Onafowora Oluwakayode Oluwaseun
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Lagos, Nigeria
Toptal member since November 8, 2021
Kayode is a senior product designer with over seven years of experience designing functional and attractive UIs with excellent user experience. An expert in dashboard, mobile, and web app design in FMCG, fintech, legal, real estate, and eCommerce industries, he has worked for notable clients such as Nike, Durex, and PZ Cussons. Kayode thrives in remote and high-impact environments and enjoys understanding client requirements and helping brands develop and evolve their digital activity.
Portfolio
Work Experience
UX Designer (via Toptal)
LeasePilot, Inc.
- Designed sales decks and marketing collaterals for the brand.
- Designed a landing page for one of the company's products.
- Designed the user interface (UI) for a feature that links the company's newly introduced products with the primary product.
UX/UI Designer
Observer Holdings LLC
- Provided design suggestions and directions that were implemented, acting as a UI/UX audit of the entire product.
- Created a new design system for the product. Worked with front-end developers using Storybook to implement new design components.
- Designed data card optimization for the product and enhanced the user interface and overall usability.
- Collaborated with teams from different parts of the organization and contributed to design improvement.
UX Designer
LeasePilot
- Designed the UI/UX of the entire app, which enhanced the user experience and significantly contributed to the product's development.
- Created a brand identity guide with the logo, colors, fonts, language, and other assets.
- Designed certain post-MVP features to improve client retention for the app and guarantee a seamless onboarding process for new users.
Senior Designer
PZ Cussons
- Integrated the technical and visual solutions into a design strategy and developed a compelling visual design for all brand categories.
- Ascertained that the final designs and layouts are aesthetically appealing and consistent with the brand.
- Collaborated with copywriters and marketing managers to create attractive and creative designs for a viral brand campaign that resulted in increased sales for the company.
- Presented the concept visualization through sketches, drawings, and illustrations.
Design Lead
Prepclass
- Established the company's creative direction, brand guidelines, and the tone with which it approached its branding.
- Improved the overall user experience of the company's web application to assist users in completing activities quickly and easily.
- Prioritized and handled various projects while adhering to the design guidelines and financial constraints.
- Generated the visual components such as logos, images, social media graphics, and interface designs to help portray the brand message.
Art Director
Pulse NG
- Transformed the client's graphic design requirements and branding ideas into design concepts and suggested communication paths.
- Designed the brochures, logos, signage, booklets, magazine covers, user interface, advertising, and other communication materials for marketing campaigns.
- Built a top-notch creative design and strategy for the client; collaborated with other art directors, branding experts, front-end developers, marketing, content, and other specialists.
- Articulated and pitched the design concepts to the clients, other art directors, and stakeholders.
Graphic Design Intern
identita Brand Concepts
- Assisted the creative design team in graphics design and related web and printing briefs, project documentation, and administrative tasks.
- Presented various design solutions, mood boards, and ideas to the team lead for several online campaigns.
- Assisted in developing various campaign copies and presentation designs for the client meetings.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Geology
University of Lagos - Lagos, Nigeria
Certifications
Make Design Systems People Want to Use
Design System University
Certificate in User Experience Design
Interaction Design Foundation
Brand Management
London Business School | via Cousera
Product Masterclass: How to Build Digital Products
Product School
Skills
Tools
Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe, Microsoft Office, Google Slides, Adobe Photoshop, Confluence, Jira, Canva, ProtoPie, Miro, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Word
Platforms
Web
Languages
Visual Design Language
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale, Advertising, Consumer Products, Electronics, Marketing, Education Technology (Edtech), Real Estate, Professional Services, Information Technology
Other
Branding, Product Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), User Interviews, Dashboards, UX Design, Web Applications, User Research, Wireframing, Usability Testing, Prototyping, User Flows, User Personas, Mockups, Mobile UX Design, Web UX Design, SaaS Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Web App UX, Design Systems, SaaS, Visual Design, Data Visualization, UI Audits, Audits, B2B, Landing Page Design, Website Redesign, Web App Design, User Journeys, Responsive Web Apps, Web UX, Web App UI, Web UI Design, UI Templates, Component Libraries, UX Assessment, Design Reviews, Banner Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Design, Auditing, Design Documentation, Mobile App Design, Mobile UI Design, UI Components, Typography, Color Theory, UI Style Guides, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Layout, DataViz, Design Thinking, Heuristic Evaluation, Low-fidelity Prototypes, Rapid Prototyping, High-fidelity Prototypes, Package Design, Packaging, App Design, Color Palettes, Responsive Design, Usability, Mobile UI, UX Research, Logo Design, UX Audits, B2C, Heuristics, Heuristic Analysis, User Onboarding, System Design, Design Libraries, UI Prototyping, Layout Design, Content Management Systems (CMS), UX Wireframes, Material UI, User-centered Design (UCD), Navigation Design, User Testing, Stakeholder Management, Agile, Software as a Service (SaaS), Pitch Decks, Presentation Design, Document Management, Adobe UX, Legal Technology (Legaltech), Leadership, Brand Management, Product Management, Interaction Design (IxD), Fintech, Edtech Design, Scheduling, Web Dashboards, Calendar Design, Brand Design, Brand Development, Websites, Agriculture, Information Architecture (IA), Mobile Banking, Online Banking, Finance, Material Design, Task Management, Event Planning, Personas, Sitemaps, Educational Platform Design, Cars, Interface Design, Competitive Analysis, Meetings, Event Calendars, Agrotech, Case Studies, Mobile UX, Event Design, Style Guides, Enterprise SaaS, Web UI, Law, Office Add-ins, Plugins, Microsoft Word Add-on Development, Customer Journeys, Legal, WebApp, Commercial Real Estate, Website Audits, Journey Mapping, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mining, Energy, Storybook, Permaculture, Altium, Digital Marketing
Experience
- UI Design - 7 years
- Product Design - 6 years
- Branding - 5 years
- Figma - 5 years
- Adobe Illustrator - 5 years
- Dashboard Design - 5 years
- User Experience (UX) - 4 years
- Mobile UI - 3 years
Tools
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
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