Chike is available for hire
Hire ChikeChike Ononye
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
April 8, 2021
Chike is a senior product designer with more than seven years of product experience. Over the years, he's led product strategy, development, and design across different industries. Most recently, he's led a wallet payments company in Nigeria, raising over $2 million in funding and processing more than $30 million in transaction volume in its three years of existence. Chike's also led the design of an identity management product that served 100+ businesses in Nigeria.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product and Design Lead
2021 - 2024
Thepeer
- Led the product strategy, research, design, and development for Nigeria's 1st digital wallet payment-switching infrastructure.
- Onboarded 80+ businesses, including fintech giants like Kuda, Chipper Cash, and Pocket.
- Led the business north of $30 million in total processed volume, growing 65X month-on-month.
- Spearheaded the company rebrand, product redesign, and rollout, managing teams across Product, Design, Engineering, and Marketing.
- Led workflow designs for 3rd-party integrations with banks and fintechs.
- Hired and built teams across product, sales, and design, nurturing growth and setting OKRs for teams.
- Redesigned the business onboarding flow, eradicating dependencies and reducing the go-live approval process from four to eight weeks to a maximum of 72 hours.
- Led the team through the pre-seed and seed stages, securing over $2 million in funding.
- Oversaw the development of the 'Peerless' design system. Led a team of product, graphic, and motion designers, as well as an illustrator and copywriter, to ensure consistency in our design language.
Technologies: Design Leadership, Product Design, Data Analysis, User Personas, Research, A/B Testing, Mobile Design, Product Videos, Wireframing, Design Systems, Market Research, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Web UX Design, Dashboard Design, UX Research, Digital Product Design, Product Management, B2B, Enterprise Design, Mobile, Mockups, Social Media, Startups, Style Guides, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Consumer Products
Lead Product Designer
2020 - 2021
Softcom
- Performed extensive user research and design for Usepass, an identity management and access control product that enables businesses to create, share, and authenticate IDs without paper or cards.
- Aligned with stakeholders on product vision and strategy, market needs, and business objectives.
- Worked on converting challenges to opportunities, identifying pain points around convenience, infrastructure, time, and quality.
- Developed product structure and user flows, considering various contexts to ensure a great user experience.
- Contributed with my design effort to Usepass, used at the biggest music festivals, events, and concerts across Nigeria, verifying and granting access to more than 100,000 attendees in 200+ spaces.
Technologies: Figma, Journey Mapping, User Interviews, Edtech Design, A/B Testing, Mobile Design, Product Videos, Wireframing, Design Systems, Market Research, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Web UX Design, Dashboard Design, UX Research, Digital Product Design, Product Management, Marketplaces, Mobile, Mockups, Style Guides, UX Wireframes, User Flows
Product Designer
2019 - 2020
Softcom
- Collaborated closely within a cross-functional team consisting of solution architects, a business manager, and a product manager to improve the client's existing idea.
- Interviewed users to understand their needs to help design products that improved their experience.
- Worked across multiple client service product teams.
- Created components, style guides, and high-fidelity prototype designs for different products.
Technologies: Figma, Wireframing, Market Research, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Web UX Design, Dashboard Design, UX Research, Digital Product Design, Product Management, Mobile, Mockups, Style Guides, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Consumer Products
Product Designer
2019 - 2019
PayfastQ
- Worked closely with stakeholders and developers remotely across Africa and Asia while designing the FastQ product experience.
- Conducted research with retailers in Singapore, learning about existing user behaviors and solving pain points in the retail industry.
- Designed web and mobile retail experiences for both users and retailers.
Technologies: Figma, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Web UX Design, UX Research, Digital Product Design, Marketplaces, Mobile, Mockups, UX Wireframes
UI/UX Designer
2018 - 2019
Freelance
- Created mobile and web interfaces for different clients and products.
- Worked in a distributed team of developers and stakeholders to create user-centered products.
- Redesigned existing products for better user experience.
Technologies: Figma, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Web UX Design, Digital Product Design, Mockups, UX Wireframes
Education
2016 - 2017
International Foundation Programme in Computer Science
Westerfield College - Lagos, Nigeria
2012 - 2015
West African Secondary School Certificate Examination in Sciences
King's College - Lagos, Nigeria
Certifications
MAY 2020 - PRESENT
Marketing Foundation: Competitive Market Analysis
APRIL 2020 - PRESENT
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner Certification
IBM
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