Buhari Jemilu
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Lagos, Nigeria
Toptal member since June 11, 2021
Buhari is a passionate product designer with over five years of experience. He has helped shape products in the health, fashion, entertainment, and fintech marketplaces, inclusively helping startups design and build great products over the years. His user interfaces have helped millions of users. He believes in simple and functional designs and finds inspiration in nature. Buhari works well in small or big teams and also with new startup founders.
Portfolio
IturaRx - Pharmacy Management System (B2B)
AICut - AI Video Editing App
Toothreferral
Usbrella - Social Media App
Work Experience
Freelance Designer
Buhari Jemilu Design
- Managed and coordinated visual design projects from concept through to completion.
- Developed business requirement guidelines to better define the client’s requirements.
- Managed a team of three talented visual designers.
- Served as lead designer for a cryptocurrency app that is about to launch onto the African market.
- Collaborated with clients remotely to build and grow their digital presence in the form of brand and experience strategy, website, app, and graphic and digital design.
- Led the product concept and identity design for several brands and clients.
UX Designer
ToothReferral.com LLC
- Designed a referral process to ease the process of sending referrals between dental clinics.
- Created a design system for the product to enable consistency in design.
- Created the mobile app designs for the product to enable mobile users access the app.
Senior Mobile App Designer
zooom productions GK
- Designed a product detail page to help users have a better experience in viewing products.
- Collaborated with the PM and Product Owner to create a better checkout experience.
- Prototyped the experience from the product detail page to the checkout flow.
Instructional Designer
TREENLABS LTD
- Designed course videos using AI to generate the voiceovers.
- Designed explainer videos for every course outline.
- Collaborated with the client to get the best explainer videos.
UI/UX Designer
Artech Holdings LLC dba On The Stage
- Designed and implemented user interfaces that are responsive, intuitive, and visually appealing, empowering thousands of organizations with ticketing, box office, marketing, fundraising, and reporting tools.
- Used heuristic analysis techniques to identify pain points and possible improvements.
- Conducted qualitative and quantitative usability testing of products.
Web UI Designer
Steedit LLC
- Designed the landing page for the client's app with a touch of modern designing.
- Designed a clean delivery website for the client to help the company compete with other top food delivery platforms.
- Created design components on Figma to ease the continuity of the designs.
Lead Designer
Aegle Health
- Carried out user research and user stories and conducted usability testing for the product.
- Uncovered potential opportunities through the process of creating personas and user journey maps.
- Improved and designed the web app for both patients and doctors, where they can access all features on the mobile app.
- Designed the admin dashboard where the activities of the users and doctors can be accessed.
- Analyzed competitors to better understand other healthcare apps' products and services.
UI/UX Designer
Naya Labs
- Designed an eCommerce website for beard products where men can see a list of beard products and buy any of their choices.
- Collaborated with my team members and designed a contact-sharing app where users can connect and share contacts with a single click of a button.
- Created user flows, user stories, and user personas and carried our research on all projects worked on within the company.
- Designed a cybersecurity website for a client in the USA.
- Helped develop and design a unique modular and responsive framework for website and app development.
UI Designer
Arotec
- Designed a dashboard for a B2B platform where the clients can manage and track their sales.
- Designed a mobile app for a B2B platform to track their sales.
- Carried out user stories and user research for a B2B platform.
- Conducted research for all of the company's products.
- Worked on most of the UI designs for the company's projects.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
Oduduwa University - Osun, Nigeria
Certifications
UX Design Fundamentals
Coursera
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, ProtoPie, Trello, Passenger, CorelDRAW, Zeplin, InVision, InVision Studio, InVision App, Photoshop CC
Platforms
Figma, WordPress, Webflow, Web, Mobile
Languages
Visual Design Language, HTML, CSS
Industry Expertise
Consumer Products, Real Estate, Healthcare, Healthcare & Insurance
Other
UI Design, UX Design, Mobile UI Design, Web Design, Web UX, Product Design, eCommerce, Visual Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UX Design, Landing Page Design, Design Systems, Design Thinking, User Workflows, Blog Design, User Research, UI Prototyping, User Journeys, Graphic Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), Color Schemes, UX Research, Responsive Web Apps, Motion Design, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, User Interviews, UX Audits, Branding, Social Media, Logo Design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Brand Design, UX Branding, Women's Health, Consumer Behavior, Layout, AI Design, Image Generation, Graphics, Apps, Web Dashboards, Dashboard Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Mobile App UI, Loan Design, Loans & Lending, Business Loans, Loans, Dashboards, Payment APIs, Online Payments, Mobile Payments, Fintech, Currency Exchange, Rideshare Services, Mobile Apps, Websites, Property Listings, Property Valuation, Property Management, Appointments, Appointment Booking, Medicine, Healthcare Services, Healthcare IT, Personal Loans, B2B, Business to Business (B2B), B2B Sales Pipeline, Sales, Remittance, Global, Money Transfers, Currencies, Africa, Digital Payments, Card Payments, Payment Gateways, Maps, Delivery, Booking, Admin Panels, Native Mobile Apps, Commercial Real Estate, Buyer Personas, Web App Design, Escrow, Residential Real Estate, Product Listings, User Interface (UI), High-fidelity Prototypes, Web & Mobile Applications, Web UX Design, Web App Testing, High-fidelity Mockups, Mobile App Design, User Stories, Medical Applications, Medical Art, Hospitals, Social Sharing, File Sharing, User Experience (UX), Minimalism, Minimal UI, App Design, Web UI, Blockchain, Blockchain Platforms, Mobile UI, SaaS, SaaS Design, Enterprise Design, Clean Design, Last Mile Logistics, Responsive UI, Responsive Design, iOS UX Design, Cars, Car Rental, Agency, Agency Websites, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Analytics, UX Analysis, Web UI Design, Instructional Design, Copyright, Video Design, Online Course Design, Best Practices in Design, Board Games, Medical Software, AIOps, A/B Testing, B2C
Experience
- UI Design - 5 years
- Sketch - 4 years
- Prototyping - 4 years
- Figma - 4 years
- Adobe Illustrator - 4 years
- Wireframing - 4 years
- ProtoPie - 2 years
- Trello - 2 years
Tools
- Sketch
- Adobe Illustrator
- ProtoPie
- Trello
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