Femi Oyekoya
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Toptal member since February 2, 2021
Femi designs high-impact consumer mobile and web products across health and fintech, scaling to millions of users. His experience includes leading UX for WeCharge/Powerpass at Cariad SE (200,000 users) and product design for Quickteller at Interswitch (5+ million users). At Globus Bank, he shipped redesigns that improved retention by 15% and, most recently, designed an AI-powered health app for Medly in three months. Femi specializes in full-stack UX strategy, UI, and design systems.
Experience
- User Interface (UI) - 8 years
- Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 8 years
- User Experience (UX) - 8 years
- Mobile App Design - 7 years
- User Research - 6 years
- Wireframing - 6 years
- Web Page Mockups - 6 years
- Design Thinking - 5 years
Portfolio
Work Experience
UX Designer
Cariad
- Designed user-friendly solutions at VW Group to make electric vehicle charging safer, easier, and more efficient. Supported integrating new technologies into the EV charging experience.
- Designed intuitive HMI applications at VW Group (Cariad SE) for both classic and Android Automotive OS platforms, creating workflows, UI components, and documentation to support engineering and testing.
- Collaborated with designers, testers, and stakeholders to ensure a seamless user experience. Led design handoffs using Figma and Jira and supported remote testing to improve product-market fit.
UX Designer
Hexad GmbH
- Conducted user research and interviews to gain insights for creating a seamless user experience on a consent application for the VW Group.
- Led the redesign of the UI experience by implementing the new design library and style, driving consistency and elevating the overall user interface to align with modern design standards.
- Worked with key stakeholders and users through interviews to create a user-centered solution. Handed design assets to the development team and conducted reviews to ensure high-quality implementation.
Lead Product Designer
Interswitch
- Designed a mobile banking app by developing a user-friendly app that simplified transactions and increased engagement for millions of African users.
- Optimized mobile payments by streamlining payment flows, improving transaction success, and reducing drop-offs on Quickteller.
- Led cross-functional teams by collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to enhance app performance and customer satisfaction.
- Localized financial solutions by tailoring the user experience to specific African markets, boosting engagement and relevance.
UX/UI Designer
Cotribute LLC
- Collaborated with the key stakeholders to improve user flows that satisfy both user requirements and business objectives.
- Created flows to evaluate online banking scenarios for customers.
- Redesigned the web application to align with Ant Design system guidelines.
- Made significant improvements to the banking experience of a traditional US bank through our modern and seamless approach, along with clear communication. As a result, customers can now enjoy a hassle-free and enhanced banking experience.
Senior Product Designer
DreamStart Labs
- Collaborated with the engineering and product team to build a solution that renders financial services to unbanked users in underdeveloped and developing communities.
- Updated design files and prototyped user flows for product documentation.
- Updated the design systems for the DreamSafe mobile app.
Product Designer
Orches (via Toptal)
- Designed a developer-facing enterprise solution that converts JSON files to workflow diagrams.
- Created a UI style guide that included all the UI components, elements, and colors for front-end implementation.
- Validated the design by testing it with a focus group of software engineers who regularly work with JSON files.
- Delivered web design and implementation projects on the WIX content management system.
Product Designer
Pliik AG
- Used proven research methods to structure the project design process.
- Mapped out user flow diagrams to illustrate the user journey and how they will complete a task when navigating the website.
- Designed a high-fidelity prototype and iterated the design as required.
Product Design Lead
Globus Bank
- Designed a web application that helps customers create a new bank account that suits their financial needs.
- Developed and designed the retail-to-business account switch feature for the Globus Mobile application.
- Designed and conducted usability tests for Globus Bank's internet banking application.
- Created user journey maps and designed an offline version of the Globus Mobile application, allowing customers to make bank transactions without being connected to the internet.
- Developed and maintained design wireframes for the Globus Mobile banking application.
- Presented scenarios, end-to-end experiences, and interactive prototypes to product teammates and stakeholders.
Product Designer
Ubanquity Systems
- Conducted user testing sessions for a client's mobile banking applications and made the necessary iterations to the prototype.
- Designed the customer onboarding process for a commercial bank in Nigeria and presented it to the key stakeholders.
- Designed and presented the transfer money feature to key stakeholders and made necessary iterations after user testing.
- Created dark mode themes for mobile and web banking applications.
- Designed and tested a personal finance manager (PFM) feature for a mobile banking application.
Product Designer
Access Bank
- Designed a mobile application that allowed customers to request loads.
- Conducted interviews with users of a staff portal to rebuild the experience based on the data gathered.
- Designed the AccessAfrica application that allows the bank to make international transactions within Africa. This included user flows and user journey maps.
- Designed the logo and branding assets for the PrimusPlus web application.
Product Design Lead
Fluid Angle
- Designed a web application that allows users to monitor and track their shipments from the United States to Nigeria.
- Conducted user testing sessions and used the data gathered to create a more usable experience for the end users.
- Collaborated with the engineering team and the product owners to provide updates on the progress of the project.
- Created and communicated user scenarios and interactive prototypes to the stakeholders.
- Designed the landing page and other web pages for the shipping application.
Web Designer
DLG International
- Designed and managed the company’s internet websites by developing, updating, and incorporating eCommerce where required.
- Designed advertising material for use in magazines, newspapers, pull-up banners, and web banners.
- Integrated the online catalog with the company's accounting system to allow. customers to order products.
- Compiled a monthly newsletter for both DLG and ACAP and disseminated them to customers via Mailchimp.
- Updated automobile product catalogs on the company's eCommerce website.
Education
Graduate Diploma in Creative Technologies
Media Design School - Auckland, New Zealand
Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications
Bowen University - Osun, Nigeria
Certifications
Combining Scrum with Other Agile Methodologies
Udacity
Digital Product Management
Udacity
Progress, Communication, and Organizational Agility
Udacity
Delivering Value with Agile Planning and Prioritisation
Udacity
Agile Software Developer
Udacity
Google AI Essentials
Coursera
SAFe for Teams Course (6.0)
SAFe - Provided by Scaled Agile
Product Masterclass: How to Build Digital Products
Product School
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
Human-computer Interaction (HCI)
Interaction Design Foundation
User Experience: The Beginner’s Guide
Interaction Design Foundation
Web Design for Usability
Interaction Design Foundation
Skills
Tools
Mailchimp, Sketch, Miro, Photoshop CC, Adobe After Effects, Adobe CC, Zeplin, FigJam, Slack, Jira, Confluence
Platforms
Web, Mobile, Figma, Cargo, Webflow
Industry Expertise
Logistics, Shipping, Healthcare, Banking & Finance
Other
Web Design, UX Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience (UX), Mobile App Design, Digital Product Design, Wireframing, User Flows, App UI, Story Mapping, Web UI, Web App UI, Web UX, Online Banking, Landing Pages, Prototyping, Storyboarding, Mobile Banking, Fintech, Web UI Design, Presentations, UX Research, User Journeys, Personas, Digital Storyboards, Islamic Banking, User Requirements, User Registration, Business Requirements, Product Design, User Interviews, Task Flows, Email Marketing, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, Online Store Design, Website CMS, Print Design, Print Marketing Design, Website Management, Social Media Posting, Social Media Design, Responsive Layout, Landing Page Design, Mobile Apps, Money Transfers, Mobile Navigation, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Mobile App UI, Dashboard Design, Login & Registration, User Personas, Responsive, Sitemaps, Commercial Banking, Web Banner Design, Navigation, Navigation Redesign, Website Redesign, Pop-ups, Finance, User Interface (UI), Websites, Web Page Mockups, UI Design, Mobile Design, High-fidelity Prototypes, B2B, B2C, Logo Design, Design Systems, Web App Design, Visual Design, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Branding, iOS App Design, Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Pitch Deck Design, Design Strategy, Brand Design, Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Visual Identity, Discovery, User-centered Design (UCD), Fintech Design, Android App Design, User Experience Design, Journey Mapping, UX Audits, App Design, Mockups, Digital Banking, Rapid Prototyping, Material Design, Email Design, Motion & Animation Design, Human-computer Interaction (HCI), Usability, Design Thinking, User Research, Web UX Design, Web App UX, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Personal Finance Management, Web Usability, Product Research, Empathy Mapping, User Testing, User Needs, Creative Talent Recruitment Industry, Human-centered Design (HCD), Digital Payments, Affinity Mapping, Dashboards, Online Delivery, Usability Testing, Projects, Engineering Software, Data Visualization, Illustration, UX Writing, SaaS Design, Framer, User Journey Maps, Research, Web Applications, Shopping, High-fidelity Mockups, App UX, System Design, Design Collaboration, Email Template Design, Ant Design, Creative Design, Motion Design, Notion, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Prompts, Agile, Agile Sprints, PIP, Retro, Claude Design, Claude Code, Product Ownership, Lovable, Vibe Coding, Product Strategy, Sprint Planning, Agile Practices, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Agile Team, Organisational Agility, Agile Planning and Prioritisation, Design Sprints, Communication, Business Ownership, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Kanban, Sprint Backlog, Strategic Collaboration
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