design meaningful products that positively impact the lives of those who use them.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Expert Digital Product Designer
2022 - PRESENT
RBC
- Collaborated on and implemented a referral partnership between RBC and ICICI Bank for newcomers, resulting in 25,000+ new RBC accounts opened by Indian International students.
- Tackled the user experience problem of drop-os during the account opening process on the RBC Mobile app, which reduced drop-os by 25%.
- Contributed to the design of a system library for the consumer banking journey.
Technologies: Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, MURAL, Landing Page Design, Collaboration, Enterprise, Proof of Concept (POC), UI Audits, WebApp, Design Leadership, User Flows, Modular Design, Agile, Interaction Design (IxD), UI Prototyping, User Experience (UX), User Journeys, Layout Design, Web UI Design, User Validation, Visual Design Language, Presentations, Software as a Service (SaaS), Web, Web Illustration, Business Services, Responsive Design, User Personas, UX Strategy, Journey Mapping, Mockups
Lead UX Designer
2020 - 2022
Sterling Bank
- Worked with and led a team of multidisciplinary professionals on products for Entrepreneurs and small to medium-scale businesses and designed the products from 0-to-1 for the Business Banking Department.
- Designed and launched the business hub that has helped over 200 new entrepreneurs start and register their businesses.
- Onboarded and managed three new team members and led the team using Scrum Agile Framework.
- Conducted user research to validate our assumptions and answer some project-specific questions.
- Designed solutions to problems using the design thinking approach.
- Created wireframes to ideate possible solutions to our problems and designed high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.
- Managed usability tests to validate our solutions.
- Led a team of developers in building the products through Scrum and conducting and facilitating strategy sessions.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Product Design, Mobile App Development, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, B2B, User Experience (UX), Web App Design, Visual Design, Responsive UI, Design Systems, Web UX, Mobile Design, System Design, Marketplaces, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, UX Design, User Interface (UI), Brand Design, UX Research, Ideation, User Surveys, Personas, Mobile UX, Web App UX, Web Design, Content Strategy, Requirements, Landing Page Design, Collaboration, Enterprise, Proof of Concept (POC), UI Audits, WebApp, Design Leadership, User Flows, Modular Design, Agile, Interaction Design (IxD), UI Prototyping, User Journeys, Layout Design, Web UI Design, Content Management Systems (CMS), User Validation, Usertesting.com, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Quantitative User Research, Dashboard Design, Visual Design Language, Presentations, Software as a Service (SaaS), Web, Web Illustration, Business Services, Responsive Design, User Personas, UX Strategy, B2C, Journey Mapping, Mockups, Sitemaps
Lead Product Designer
2017 - 2019
Seamfix
- Led the design for the Seamfix product iTranscript. I planned, scoped, and created work items to facilitate the end-to-end design process to reduce application time and improve response time from school admins.
- Collaborated with other designers to improve the user experience and visual design in other products across multiple platforms like native iOS, Android, and web.
- Led product kick-off meetings and user interviews, and ran design sprints, prototype solutions, and concepts for user testing.
- Advocated for the importance of user experience design through a collaborative process with the CTO, product managers, developers, QA engineers, and stakeholders throughout the development process.
Technologies: Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Jira, WordPress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Product Design, Mobile App Development, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, B2B, SaaS, User Experience (UX), Web App Design, CRM Design, Visual Design, Responsive UI, Design Systems, Web UX, Mobile Design, System Design, Marketplaces, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, UX Design, User Interface (UI), Branding, Brand Strategy, Brand Guidelines, UX Research, Ideation, User Surveys, Personas, Mobile UX, Web App UX, Web Design, Content Strategy, Requirements, Landing Page Design, Collaboration, Enterprise, Proof of Concept (POC), Motion Design, UI Audits, WebApp, Design Leadership, User Flows, Modular Design, Agile, Elementor, Interaction Design (IxD), UI Prototyping, User Journeys, Layout Design, Web UI Design, Content Management Systems (CMS), SaaS Design, User Validation, Usertesting.com, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Quantitative User Research, Dashboard Design, Marketing Materials, Visual Design Language, Banner Design, Presentations, Advertising, Software as a Service (SaaS), Web, Marketing Collateral Development, Marketing Design, Web Illustration, Business Services, Responsive Design, User Personas, UX Strategy, Journey Mapping, Mockups, Sitemaps
Creative Director | Self-employed
2015 - 2017
Voop Creative
- Managed a team of graphics designers, video editors, and web developers to accomplish client goals.
- Drove the design vision for clients' marketing and branding projects.
- Led client's accounts and communication to bring in more work and ensure client satisfaction.
- Learned how to code in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to design and develop websites.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Print Ads, User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, UX Design, User Interface (UI), Branding, Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Brand Guidelines, Personas, Web Design, Content Strategy, Requirements, Landing Page Design, Collaboration, Proof of Concept (POC), Motion Design, WebApp, Design Leadership, User Flows, Agile, Interaction Design (IxD), UI Prototyping, User Journeys, Layout Design, Web UI Design, Content Management Systems (CMS), User Validation, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Quantitative User Research, Marketing Materials, Visual Design Language, Banner Design, Presentations, Advertising, Software as a Service (SaaS), Web, Marketing Collateral Development, Marketing Design, Web Illustration, Business Services, Responsive Design, User Personas, eCommerce, B2C, Mockups, Sitemaps
Graphic Designer
2011 - 2015
Freelance
- Performed editorial design for a real estate magazine where I handled its design and print.
- Designed logos for many startup businesses to enable them to engage with the Nigerian market.
- Learned how to manage clients' expectations, understand their business goals, and articulate their business needs to help them succeed.
Technologies: Graphics, CorelDRAW, Adobe Photoshop, Visual Design, Branding, Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Personas, Requirements, Collaboration, Agile, Layout Design, Marketing Materials, Visual Design Language, Banner Design, Presentations, Advertising, Marketing Collateral Development, Marketing Design, Web Illustration, Business Services, Mockups
Education
2012 - 2014
Master's Degree in Business Management
University of Nigeria - Enugu, Nigeria
2006 - 2010
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
University of Nigeria - Enugu, Nigeria
Certifications
SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
Human-Computer Interaction
Interaction Design Foundation
OCTOBER 2018 - PRESENT
Design Thinking
Interaction Design Foundation
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