Damola Taiwo
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Houston, TX, United States
Toptal member since October 19, 2020
Damola is a senior UI/UX designer with over a decade of experience designing products that solve business problems and create delightful user experiences. As a design leader, he has delivered projects for clients across multiple verticals, including governments, airlines, financial institutions, entertainment, tech companies, and startups. Damola is passionate about user-centered design and likes to explore new opportunities.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer (via Toptal)
The Bluegrass Standard Magazine, Inc.
- Led the design process for the web application, taking it from an initial concept to a fully functional product.
- Translated the product owners' vision into a comprehensive design solution, ensuring alignment with their goals while enhancing user experience.
- Conducted extensive usability testing to inform design decisions, resulting in a user-centered interface that improved engagement and conversion.
- Worked closely with product owners and a development team to ensure seamless integration of design with technical implementation, meeting all project milestones.
UI/UX Designer
HipChip, Inc.
- Designed a group gifting application for desktop and mobile and developed the marketing landing pages for the product.
- Developed a new modern visual language and identity system based on the original brand identity. Created a design system that included typography, colors, buttons, cards, and icons.
- Created user stories, user personas, and low-fidelity wireframes for stakeholder ideation. Worked on the user journey map and user flow, which helped to build the final product.
- Collaborated with developers for seamless and pixel-perfect integration.
Senior Designer
Teknicks LLC
- Performed UX audits on websites of various clients and proposed recommendations to improve user experience and conversions.
- Created UX flows, wireframes, UX design, and web design for various projects and clients.
- Provided strong leadership while assisting clients in targeting critical flows.
- Collaborated with developers and engineering teams to implement designs seamlessly in production applications.
Senior UX Designer
e-Finance Limited
- Carried out a quantitative and qualitative analysis, user interviews, and a competitive analysis for the loan finance app.
- Led ideation sessions with top management to develop new user flows for administering the loan origination and loan servicing processes.
- Designed high-fidelity UI screens and developed interactive prototypes.
- Carried out user testing in an iterative loop while updating the prototype using details from lessons learned.
Senior Product Designer
Unotech Media
- Worked on UX research, ideation, UX flows, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity designs for various client briefs.
- Helped various clients such as airlines, financial institutions, governments, technology companies, and startups successfully launch digital products and websites.
- Led the overall digital design direction for the company and helped position the company as a leading design agency.
- Evangelized the role of a good user experience to clients and helped them achieve their business goals through the deployment of websites and digital products.
- Ensured the continuous success and growth of my team and the company.
Co-founder | Lead Designer
MyMusic Internet
- Conducted industry research, feasibility studies, user interviews, and observational studies.
- Led the ideation workshops with stakeholders to guide the vision for the product.
- Designed information architecture, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI screens for mobile and web formats.
- Worked with developers to ensure pixel-perfect development, maintain user goals, and guide the entire customer journey experience.
- Conducted usability testing and helped to launch and grow the platform to 10 million users; was featured on CNN.
Front-end Web Designer
Clients (via Aquent Partners, London)
- Contracted for various companies in the United Kingdom on front-end web design roles. Companies include ASOS.com, Virgin Media, NTL Telewest, Emperor Design, and Scottish Power.
- Worked on wireframing and high-fidelity UI designs for clients.
- Marked up websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and worked with developers to maintain goals.
Education
Executive Education in Mastering Design Thinking
MIT Sloan School of Management - Boston, MA, USA
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Figma, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Miro, Zeplin, Adobe, Google Analytics, UXCam, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Basecamp, Jira
Platforms
Mobile (Tablet), iOS, Music Streaming, Desktop, Mobile, Android, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Webflow CMS, Web, Google Ads, Mixpanel
Industry Expertise
Music, Government, Consumer Products, Creative Tech, Information Technology, Professional Services, Logistics, Building & Construction, Events, Real Estate, Luxury Goods, Entertainment & Leisure, Media, Banking & Finance
Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Other
UX Research, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA), Prototyping, Mobile UX, Branding, User Flows, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Front-end Design, Mobile Apps, Music Industry, UI Design, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Flows, UX Design, Websites, Corporate Design, Responsive UI, Tablet UX, Ethnographic Studies, Web UI, Mobile UI Design, Mobile Web, Mobile UI, User Research, UX Branding, Emerging Markets, User Personas, iPad, Dashboards, Design Systems, Responsive, Responsive Design, Card Sorting, Concept Sketching, Minimal UI, Personas, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Web Design, Mobile UX Design, Project Estimation, Project Timelines, Mobile Design, iOS App Design, iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design, Web App UI, Web App UX, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive UX Design, eCommerce, Design Thinking, Desktop Web Design, Website Redesign, Typography, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Data Visualization, Dashboard Design, SaaS, Enterprise SaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), Agile, Agile UX, Web UI Design, Mobile First, Mobile Web Design, Research, User-centered Design (UCD), Cross-platform UX, Ideation, Web UX, Web UX Design, Responsive Web Apps, Responsive Layout, Web Applications, Web & Mobile Applications, Web Application Architecture, B2B, B2C, B2B2C, Logo Design, Design Leadership, Brand Guidelines, UI Branding, Social Media Platforms, Media Players, Heuristic Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Heuristic Reports, Heuristic Review, Heuristics, Quantitative User Research, Quantitative Research, Usability Heuristics, Validated User Research, Design Sprints, Ethnographic Interviews, Rapid Prototyping, Gamification, Brand Ecosystems, Politics, Illustration, Infographics, Design, Customer Research, Analytics, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Website Conversion, Graphic Design, User Experience Design, Landing Page Design, Design Management, ADA Compliance, Style Guides, Project Management, Sitemaps, User Testing, Design Strategy, Scrum, Usability, Landing Pages, Project Tracking, SEO Tools, Copywriting, Google SEO, YouTube SEO, Databases, Blogs, Layout Design, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Brand Design, Elementor, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), User Interviews, UX Audits, Conversion Rate, Discovery Workshops, Mockups, UX Wireframes, Workshops, Journey Mapping, UX Strategy, Color Palettes, Interior Design, Visual Identity, Landing Page Optimization, Lead Generation, Direct to Consumer (D2C), MVP Design, Product Owner, Marketing Design, Design Documentation, User Journeys, Data-driven Design, Interactive Prototypes, Rebranding, Brand Identity, Print Design, Compliance, User Stories, User Journey Maps, Web Dashboards, Website Design, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Kids & Families, Corporate Websites, Growth Hacking, Audio, Video Streaming, Fintech, Finance, Corporate Finance, Personal Finance, Loans, Loans & Lending, Cross-platform, Consumer-facing Product Design, Digital Marketing, eCommerce Design, Web Page Mockups
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