Chidi Nweke

Senior Product Designer and AI Product Engineer building AI-native products from concept to production. I combine product strategy, UX, frontend engineering, and LLM workflows to ship products that users actually adopt.

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I’m Chidi Nweke, a Lagos-based Senior Product Designer, AI Product Engineer, and Design Leader with over 10 years of experience building products that sit at the intersection of design, business, and technology. I help startups and product teams transform complex challenges into intuitive, scalable experiences that drive user adoption, customer retention, and measurable business growth.

My work extends beyond designing interfaces. I partner closely with founders, product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to shape product strategy, define roadmaps, validate ideas with users, and guide products from discovery through delivery. I thrive in cross-functional environments where design is not just about aesthetics, but about influencing product direction, aligning teams, and delivering outcomes that matter.

As a design leader, I’ve mentored designers, established design processes, built scalable design systems, and championed collaborative ways of working that enable teams to move faster without compromising quality. I enjoy creating environments where designers, engineers, and product teams can do their best work while maintaining a strong focus on customer needs and business objectives.

My background combines product design with front-end engineering, allowing me to rapidly prototype, validate, and build production-ready experiences using modern web technologies and AI-powered workflows. I’m particularly passionate about AI-native products, agentic experiences, and leveraging Generative AI to improve how products are designed, built, and experienced.

Beyond product design, my experience in branding, digital marketing, SEO, social media, and content strategy gives me a broader perspective on the entire customer journey—from acquisition and engagement to long-term retention. This multidisciplinary background enables me to make product decisions that balance user experience with commercial impact.

At the core of everything I do is a simple belief: great products emerge when thoughtful design, sound strategy, strong execution, and collaborative leadership come together. Whether leading design initiatives, mentoring teams, or building AI-powered products from the ground up, my goal is always to help organisations create products that customers value and businesses can grow with.

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).

Metropolitan School of Business and Management, UK

Web Development
Search Engine Optimization
Social Media Marketing
Graphics Design

ZeeSoft Ltd
Apr 2013 – Oct 2013 
Lagos, Nigeria

Web Development
Mobile Website Development
Web Site UI
Apps Development

CONTACT ME

+234 806 607 7313
nwekechidiebere (a) gmail.com