Emmanuel Adigwe
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Oslo, Norway
Toptal member since February 24, 2020
Emmanuel is a product designer with over five years of design experience in agencies, startups, and financial institutions. He specializes in digital product design, helping product teams succeed by providing a voice for the user, and designing great products with intent. His multidisciplinary skillset integrates creative knowledge with technical and business expertise.
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Work Experience
User Experience Designer
Co-creation Hub Design Lab
- Collaborated with other designers and developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software for emerging businesses.
- Conducted concept and usability testing and gathered feedback for incubated startups.
- Communicated product design ideas and prototypes to developers and other stakeholders.
- Redesigned the onboarding experience for StemCafe, a non-linear learning center for kids and young adults to afford session booking, payment, and assigning educators.
- Designed a web experience for the British Council's New Narrative, an initiative to changing reciprocal perceptions between Africa and the UK.
- Designed a web experience for a 3-day data visualization hackathon sponsored by World Bank.
Lead Product Designer
Globus Bank Ltd
- Led product design for the bank's digital banking touchpoints to customers.
- Designed the bank's first retail mobile banking platform on Android and iOS platforms.
- Made design of the bank's automated teller machine (ATM) interface to serve retail customers.
- Designed a responsive web platform for the bank's commercial, corporate, and business customers.
- Improved the human-centered culture of the bank's product development process.
Product Designer
Access Bank Plc
- Researched, designed, and prototyped a more usable and delightful experience for the bank's financial payment solutions on the web and mobile platforms.
- Evangelized a design culture into the bank's software development ecosystem.
- Designed an ATM platform for the bank's retail customers to conduct banking transactions like cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, and more.
- Redesigned a retail loan mobile application to provide money lending affordances for retail customers on the Android and iOS platforms.
- Researched and designed a mobile application for remote banking agents to provide agency banking services to unbanked customers.
Visual Designer
Trivoda Digital
- Designed engaging graphics for social media marketing campaigns, which were effective in the growth of a client's micro-finance business.
- Designed a brand identity for an early-stage agro eCommerce business.
- Managed multiple design projects from concept phase to completion, creating multiple visual concepts for marketing campaigns.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Covenant University - Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria
Certifications
Conducting Usability Testing
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Web Design for Usability
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Human-Computer Interaction
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
Skills
Tools
Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint, Zeplin, Sketch, InVision Studio, Adobe, InVision, Adobe After Effects
Platforms
Figma, iOS, MacOS, Mobile
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Events, Investments
Other
Presentation Design, Landing Page Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Fintech, User Experience (UX), Web Design, UX Design, Communication, Financial Design, Product Design, Design Systems, PowerPoint Templates, Landing Page Optimization, Prototyping, iOS App Design, Android App Design, UI Design, Information Architecture (IA), User Research, UX Strategy, Empathy, Empathy Mapping, Journey Mapping, Usability Testing, Usability Heuristics, Data Visualization, Mobile UX, Mobile UI, Android UI Design, Proto-personas, Mobile Banking, Apps, App UX, Mobile Payments, Web UX, Web UI, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, Online Gaming, Football, Branding, Illustration, Sport Branding, Sitemaps, Card Sorting, Mobile UX Design, Personal Loans, Business Loans, Logo Design, Conferencing, User Interface (UI), Community, Touchscreens, Touch Design, Touch Interactions, Affinity Mapping, User Flows, User Self-service, Personas, Email Design, Form Design, Iconography, Seed Fundraising, Visual Design, Mobile UI Design, iOS UX Design, Voice Messenger, Voice Chat, Languages, Gamification, Educational Games, Android Design Guidelines, Web App Design, Mobile App Design, Startups
Experience
- Adobe Experience Design (XD) - 4 years
- UX Design - 4 years
- User Research - 3 years
- Financial Design - 3 years
- iOS App Design - 3 years
- Usability Testing - 2 years
- Android App Design - 2 years
- Figma - 2 years
Tools
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
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