Senior Product Designer | Driving Product Strategy & Growth | Growing as a Product Leader

Metamorphosis Hotshop · Jun 2016 – Present 
Lagos, Nigeria · On-siteLagos, Nigeria · On-site

Led end-to-end design for products adopted by 22% more users, while shaping roadmaps and influencing 40% of company priorities. Mentored a team of 5 designers, built a design system that cut delivery time by 45%, and partnered with PMs/engineers to release features 25% faster.

Design Leadership & Strategy

• Spearheaded the design vision for multiple high-impact product initiatives, contributing to a 22% increase in customer adoption across core features.
• Mentored and coached 5 junior designers, leading to 2 promotions and a 30% boost in design delivery speed.
• Collaborated with executives on product roadmaps, influencing 40% of company-wide priorities through customer insights and design strategy.

User-Centered Product Development

• Conducted 60+ user interviews and usability tests, uncovering insights that improved feature retention by 18% within the first quarter.
• Designed and tested 20+ high-fidelity prototypes, reducing post-launch design revisions by 35%.
• Applied user-centered design methods to streamline workflows, raising task completion rates by 25%.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partnered with engineering and product management to accelerate delivery timelines, reducing average feature release cycles from 12 weeks to 9 weeks (25% faster).
• Facilitated alignment workshops with 10+ cross-functional stakeholders, cutting decision-making time by 40%.
• Translated technical requirements into clear design solutions, improving stakeholder satisfaction scores by 32%.

Design Operations & Process Improvement

• Built and scaled a design system that decreased design-to-development handoff time by 45% and improved product consistency across 3 platforms.
• Introduced iterative design workflows that cut feedback loops from 2 weeks to 5 days, improving release velocity by 60%.
• Championed continuous improvement processes, raising cross-functional confidence in design deliverables by 28%.

WekkyDesign  Aug 2014 – 2016
Lagos, NigeriaLagos, Nigeria

• Manage team members.

• Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs.

• Manage multiple projects from concept through completion.

• Develop creative programs and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organization and that advance our brand strategy.

• Establish creative direction for the entire line of online services and programs.

• Supervise and inspire the creative team of vendor partners; generate multiple concepts for a campaign or project.

• Work with the account team, strategy team, and copywriters to develop concepts and present to management.

• Work with internal teams to generate ideas for pitching and proposals.

• Provide quality control over concepts and projects.

• Provides leadership/motivation and conveys the vision and values of the agency to staff.

• Oversee creative consultations with account teams to assure appropriate creative strategies, adequacy/accuracy of input, schedules, budgets, production support, necessary reviews, and client presentations.

Edgeways Technologies Limited
Jan 2015 – Jun 2015

• Provide expertise, support and guidance to developer team during the design, development and
deployment of enterprise applications from initiation through to Operation.

• Design and Develop website User Interface. (HTML, CSS, Responsive Website )

• Design and Develop mobile apps UI. (Platform: Andriod & iOS )

• Designed and develop eCommerce platforms for our clients.(Platform: PHP/Mysql Team Size: 3 Role: Lead Developer/architect).

Sep 2013 – Jul 2014 · 11 mos

Web Development
Search Engine Optimization
Social Media Marketing
Graphics Design