Silas Onmbayugh
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Toptal member since April 8, 2022
Silas is a product designer with 4+ years of experience working with mobile and web applications and a background in graphics design and social media management, handling print and digital advertisements. He has contributed to various industries, including fintech, board games, e-learning, banking, and design. Silas is always committed to balancing the users' voice with the business goals in each project he undertakes.
Work Experience
Product Designer
Canva
- Conducted an experiment to improve users' ability to preview, download, and pay for premium elements, improving user engagement by over 12%.
- Improved the developers onboarding onto the developer platform, enabling users to get a custom wizard-supported onboarding flow to build successfully.
- Designed multiple conceptual designs to explore new capabilities and patterns developers can leverage to build third-party apps on the platform.
Product Designer
OPay
- Took responsibility for guiding the user experience across the company's mobile and web products.
- Spearheaded the communication with stakeholders on new features and products, managing stakeholder expectations and representing the users' needs.
- Worked closely with the product managers to write documentation for product features and improve the existing user flows across the suite of products.
Product Designer
Sterling Bank
- Worked with the bank's product organization in charge of building some of its most innovative products, such as Gomoney, a digital-first banking tool.
- Collaborated effectively with product managers, engineers, and executives to research, ideate, and design an effective solution to address the perceived pain points.
- Designed exploratory solutions to problems in various sectors, including Emporium in renewable energy and FX Mallam in currency swap and car purchase.
Graphics Designer | Social Media Manager
VG Pensions
- Conceptualized and executed growth campaigns for the company's social media channels.
- Designed banners, edited videos, and wrote content to be shared with the company's audience on the internet.
- Managed the design and print of promotional materials to be used in offline growth campaigns.
Graphics Designer
Be Better - Learning Impact NG
- Conceptualized and designed various marketing promotional materials for printing, social media, newsletters, magazines, and the company website.
- Managed the end-to-end design to print process for physical brand items. Some of the design needs were board games for kids, which required team essential life skills and promotional material for campaigns.
- Designed e-learning solutions for workplace learning and strategic human resources consulting.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science
Federal University of Technology Minna - Minna, Nigeria
Skills
Tools
Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, CorelDRAW, Canva
Other
Brainstorming, Communication, Leadership, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Wireframing, User Research, Visual Design, Collaboration, Brand Design, iOS App Design, Android App Design, Web Design, Web & Mobile Applications, Product Design, Fintech, Creative Design, Dashboard Design, Mobile App Design, UI Design, UX Design, UX Research, User Journey Maps, User Personas, eCommerce, Web App Design, eCommerce UI, Web App UI, Web UI, Web UI Design, Web UX, Web App UX, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Responsive UI, Product Management, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Sketching, Interaction Design (IxD), B2B, Checkout, eCommerce UX, Web UX Design, Startups, User Flows, Ideation, Mood Boards, Data-informed Visual Design, User Testing, Stakeholder Interviews, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Prototyping, High-fidelity Prototypes, High-fidelity Mockups, Computer Science, Animation, Buffer, Strategy
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