Mobolarinwa Fakeyede
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Lagos, Nigeria
Toptal member since January 17, 2020
Mobolarinwa is a product designer with more than five years of experience. He has a unique approach to user experience design, which stems from his attitude of digging into the roots of a problem and developing proper solutions. He has been privileged to work with various companies, including Longbridge Tech, Mikro Financials, and Seamfix, where he led the design of two SaaS products: iClicker and BioRegistra.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Senior UI/UX Web App Designer
Nexla
- Built wireframes for the new Nexla direction to test ideas and communicate them to stakeholders.
- Collaborated with engineering to develop a more refined user flow and information architecture for Nexla 2.0 Refresh.
- Created a new design system for Nexla 2.0 Refresh, taking into account accessibility features, colors, contrast, and use cases.
- Developed the new UI design for Nexla 2.0 Refresh and prototyped the design for usability testing and stakeholder presentation.
Mobile Designer
TACFIT
- Created user flows, information architecture, and customer journey mapping for the TACFIT mobile app.
- Designed the mobile app experience, collaborating with the product manager and engineers.
- Led the product UI design and worked on visual details for badges.
Lead Product Designer
Healthlane
- Led research, design, and user testing for Healthlane's Android and iOS 2.0 mobile app.
- Handled research and design for a TV screen that provides interactive medical consultation with clients.
- Worked on the design to pivot Healthlane's app to a subscription model, improving the user experience to tailor to user needs.
Lead Product Designer
Bongalow
- Drove the research and design of the Bongalow web app.
- Led the design of the Bongalow mobile app, allowing users to get started with mortgage applications right from their phones.
- Directed the design for the admin dashboard that allows agents and banks to manage users' inquiries and mortgage applications.
UX/UI Designer
Bridgestone
- Created new design components for the Tirematics brand.
- Refined and recreated the visual design for Tirematics.
- Redesigned and prototyped an end-to-end dashboard for Tirematics that allows tires to be tracked and monitored.
UI/UX Designer
Shake, Inc. (Via Toptal)
- Created a design system for the Handshake design platform.
- Set up an interactive onboarding flow to help new customers make tasks quickly without owning an account on the platform.
- Designed the flow to help users manage their ongoing tasks, allowing them to take different actions during the task.
UI/UX Designer
Marble Technologies, Inc. (Via Toptal)
- Designed the first-time user experience to help onboard new users onto the platform.
- Fabricated notification settings for users to set up their account notification preferences while considering different notification platforms.
- Created multiple designs for email templates for different types of emails, such as welcome emails and newsletter emails.
Lead Product Designer
Carbon Financial Services
- Designed the new virtual and debit card feature on both iOS and Android versions of the Carbon app.
- Redesigned the onboarding experience on the Carbon Android app to ease onboarding and also help with KYC compliance.
- Designed the KYC implementation on the app. Created an experience for getting specific user information like live facial detection, identity card scan, and more.
- Led the redesign of the Android experience after careful study of the current app, switching from the hamburger menu to bottom navigation. Created a new experience for the users.
Lead Product Designer
Metro Africa Xpress
- Led the design of the MAX ride-hailing app to include a new menu that caters to the on-demand delivery of goods from one point to another. Helped the company to ship the product fast to help with deliveries during the pandemic.
- Redesigned the MAX "God view" product that helps track bikes and riders. Providing an improved dashboard with quality metrics on the web, and a mobile app for agents to track defaulters easily.
- Led the design of Metrogov- a product created for the government to register, verify, monitor, and efficiently tax bikers in the state. This product helps the state government to monitor all the ride-hailing companies in the state.
- Conceptualized and designed a new product (MAX Marketplace) where stores and shops can create a virtual online store and monitor their orders from a unique dashboard.
Product Designer
Seamfix
- Led the design for Seamfix’s core product lines like iClocker, BioRegistra, and Verified.
- Led kick-off meetings, interviews, design sessions, and user testings.
- Advocated for the importance of user experience and engaged the core team and stakeholders throughout the design process.
- Collaborated closely with product managers, developers, and CTO to enhance product features and meet business goals.
- Increased user satisfaction (+24%) by conducting a usability test with users, identifying users' pain points, and working on new solutions to be implemented.
UX Designer
LongBridge Technologies
- Led the research, design, and evaluation of an eCommerce app (wawooh.com) that connects fashion designers to the general public.
- Created an intuitive user interface for Icon School Manager solution (a feature-rich cloud-based application that supports all aspects of school management).
- Redesigned the company’s website by improving its aesthetics to buy trust, and give delight based on current trends.
Design Intern
Gamsole Mobile Entertainment
- Designed social media and Google Ads graphics for the company’s commercial clients.
- Created 3D assets, user interfaces, and animation, for Windows and Android games.
- Created short 2D and 3D animations using Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects.
Education
Bachelor of Technology Degree in Industrial Design
Federal University of Technology Akure - Akure, Nigeria
Certifications
Conducting Usability Testing
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Human-Computer Interaction - HCI
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
User Experience: The Beginner’s Guide
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
UX Design Acceleration Program
Stutern
Skills
Tools
Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Sketch, CorelDRAW, Autodesk Maya, Cinema 4D, Zeplin, Adobe CC, Miro, InVision, ProtoPie, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Jira
Platforms
Adobe Suite, iOS, Android, Mobile, Web
Industry Expertise
Fitness, Exercise & Fitness, Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Education, Healthcare
Other
Exercise & Gyms, UI Design, User Research, Quantitative Research, UX Design, Adobe UX, User Interviews, Graphical User Interface (GUI), Mobile UI Design, Mobile App UI, User Experience (UX), App UI, User Interface (UI), Android UI Design, iOS UI Design, Property Listings, Web UI Design, Information Design, Task Flows, User Journeys, Web UI, User Empathy, People Management, B2C, School, UX Branding, UI Branding, Branding, Product Management, Conceptual Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Mobile App Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI, Interaction Design (IxD), Dashboard Design, Product Design, SaaS, SaaS Design, UX Prototyping, UI Prototyping, Prototyping, Process Flows, Data Visualization, Design Strategy, Dashboards, Fintech, Responsive Web Apps, Customer Experience, eCommerce, Mobile Banking, Web App UI, Mobile Web, Interactive Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Enterprise Design, Annotated Wireframes, Web App Design, Visual Design, iOS App Design, Information Architecture (IA), User Flows, UX Research, Web UX, Web App UX, UX Sketching, A/B Testing, Usability Testing, Iterative Design, Lean UX, Mapping, User Journey Maps, Paper Prototyping, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, User-centered Design (UCD), Wireframing, Mobile UX, App UX, Desktop App Design, Design Sprints, Sprints, Agile Sprints, Android Design Guidelines, Web Application Design, Management Systems, Design Leadership, Product Benchmarking, User Personas, Workshop Facilitation, Mobile Prototypes, UX Wireframes, Apps, User Testing, MVP Design, Mockups, Feature Prioritization, UX Audits, Responsive UI, TV, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Analytical Dashboards, Web Applications, Agile UX, Competitive Analysis, High-fidelity Mockups, App Design, Design, UX Documentation, UI Components, B2B2C, Style Guides, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Component Libraries, Lean Startups, Journey Mapping, Product Strategy, Layout Design, Strategy, Mobile-first Design, Scenarios, Usability, Design Thinking, Agile, Mobile First, Online Payments, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Business to Business (B2B), Logo Design, Digital Branding, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Marketplaces, Marketplace Design, Marketplace Platforms, Brainstorming, User Stories, Design Systems, Social Networks, Product Ownership, Workshops, Story Mapping, Accessibility, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, DataViz, Web UX Design, B2B, Scenario-based Design
Experience
- UX Design - 6 years
- Web UX - 6 years
- User Flows - 6 years
- iOS App Design - 6 years
- UX Research - 6 years
- iOS - 6 years
- Android - 6 years
- Information Architecture (IA) - 6 years
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